1891
Charles Hall KO 2
Jack Robinson TK 2
-Some sources report "W 2"
Sailor Cotton KO 3
Mike Bradley W 6
Tom Murphy W 3
the "Alaska Giant" KO 2
Pat McHugh KO 2
1892
Apr 28 "Mysterious" Billy Smith Portland, Or D 10
-Some sources report "D 11"
1893
Feb 6 Joe Choynski Portland, Or L 3
Mar 22 Charles Johnson Portland, Or D 31
-Some sources report 4/18/93
Dec 22 Jack Burke Boston, Ma W 3
-Some sources report "TK 3"
1894
Jan 11 Joe Walcott South Boston, Ma LT 3
-Some sources report "L 3"
Jan 31 Billy Murphy Bath, Me ND 6
May 7 -West seconded "Torpedo" Billy Murphy vs Young Griffo in Boston, Ma
Jun -West was engaged to help train Joe Choynski vs Bob Fitzsimmons
Jun 15 Joe Choynski Worcester, Ma EX 2
Jun 18 John A. Sullivan Boston, Ma EX 3
Jun 18 -West seconded Joe Choynski vs Bob Fitzsimmons in Boston, Ma
Some sources report 6/17/94
Jul 26 -West seconded "Mysterious" Billy Smith vs Tommy Ryan in Minneapolis, Mn
Sep -West was training Larry Farrell vs "Denver" Ed Smith for an October 11
bout in Denver, Co
Oct 29 Ed Pitts Chicago, Il KO 1
Oct 31 -West was engaged as a sparring partner for Joe Walcott
Nov 15 Frank O'Neil Chicago, Il D 7
-Some sources report "ND 7"
1895
Feb 10 George Fitzgerald Lyons, Il D 15
-Some sources report "D 16";
Some sources report "ND 15" on 2/15/95
Mar 11 Frank O'Neil Chicago, Il D 6
Mar 14 Frank Barnett Oshkosh, Wi D 6
Mar -West trained Casper Leon vs Jimmy Barry for Mar 30 in Chicago, Il;
They trained in Kankakee, Il
Jul 19 Charles Johnson Baltimore, Md KO 1
-Some sources report "Chris Johnson";
Some sources report "Brooklyn, NY"
Oct 4 Mike Harris New York, NY TK 7
-Some sources report "W 7";
Some papers mistakenly report Harris was the winner
Nov 23 Ted Burke New York, NY KO 3
Dec 21 Alf Hanlon New York, NY KO 3
1896
Jan Billy "Shadow" Maber Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held;
Maber contracted pneumonia
Jan 31 Charles "Kid" McCoy New York, NY LK 2
-Some sources report McCoy as "Kid Morrow"
Feb 28 Jack Collier Brooklyn, NY KO 3
-Some sources report 2/29/96;
Some sources report "New York, NY"
Mar 16 "Scaldy" Bill Quinn Long Island City, NY L 10
Mar Jack Gorman New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled for Mar-Apr 1896; The outcome is not known
Apr 4 Billy "Shadow" Maber Brooklyn, NY D 10
Apr 20 Jack Collier Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held; Collier did not show
Apr 20 Mike Padden Brooklyn, NY KO 2
Apr 27 Jack Van Houten New York, NY W 3
Jun Harry Fischer Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Aug Fred Morris New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Aug 24 Johnny Gorman Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held; Gorman did not show
Aug 24 Max Kane Brooklyn, NY TK 2
-Some sources report "Maxy Dane"; Others report "Marty Kane";
Reports vary - "W 2" - "NC 2"; Police intervened
Aug Billy Armstrong New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct 19 "Texas" Billy Smith New York, NY KO 2
-Some sources report "Tarantula" Billy Smith in "Bronx, NY"
Nov 7 Billy Stift New York, NY KO 9
-Some sources report "KO 7"
Nov 9 Johnny Gorman New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 16 -West seconded Joe Choynski vs Peter Maher in New York, NY
Nov 17 Billy Payne Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but postponed
Nov 24 Billy Payne Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 28 -West seconded George Dixon vs Frank Erne in New York, NY
Dec 9 Joe Walcott New York, NY D 19
1897
Jan 2 Paddy Purtell New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jan 2 -Syracuse (NY) Daily Standard ran a story bout West knocking out
Joe Walcott
Jan 12 Charles Johnson Albany, NY TK 7
-Some sources report "TK 8"
Mar 3 Joe Walcott Brooklyn, NY W 20
Apr 3 "Australian" Jim Ryan New York, NY W 8
-Some sources report "TK 8" in "Brooklyn, NY"
May 15 Paddy Purtell New York, NY TK 5
-Some sources report "W 5"
Sep 30 Tommy Ryan Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct 2 Jim Watts SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct 11 -West seconded Tommy Shortell vs Jimmy O'Donovan in Trenton, NJ
Oct 17 -Syracuse (NY) Herald reports on a past bout between West
and Tommy Ryan
Oct 28 Jim Watts Long Island, NY KO 4
-Police intervened; Some sources report "KO 5"
Nov 18 "Mysterious" Billy Smith New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 29 George Ryan Brooklyn, NY KO 15
Dec 17 -West seconded Charles "Kid" McCoy vs Dan Creedon in Long Island City, NY
Dec 20 Bill Heffernan Buffalo, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
Some sources reported the bout was cancelled
Dec 31 -Syracuse (NY) Evening Herald reported the scheduled Jan 10 1898
bout with "Mysterious" Billy Smith was "off" due to negotiation problems
1898
Jan 10 "Mysterious" Billy Smith Buffalo, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jan 20 Dan Murphy Waterbury, Ct D 20
Feb 24 Dan Murphy Bridgeport, Ct TK 17
-Some sources report "W 17"
Mar 11 Jack Bonner Philadelphia, Pa ND 6
Apr 22 Joe Walcott Philadelphia, Pa ND 6
Jun 13 Tommy Ryan New York, NY LT 14
-Welterweight Championship of the World
Nov 14 "Mysterious" Billy Smith Bridgeport, Ct D 20
-Some sources report "W 20"
Dec 2 Tommy Ryan Philadelphia, Pa ND 6
-This was a "tame" fight;
It looked like a "pre-arranged draw";
Some sources report "NC 6"
1899
Jan 21 Abraham "Abe" Ullman Brooklyn, NY W 20
-Some sources report "New York, NY"
Feb 28 Jack Bonner New York, NY WF 8
-The referee stopped the bout;
Bonner rubbed a substance on his gloves
Apr 4 Dan Creedon New York, NY D 20
Jun 12 Patsy Raedy Syracuse, NY KO 5
Sep 4 George Byers Coney Island, NY KO 7
Oct 21 Charles Stevenson Brooklyn, NY KO 13
Nov 24 Frank Craig Brooklyn, NY TK 14
-Some sources report "W 14"; Some sources report "New York, NY"
Dec 30 James E. "Doc" Payne Brooklyn, NY TK 2
-Reports vary - "W 2"- "KO 2"
1900
Jan 9 Jack Root Chicago, Il L 6
Feb 16 Dick Moore Baltimore, Md WF 4
-Some sources report "KO 4"
Feb 26 Kid Lyons Trenton, NJ W
Mar 23 Patsy Corrigan Baltimore, Md KO 3
Apr 6 Jack Bonner New York, NY TK 16
-Some sources report "W 16"
Jun 19 "Wild" Bill Hanrahan Coney Island, NY KO 17
Aug 27 Joe Walcott New York, NY TK 11
-Walcott was winning but injured his left arm
Oct 15 "Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien Philadelphia, Pa ND 6
-Some sources report "W 6"
Nov 26 Jack Bonner Philadelphia, Pa ND 6
1901
Mar 4 Tommy Ryan Louisville, Ky LT 17
-Middleweight Championship of the World
Mar 29 Marvin Hart Louisville, Ky LK 16
Sep 23 George Johnson Bath Beach, NY EX
-At West's training camp, in the rear of Shuber's Hotel,
at the foot of Bay 22nd Street, Bensonhurst, West struck
Johnson, 37, black, a light blow to the jaw; Johnson died
on September 24; West was arrested but released later
Sep 26 Al Weinig Fort Erie, Ont, Canada SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held; West was under arrest
1902
Feb 24 "Young" Peter Jackson Philadelphia, Pa LT 2
-West quit for no apparent reason;
The promoter withheld his payment;
Some sources report "L 2"
Jun 23 Joe Walcott London, Eng L 15
-Welterweight Championship of the World
Aug 27 -West was the timekeepers for the wrestling match between
Max Luttbeg and Teddy Sitter in Brooklyn, NY
Nov 20 -West was scheduled to referee the wrestling match between
Tom Jenkins and Teddy Sitter in Brooklyn, NY
1903
Jan 1 Jack Bonner Leighton, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held; The crowd was too small
*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
1896
May Jack Reid L 3
1906
Oct 23 Ray Bronson Bloomington, In LK 4
-Bronson fought "Louisville" Tommy
West
*** Much Data Was Provided By Mike DeLisa ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis,
Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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