Joe "Young" Shugrue
(Joseph A. Shugrue; the "Jersey Bobcat")
BORN September 11 1894; Jersey City, New Jersey DIED May 11 1961; Jersey City, New Jersey HEIGHT 5-6 WEIGHT 125-138 lbs RACE White; Irish-American MANAGERS Pete Fitzgerald, Tommy Lee
Shugrue was a very good boxer who had a short career due to an eye injury; Joe began fighting in 1910 and retired in 1915 due to a detached retina in his right eye; There was also a cataract in his left eye that left him with only partial vision; Joe had two brothers, Johnny and William, who were also boxers
Shugrue accomplished something on March 5, 1912 that most lightweights only dream of when he knocked Benny Leonard out of time in New York
During his career, Joe defeated such men as Leonard, Young McGovern, Young Dyson, "Philadelphia" Pal Moore, Phil Brock, One-Round Hogan, Owen Moran, and Young Saylor
Joe performed in vaudeville after retiring from boxing and, later, opened up a tavern and gymnasium in Waterbury Ct; He worked as a truant officer in Jersey City from 1925-1959; Shugrue was inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame in 19691910 Jul 23 Banty Lewis Newark, NJ W 4 Aug 9 Willie Burns New York, NY KO 3 Aug 19 Young Buckley New York, NY KO 2 Aug 23 Willie Faust New York, NY ND 6 Aug 25 Paddy Meehan New York, NY ND 6 Sep 6 Charley Burns New York, NY KO 5 Sep 13 Jimmy Ambrose New York, NY ND 6 Sep 29 Georgie O'Brien New York, NY KO 3 Oct 18 Packey Hommey New York, NY ND 10 Nov 5 Willie Scott Brooklyn, NY KO 4 Dec 8 Mike O'Grady New York, NY ND 10 Dec 16 Young McGovern Brooklyn, NY KO 4 1911 Jan 2 Sammy Kellar New York, NY ND 10 Jan 23 Sammy Kellar New York, NY ND 10 Feb 21 Joe Marks New Haven, Ct ND 10 -Some sources report "Joe Marcks" Apr 4 Joe Brooks New York, NY ND 10 Apr 24 Jimmy Dunn New Haven, Ct ND 10 May 15 Johnny Dundee Perth Amboy, NJ ND 6 Jul 21 Willie Jones New York, NY ND 10 Jul 29 Johnny Dundee New York, NY ND 10 Nov 8 Ty Cobb New York, NY ND 10 Dec Ty Cobb New York, NY ND 10 Dec 29 Willie Jones Brooklyn, NY ND 10 1912 Jan 2 Joe "Kid" Coster Brooklyn, NY ND 10 -Some sources report 1/03/12 Feb 12 Eddie O'Keefe New York, NY ND 10 -Some sources report 2/13/12 Feb 20 Prince Henry Brooklyn, NY ND 10 Mar 5 Benny Leonard New York, NY KO 4 Mar 12 Louis de Ponthieu New York, NY ND 10 Mar 14 Joe "Kid" Coster New York, NY ND 10 Mar 19 Harry Phillips Perth Amboy, NJ KO 3 Apr 6 Mike "Kid" Ghetto New York, NY KO 3 -Some sources report "ND 10" vs "Jack 'Young' Cohen" Apr 16 Jack "Young" Cohen New York, NY ND 10 Apr 25 "Young" Dyson Waterbury, Ct W 15 May 18 Young Guerini New York, NY KO 2 May 21 Jack "Young" Cohen New York, NY ND 10 Jun 4 Charley White New York, NY ND 10 Jun 18 Charley White New York, NY ND 10 Jul 1 Johnny Dundee New York, NY ND 10 Jul 15 Jimmy Coffey New York, NY ND 10 Jul 30 Harry Tracey Newark, NJ KO 2 Aug 15 Wille Jones New York, NY ND 10 Aug 26 Harry Stone New York, NY ND 10 Oct 14 Jimmy Coffey New York, NY ND 10 Oct 28 Louis de Ponthieu New York, NY ND 10 Nov 22 Joe Thiel Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Nov 28 "Philadelphia" Pal Moore Dayton, Oh W 15 Dec 10 "Young" Dyson New York, NY ND 10 Dec 26 Jack Leonard New York, NY KO 7 1913 Jan 1 Young Reilly New York, NY ND 10 Jan 21 Charley Griffin Waterbury, Ct KO 1 Jan 29 Leach Cross New York, NY ND 10 Feb 4 Phil Brock Youngstown, Oh W 12 -Some sources report "ND 10" Feb 19 Johnny Lore New York, NY ND 10 Apr 23 Johnny Lore New York, NY ND 10 Apr 30 Joe "Kid" Kansas Rochester, NY ND 10 May 12 One-Round Hogan New Haven, Ct KO 10 May 19 Johnny Lore Youngstown, Oh ND 12 Jun 5 Sam Robideau New York, NY ND 10 Jun 9 Joe "Kid" Kansas Rochester, NY ND 10 Jul 3 Matthew "Matty" Baldwin New Haven, Ct L 15 Aug 15 "Fighting" Joe Hyland New York, NY ND 10 Sep 18 "Fighting" Dick Hyland Denver, Co D 10 -Some sources report 9/19/13 Oct 25 Sam Robideau Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Oct 31 "Lockport" Jimmy Duffy Buffalo, NY ND 10 Nov 19 Johnny Harvey New York, NY ND 10 Dec 16 Cy Smith New York, NY ND 10 Dec 26 Cy Smith New York, NY ND 10 1914 Jan 5 Willie Beecher Troy, NY ND 10 Jan 23 Johnny Dundee New York, NY ND 10 Jan 27 Owen Moran New York, NY TK 8 -Some sources report "KO 7" Feb 19 Johnny Dundee Waterbury, Ct L 12 Mar 20 Leach Cross New York, NY ND 10 May 16 Herb McCoy Sydney, NSW, Aus TK 15 Jun 26 Ted "Kid" Lewis Sydney, NSW, Aus L 20 -Some sources report 6/27/14 Jul 11 Milburn "Young" Saylor Sydney, NSW, Aus W 20 Jul 25 Hughie Mehegan Melbourne, Vic, Aus KO 11 Aug 15 Milburn "Young" Saylor Sydney, NSW, Aus L 20 Sep 5 Fred Kay Sydney, NSW, Aus L 20 Nov 17 Walter Mohr Brooklyn, NY ND 10 Nov 23 Frankie Mack Bridgeport, Ct W 15 Dec 2 Freddie Welsh New York, NY ND 10 Dec 18 Sam Robideau Bridgeport, Ct ND 15 Dec 29 Charley White New York, NY ND 10 1915 Jan 13 Leach Cross New York, NY ND 10 Feb 9 Freddie Welsh New York, NY ND 10 Feb 15 "Philadelphia" Pal Moore Rochester, NY ND 10 Feb 22 Johnny Griffiths Akron, Oh ND 12 Oct 11 Eddie McAndrews Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Nov 1 Jimmy Murphy Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 *** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed *** 1911 Jim Kendrick New York, NY ND 10 1913 Feb 20 Kid Ash Cincinnati, Oh ND 10
Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
