Billy Davis

BORN  

1868; Fought out of New York, New York

HEIGHT   5-4 1/2
WEIGHT 108-125 lbs

1886
Jul 21 Jack Kenny                                                   D  4
Aug 19
Jack Kenny                                                   D 27
Nov 13 Jack Kenny                 Westchester County, NY            D 31
          -Some sources report "D 32" on 11/11/1886
Dec    Eugene Hornbacker          New York, NY                    SCH  
          -This bout was scheduled but postponed; Police presence prevented it

1887
Jan 14 Eugene Hornbacker          New York, NY                      D 30
Aug 25 Hugh Boyle                 New York, NY                     KO  9
          -Bantamweight Championship of the World (American version)
Sep 9 -Davis attended the Jake Kilrain-Charlie Mitchell bout in New York, NY
Oct 22 Benny McGill               New York, NY                      L  6

1888
Feb 18 Jack Kenny                 New York, NY                    SCH  
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Feb 25 -Davis was time-keeper for Hugh Boyle vs Jack Dinan at Staten Island, NY
Feb 25 Jack Kelly                 Brooklyn, NY                    SCH  
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Apr 19 Willie Haas                Brooklyn, NY                     EX  
          -Some sources report 04/10/1888
Jul 28 -Davis seconded Dick Moorehouse vs Sailor Brown at Long Island, NY
Sep 29 Jack Kenny                 Brooklyn, NY                     EX  

1889
Mar 19 -Davis seconded Jack Kenny vs Austin Gibbons at Long Island, NY
Aug 27 -Davis seconded Dave O'Leary vas Jack Aikens in New York, NY
Dec 18 Jack Kenny                 New York, NY                    SCH  
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known

1890
Feb  3 Tommy "Spider" Kelly       Brooklyn, NY                    SCH  
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
           Some sources report 02/10/1890

Mar 31 George Chamberlain         New York, NY                      W  5
Dec 13 Jack Lyman                 Hoboken, NJ                      EX  

*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1886
       Jack Kenny                                                   L 18

1889
Oct 31 Harry Bryant               Pittsburgh, Pa                   EX  

*** Photo Provided By William Schutte ***


Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization