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Dave Deshler
(David W. Deshler Jr.)

BORN June 1 1885; New Brunswick, New Jersey
DIED Resided in Boston, Massachusetts
HEIGHT  5-3
WEIGHT 130-133 lbs
MANAGER Tom McDonough

Photo Provided By David Roake of the website, http://www.fightersfotos.co.uk
Email Address = d.roake@hotmail.co.uk

 

1903
Dec 21 Young Dunn                 Boston, Ma                         LT  3
          -Some sources report "KO 3" 

1904
Jan  2 Kid Fitzgerald             Boston, Ma                          L  8
Mar 17 Polo Mills                 Cambridge, Ma                      KO  2
Apr  4 Billy Mills                Cambridge, Ma                       W  6
Sep  2 Willie Riley               Cambridge, Ma                       W  6
Dec 19 Billy Glover               Cambridge, Ma                       D  6
          -Some sources report that "Dave Eichler" fought Glover

1905
Jan 20 Harry Edels                Chelsea, Ma                         W  6
Feb 20 Fred Sidney                Webster, Ma                         L 15
Feb 22 John A. Sullivan           Gloucester, Ma                      D  8
Mar  7 Billy Glover               Chelsea, Ma                         W  6
Mar 20 George Ashley              Webster, Ma                         D 15
Mar 31 Charles "Young" Dwyer      Lawrence, Ma                       KO  5
Apr 27 Moses King                 Webster, Ma                         W 15
May  8 George Ashley              Portland, Me                        D  8
May 10 George Henderson           Chelsea, Ma                        KO  6
May 17 Billy Glover               Chelsea, Ma                         W  6
Sep  4 Kid Pantz                  Webster, Ma                         W 15
Oct  2 Guy Ashley                 Webster, Ma                         W 15
Oct 11 Terry Martin               Thornton, RI                        W 15
Oct 24 Matthew "Matty" Baldwin    Chelsea, Ma                         D 15
Nov 17 Arthur Cote                Augusta, Me                         L 15

1906
Jan  1 Abe "Kid" Goodman          Chelsea, Ma                        WF  5
Jan  8 Abe "Kid" Goodman          Chelsea, Ma                        WF 11
Jan 29 Kid Sullivan               Chelsea, Ma                         W 15
Feb  2 Maurice Sayers             Cambridge, Ma                       W 15
Feb 26 Jimmy Briggs               Chelsea, Ma                         L 15
Apr 23 Terry Martin               Chelsea, Ma                         L 15
May 14 Young Erne                 Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Aug 21 Matthew "Matty" Baldwin    Chelsea, Ma                         D 15
Sep 26 Young Erne                 Chelsea, Ma                         W 15
Oct 30 Ambrose "Amby" McGarry     Chelsea, Ma                         D 15
Nov 26 Jack Mulkern               Brockton, Ma                       KO  3
Dec 14 Tommy Quill                Providence, RI                      L 15

1907
Jan  1 Charles Neary              Milwaukee, Wi                       D 10
Feb  1 Charles Neary              Milwaukee, Wi                      LK  8
Mar 22 Arthur Cote                Augusta, Me                        ND  6
Jun 22 Harry Lewis                Philadelphia, Pa                   LT  2
Sep 10 Young Donohue              Chelsea, Ma                        ND 10
Oct  8 John "Rouse" O'Brien       Chelsea, Ma                        ND 10
Oct 28 Billy Glover               Boston, Ma                          D 12
Nov 20 John "Rouse" O'Brien       Boston, Ma                         ND 12
Dec 11 Freddie Welsh              Chelsea, Ma                        ND 10
Dec 25 Thomas "Young" Kloby       Lawrence, Ma                        D 12

1908
Feb  7 Dick Nelson                Lawrence, Ma                        L 12
Feb 11 Jim Bonner                 Boston, Ma                          L 10
Mar  6 Young Donahue              Providence, RI                      W 12
          -Some sources report "Thornton, RI"; 
           Some sources name this man "George Donahue"
Apr 28 Willie Moody               Boston, Ma                          W 12
May 29 Jack Dorman                New York, NY                       ND  6
Jun 29 Willie Moody               Woonsocket, RI                      D 12
Oct 26 Johnny Marto               New Haven, Ct                      ND 10
Nov 26 Thomas "Young" Kloby       Lawrence, Ma                       ND 10
Dec 19 Young Donahue              New Orleans, La                     D 10
          -Some sources name this man "George Donahue"

1909
Feb 16 Tommy Quill                Boston, Ma                          W 12
          -Some sources report 2/17/1909
Mar 30 Packey McFarland           Boston, Ma                          D 12
Oct  5 Young Corbett II           Boston, Ma                         TK  5
Nov 30 Ray Bronson                Boston, Ma                          D 12
Dec 14 Ray Bronson                Boston, Ma                          D 12

1910
Jan 11 Thomas "Young" Loughrey    Boston, Ma                          L 12
Feb 26 Frank Picato               Boston, Ma                          L 10
Apr 19 Tommy O'Keefe              Boston, Ma                          D 10
May 10 Eddie Murphy               Boston, Ma                          D 12
Jun  7 Eddie Murphy               Boston, Ma                          L 12
Sep 20 Willie Lucas               Boston, Ma                          D 10
Dec 26 Dick Nelson                Lawrence, Ma                        L 12

1911
Jan  4 Kid Shea                   Fall River, Ma                      L 12
Jan 26 Young Ahearn               Brooklyn, NY                       ND 10
Feb 16 Fred Corbett               Brooklyn, NY                       TK  3
Feb 21 Harry Stone                Albany, NY                         ND 10
Feb 23 Kid Burns                  New York, NY                       KO  3
Mar 23 Paddy Sullivan             Brooklyn, NY                       ND 10
Apr 21 William "Young" Nitchie    Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Apr 24 Dick Nelson                New York, NY                       ND 10
Jul  7 Paddy Sullivan             New York, NY                       ND 10
Aug  7 William "Young" Nitchie    Brooklyn, NY                       NC  7
Aug 23 Ray Bronson                Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Nov  9 Kid Mercier                Lawrence, Ma                        L 12
Nov 22 Mickey "Young" McDonough   Manchester, NH                      D 15

1912
Feb 12 Joe Hyland                 New Bedford, Ma                     D 12
Feb 16 Clarence "Wildcat" Ferns   Kansas City, Mo                    LK  9
Mar  1 Clarence "Wildcat" Ferns   Kansas City, Mo                     L 10
Sep 10 Johnny Willetts            Boston, Ma                          W 10
Oct 22 William "Young" Nitchie    Providence, RI                      W 12
Nov  8 John "Young" McCartney     Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Dec 17 Thomas "Young" Loughrey    Providence, RI                      L 15

1914
Mar 24 Joe Eagan                  Cambridge, Ma                       D 10
Apr 20 Joe Eagan                  Cambridge, Ma                       L 10

1917
Jan  5 Walter Butler              Boston, Ma                         LT  7

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

1904
Apr  4 Red Coady                  Cambridge, Ma                      KO  2

1907
       Dick Nelson                Lawrence, Ma                        D 12

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