1896
Jun 29 Tom Mackey Weir, Ks TK 10
Jul 15 Jack Dougherty Mineral City, Ks KO 2
Jul 29 Harry Pigeon Galena, Ks KO 19
Aug 28 Fred Ross Galena, Ks TK 13
Sep 25 Ed Doyle Weir, Ks TK 13
Nov 9 Paddy Purtell Galena, Ks LK 3
Dec 22 Caswell Whitman Weir, Ks TK 3
Dec 31 Bill Mahan Weir, Ks TK 6
1897
Mar 8 "Scaldy" Bill Quinn Frontenac, Ks D 6
Mar 22 Bill Mahan Weir, Ks KO 6
May 10 Oscar Gardner Chicopee, Ks D 6
Jun 4 Isadore "Izzy" Strauss Brooklyn, NY LF 1
-Some sources report Strauss fought "Jack Ferris"
Jun 7 Lou DeMonge Brooklyn, NY KO 8
Jul 2 Bobby Dobbs Hartford, Ct L 8
Oct 25 Walter Montgomery Weir, Ks D 10
Dec 13 Hugh McManus Weir, Ks KO 23
1898
Mar 15 Billy Emerson KO 10
Apr 1 Frank "Dutch" Neal Galena, Ks KO 6
Jun 8 Frank "Dutch" Neal Galena, Ks KO 7
Jul 12 George Fitzgerald KO 2
Oct 6 Ben Smith W 12
Nov 19 Paddy Purtell KO 5
-Some sources report 12/02/98
Dec 11 Walter Montgomery KO 9
Dec 23 Spot Robinson KO 2
1899
Feb 7 Charles McKeever Chicago, Il L 6
Feb 9 Shorty Ahearn Chicago, Il W 6
Apr 5 Otto Minke Philadelphia, Pa KO 6
May 27 Shorty Ahearn Chicago, Il W 6
Jun 22 Shorty Ahearn Chicago, Il KO 6
Jul 18 Bert Young Hartford, Ct LT 9
Sep 21 "Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien Buffalo, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled;
O'Brien sustained an injury in training
Sep 29 Bobby Dobbs Buffalo, NY W 20
Nov 30 Sammy Callaghan Buffalo, NY KO 1
Dec 28 Walter Burgo Fort Erie, Ont, Canada KO 2
1900
Jan 15 "Mysterious" Billy Smith Buffalo, NY WF 21
-Smith knocked Ferns down fifteen times before fouling him
Feb 22 Mike Donovan Buffalo, NY W 20
Mar 20 Jack Hanley Fort Erie, Ont, Canada KO 6
May 24 Jack Bennett Toronto, Ont, Canada KO 1
Jul 19 Joe Reptie Buffalo, NY TK 2
Jul 19 Otto Knopp Buffalo, NY KO 4
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Aug 12 Eddie Connolly Buffalo, NY TK 15
-Welterweight Championship of the World
Sep 1 William "Matty" Matthews Detroit, Mi W 15
-Welterweight Championship of the World
Oct 16 William "Matty" Matthews Detroit, Mi L 15
-Welterweight Championship of the World
1901
May 24 William "Matty" Matthews Toronto, Ont, Canada KO 10
-Welterweight Championship of the World
Sep 23 Frank Erne Fort Erie, Ont, Canada KO 9
-Welterweight Championship of the World
Nov 22 Charles "Dutch" Thurston Detroit, Mi W 15
-Some sources report Welterweight Championship of the World;
Some sources report 11/28/01
Dec 18 Joe Walcott Fort Erie, Ont, Canada LT 5
-Welterweight Championship of the World;
Some sources report 12/15/01
1902
Jan 3 Jack Bennett Philadelphia, Pa KO 2
Jan 27 Tim Draffin Murphy Chicago, Il W 6
Feb 25 Tom Tracey Portland, Or L 20
-Some sources report 2/26/02
Mar 21 Al Neil San Francisco, Ca LK 12
May 29 Owen Ziegler Joplin, Mo KO 3
Nov 27 Hugo Kelly Kansas City, Ks L 10
Dec 22 William "Matty" Matthews Pittsburgh, Pa L 10
1903
Apr 27 William "Matty" Matthews Fort Erie, Ont, Canada TK 19
-Matthews tumbled out of the ring
May 28 Martin Duffy Louisville, Ky LK 13
Dec 19 Dick O'Brien Parsons, Ks D 10
1904
Feb 26 Martin Duffy Hot Springs, Ar L 20
Mar 31 Eugene Bezenah Weir City, Ks D 20
1905
Sep Jack Dunleavy Kansas City, Mo D 17
Sep 24 Billy Rhodes Kansas City, Mo LT 13
1906
Feb 12 Gus Gardner Buffalo, NY D 15
Feb 22 Bobby Delaney Grand Rapids, Mi KO 4
Mar 16 William "Matty" Matthews Buffalo, NY TK 9
Mar 17 Mike Donovan Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6
Mar 21 Charlie Sieger Buffalo, NY D 15
Apr 18 Charles Hitte Albany, NY LF 7
May 15 Charlie Conkle Niagara Falls, NY WF 3
Jun 1 Art Mason Buffalo, NY ND 15
-Some sources report "D 15"
Jun 20 Charlie Sieger Lockport, NY D 20
*** Much Data Was Provided By Mike DeLisa ***
*** Assistance Was Provided By Sergei Yurchenko ***
*** Assistance Was Provided By Ron Brammer (Columbia, Md) ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis,
Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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