Schedule News Current Champs WAIL! Encyclopedia Links Store Home
The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Old Timer

Maffit Flaherty

BORN Fought out of Boston, Massachusetts
WEIGHT 145 lbs
1892
Feb  3 Ed Binney                    Providence, RI                   LT 12
Feb 26 -Flaherty seconded Barney Hubbard vs Mike Cooney in Providence, RI
Apr 12 Tommy Giblin                 Pawtucket, RI                   SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but not held; Giblin refused to fight
May 20 -Flaherty seconded Barney Hubbard vs Mike Cooney in Providence, RI
Dec  9 -Dan Eagan (Montana Kid) was seeking a bout with Flaherty
Dec 28 Billy Leedom                 Brooklyn, NY                      W  8

1893
Feb 20 Bobby Burns                  Providence, RI                  SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Feb 24 Billy Smith                  Boston, Ma                      SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Feb 24 Martin Flaherty              Boston, Ma                       EX   
Mar  6 Pete Ward                    Boston, Ma                      SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Mar 10 an unnamed opponent          Boston, Ma                      SCH    
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jul  1 -Charles Gleason was seeking a bout with Flaherty
Jul  3 Doc O'Connell                Boston, Ma                      SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jul 18 Fred Morris                  New York, NY                      D  3
          -Morris was called "Muldoon's Cyclone"; He knocked Flaherty down;
           Police inspector Williams stopped the bout
Sep 11 Dick O'Brien                 Boston, Ma                       LT  2
Nov 22 -Flaherty refereed the Jack Nolan vs Danny Leahy bout in Boston, Ma

1894
Apr  9 Philip Jason                 Rockland, Me                      D  4
Apr 16 Dan Sullivan                 Charlestown, Ma                  EX   
May 21 Ed Binney                    Boston, Ma                       EX  3

1895
May  8 Jack Magee                   Boston, Ma                      SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
May 17 -Flaherty seconded Mike Sears vs Luke Burke in Lowell, Ma
Dec  9 Jimmy Gallagher              Pawtucket, RI                   SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known

1896
Jun 16 -Flaherty seconded Martin Flaherty vs George Dixon in Boston, Ma

1898
Dec 14 -Flaherty seconded Jimmy Gallagher vs Dan Murphy in New London, Ct

1899
Mar  9 Dan Murphy                   Lowell, Ma                       EX   

1901
Mar 18 -Flaherty managed a wrestling program in Boston, Ma

1905
Jul    -Flaherty worked as Life Guard, State Bath house, Revere Beach, Massachusetts

1906
Jan 29 -Flaherty refereed the Dave Deshler vs Kid Sullivan bout in Chelsea, Ma
Sep  3 -Flaherty refereed the Joe Thomas vs Billy "Honey" Mellody bout in Chelsea, Ma
Sep 11 -Flaherty refereed the Hugo Kelly vs Sailor Burke bout in Chelsea, Ma
Sep 18 -Flaherty refereed the Aurelio Herrera vs Abe "Kid" Goodman bout in Chelsea, Ma

1907
Sep  2 -Flaherty refereed the Billy Papke vs Tommy Sullivan bout in Lawrence, Ma
           (Some sources report "Methuen, Ma")

1908
May 12 -Flaherty was selected to referee the Aurelio Herrera vs Willie Fitzgerald bout in Boston, Ma
May 25 -Flaherty refereed the Young Erne vs Tommy Quill bout in Boston, Ma
Jun 29 -Flaherty refereed the Tommy Rawson vs Tommy Bergen bout in Bangor, Me
Jun 29 -Flaherty refereed the Harry Lewis vs Jim Donovan bout in Bangor, Me
Dec 22 -Flaherty refereed the Tommy Murphy vs Charley Griffin bout in Boston, Ma

1909
Sep  7 -Flaherty refereed the Ad Wolgest vs Matthew "Matty" Baldwin bout in Boston, Ma

1910
Jan 25 -Flaherty refereed the Owen Moran vs Matthew "Matty" Baldwin bout in Boston, Ma

1911
Oct 19 -Flaherty refereed the Oscar "Battling" Nelson vs George Alger bout in Augusta, Me

1918
Aug 27 -Flaherty refereed the Burns vs O'Brien bout in Boston, Ma
Nov 19 -Flaherty refereed the Kid Norfolk vs Clay Turner bout in Boston, Ma

1919
Feb 12 -Flaherty refereed the Green vs Williams bout in Boston, Ma

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