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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Old Timer

Charles Gehring

BORN Fought out of Baltimore, Maryland
WEIGHT 135-140 lbs
1892
Nov 18 Joe Lewin                  Baltimore, Md                    TK  1
          -A second of his grabbed the gloves and started fighting Gehring;
           This was eventually stopped

1893
Feb  2 J. Nagle                   Philadelphia, Pa                  W  3
Feb 24 J. Nagle                   Philadelphia, Pa                  W  3
Feb 25 William Pfeiffer           Philadelphia, Pa                  W  3
          -The previous 2 bouts were part of a 135-lb Competition;
           Gehring won the Championship
Mar 16 Arthur Abele               Philadelphia, Pa                SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but cancelled; Gehring could not attend
Oct 29 Chic Lucas                                                  KO   
          -Lucas used the name "Wilkinson" for this bout
Nov 24 Henry Kelly                Baltimore, Md                     W  3

1894
Jan 14 -Gehring challenged Horace Leeds to a bout
Jan 18 Jack Skelly                                                SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jan 28 -Gehring was such a fighter that Jake Kilrain was thinking about
          bringing him out as a heavyweight fighter
Mar 19 Matt Matthews              New York, NY                      W  3
Mar 22 John Welsh                 New York, NY                     TK  2
Mar 22 James Gary Wilson          New York, NY                      W  3
Mar 22 Hugh Kelly                 New York, NY                      W  3
          -The previous 4 bouts were part of a 135-lb Competition;
           Gehring won the Championship
Jun 25 "Wilmington" Jack Daly     Baltimore, Md                    WF  2
          -Gehring floored Daly with a body blow in round one
           and had him groggy in round two; Police intervened
Aug 15 -Gehring was challenged by Jack Hanley to a bout
Sep 10 Billy Young                Baltimore, Md                     W   
Oct 30 Stanton Abbott             Baltimore, Md                    LK  3
          -Baltimore sports claim they were badly duped by Stanton Abbott;
           He refused to box Charley Gehring unless Gehring promisd not to
           knock him out as he (Abbott) was out of condition; Gehring easily
           out-pointed Abbott until Stanton sneaked in a hard shot to the 
           jaw and put Gehring to sleep
Dec 13 Billy Young                Baltimore, Md                     D  4
Dec 19 Al O'Brien                 Baltimore, Md                    TK  3
          -Police intervened twice; First, when the fighting became
           vigorous, they allowed the bout to continue; Then, when
           the fighting became fast and O'Brien was winded, they
           stopped it
Dec 28 -Gehring challenged Owen Ziegler to a bout

1895
Mar 14 Stanton Abbott             Baltimore, Md                    ND  6
          -Gehring was equal to Abbott as a boxer; Abbott hit harder
May  9 Owen Ziegler               Baltimore, Md                     D  6
Jun 12 John Young                 Anne Arundel County, Md           W  8
Jul  1 Billy Payne                Baltimore, Md                   SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jul 20 Mike Leonard               Baltimore, Md                    LT  1
Jul  9 -Gehring was challenged by Stanton Abbott to another bout
Sep 23 Mike Leonard               Baltimore, Md                    NC  3
          -Police intervened
Dec 14 Al O'Brien                 Philadelphia, Pa                 LT  2

1896
Sep 14 Frank "Indian" Wongo       Baltimore, Md                    ND  2
          -Police intervened; Both men had been down

1897
Jul 12 Billy Duke                 Baltimore, Md                     W 20

*** The Following Bout Is Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1892-1893
       Nelson                                                       W   

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