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George "Young" Gibbs
| BORN |
c. 1878
(Fought out of Cleveland, Ohio) |
| WEIGHT |
115-135 lbs |
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1899
Oct 4 Jeff Powers Cleveland, Oh KO 5
1900
Jan 1 Jack Hudson Cleveland, Oh L 20
Jan 23 Tommy McCarthy Erie, Pa KO 2
Mar 19 Denny Gallagher Erie, Pa KO 9
Mar 22 Freddie Green Cleveland, Oh KO 5
Apr 6 Frank "Scotty" Cross Detroit, Mi KO 8
-This bout was on the Jim Jeffries-John Finnegan card
Apr 18 Frank Stackhouse Cleveland, Oh W 20
Jun 28 Emil Sanchez Cleveland, Oh KO 17
Jul 26 Eddie Burns Cleveland, Oh D 20
Oct 22 Kid Herrick Akron, Oh ND 4
Nov 23 Grant Nickens Ashtabula, Oh D 20
Dec 13 Steve Morrissey Erie, Pa TK 12
1901
Jan 9 Gus Gardner Ashtabula, Oh KO 8
Jan 14 Joe Youngs Youngstown, Oh KO 20
-Some sources report "KO 12"; Some report "KO 14"
Jun 23 Phil Carney Cleveland, Oh TK 6
Sep 4 George Siddons near Boston, Ma KO 6
Oct 15 William "Cyclone" Kelly San Francisco, Ca KO 7
Sep 20 Joe Youngs Ashtabula, Oh LK 11
Nov 22 Kid Williams Oakland, Ca KO 7
-This man was not the famous boxer
1902
Jan 16 "New York" Jack O'Brien Oakland, Ca L 15
Feb 4 Dan Donovan Los Angeles, Ca KO 2
Feb 18 Jack McDonald Oakland, Ca WF 2
Feb 25 -Phila Item carried a record of George Gibbs
Mar 14 Mose LaFontise Oakland, Ca W 15
May 9 Tim "Draffin" Murphy Oakland, Ca D 15
Jun 13 Kid Williams Stockton, Ca TK 8
-This man was not the famous boxer
Jul 11 Al Neill Los Angeles, Ca D 20
-All bets were declared “off” after Neill refused to weigh
in and then sat in the ring for a half an hour; Neill was
described as “well-built” about the shoulders; In addition,
he had a “strong aquiline profile” and an “upper lip that
goes with a strong face.” Gibbs was described as a lithe,
graceful black man with a “thin yellow skin soft as satin.”
The first part of the bout was tame and uninteresting;
Neill’s face was covered with gore during the “very hard-
fought” second half of the bout as the fighting became
“more desperate.”
Oct 4 Tommy Reilly Seattle, Wa L 20
Oct 6 -After being soundly beaten by Tommy Reilly, Gibbs got into
a “row” with a prostitute in the “disorderly part of town”
and was reported that he had beaten her; Gibbs tried to
avoid being arrested by Patrolman Hubbard, who once was
a blacksmith and weighed nearly 300 pounds; Gibbs threw
a lighted lamp at Hubbard, which set the house on fire,
and then tried to escape; Patrolman Freeman was in Gibbs’
way and an arrest was made; The next day, Gibbs told
the judge that that he was guilty of all charges made by
the patrolmen; Gibbs was fined $10 and costs
Dec 15 Kid Williams Seattle, Wa NC 7
-This man was not the famous boxer;
Police intervened after a fighter swung at the referee
and then the referee hit the boxer
1903
Jan 29 "Indian" Joe Gregg Tacoma, Wa D 20
Feb 26 Mose LaFontise Butte, Mt LF 7
Mar 26 Jerry McCarthy Salt Lake City, Ut D 20
May 13 Jerry McCarthy Salt Lake City, Ut LT 10
1904
Mar 12 "Brooklyn" Jack O'Brien Kansas City, Mo TK 5
-This man was actually "Billy Emerson"
Mar 24 Billy Rhodes Kansas City, Mo LK 11
Apr 19 Billy Clark Old Forge, Pa LK 2
Jul 19 Billy Rhodes Kansas City, Mo L 10
Nov 22 Kid Williams Oakland, Ca KO 7
-This man was not the famous boxer
*** Photo Provided By
William Schutte ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis,
Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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