Cyber Boxing Champion
Jimmy Goodrich

Goodrich was a good boxer but not a powerful hitter; He won many fights but lost a lot also. But, to his credit, he was never knocked out in 182 fights. He had the misfortune to follow Benny Leonard in the line of Lightweight Champions and met with unfavorable comparisons;
BORN : James Edward Moran, July 13 1900; Scranton, PA
DIED : September 25 1982; Fort Myers, Florida

HEIGHT : 5-6
WEIGHT : 120-145 lbs
MANAGERS : Paul "Red" Carr (1917-1923, 1928-1930), Charley Rose (1923-1925), Humbert Fugazy and Freddie Welsh (1925-1928)
1918
Feb 26 Young Leonard              Buffalo, NY                     ND  4
Mar 22 Chip Davis                 Buffalo, NY                     ND  4
Apr 12 Cutie Kaufman              Buffalo, NY                     ND  4
May  3 Cutie Kaufman              Buffalo, NY                     KO  3
May  9 Art Madden                 Buffalo, NY                     ND  4
Jun 24 Joe Marcus                 Buffalo, NY                     ND  4
Dec 17 Young Leonard              Buffalo, NY                     ND  4
Dec 30 George Ranney              Buffalo, NY                     ND  4

1919
Mar 10 Eddie Harling              Buffalo, NY                     ND  6
Mar 17 Cy Martin                  Buffalo, NY                     ND  6
Mar 21 Johnny Dunn                Buffalo, NY                     ND  6
Apr  4 Elbows McFadden            Buffalo, NY                     ND  6
Apr  8 Herman Smith               Buffalo, NY                     ND  6
Apr 14 Irish Kennedy              Buffalo, NY                     ND  6
May  6 Johnny, McCoy              Buffalo, NY                     ND  6
May    Will Duffy                 Auburn, NY                      ND  6
Jun  3 Bobby Eber                 Welland, Ont, Can                D 10
Jul 18 Dick Atkins                Toronto, Ont, Can                W 10
Aug  1 Dick Atkins                Toronto, Ont, Can                D 10
Aug  8 Bobby Eber                 Hamilton, Ont, Can               L 10
Aug 18 Maxie Green                Buffalo, NY                     ND  6
Sep 19 Dick Atkins                Toronto, Ont, Can                L 10
Sep 23 Dick Atkins                Hamilton, Ont, Can               D 10
Sep 26 Bobby Eber                 London, Ont, Can                 W 10
Oct 10 Frankie Kirsch             Buffalo, NY                     ND  6
Oct 30 Chip Davis                 Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Nov 25 Johnny McCoy               Buffalo, NY                     ND  6
Nov 27 Scotty Lisner              Toronto, Ont, Can                W 10
Dec 12 Al Kale                    Buffalo, NY                     ND  6
Dec 16 Johnny Dwyer               Buffalo, NY                     TK  5

1920
Jan  1 Teddy Meyers               Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Jan 30 Scotty Lisner              Toronto, Ont, Can                W 10
Feb 23 Joe Mendo                  Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Feb 27 Chip Davis                 Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Mar  8 Phil Logan                 Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Mar 13 Dick Loadman               Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Mar 25 Chick Rodgers              Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Apr 21 Dick Atkins                Hamilton, Ont, Can               W 10
May  3 Teddy Meyers               Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
May 10 Benny Valger               Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Jun  8 Herman Smith               Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Aug  4 Bud Christiano             Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Aug 18 Bud Christiano             Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Aug 24 Danny Dillon               Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Sep    Eddie Walsh                Scranton, Pa                    ND 10
Oct 11 Bud Christiano             Buffalo, NY                      D 12
Dec  6 Chip Davis                 Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Dec 13 Nick Michaels              Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Dec 27 Jesse Morey                Buffalo, NY                     TK  8

1921
Jan  8 Joe Reno                   Buffalo, NY                      W 15
Feb 18 Harry Bingham              Hamilton, Ont, Can               W 10
Feb 21 Joe Jawson                 Toronto, Ont, Can                W 10
Apr 21 Phil Logan                 Buffalo, NY                      W 12
May  2 Chubby Brown               Rochester, NY                    W 12
Jun 10 Phil Logan                 Buffalo, NY                      W 15
Jun 27 Herman Smith               Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Jul    Jimmy Rose                 Jamestown, NY                    W 10
Aug 19 Teddy Meyers               Buffalo, NY                      D 10
Aug 29 Chubby Brown               Rochester, NY                    L 10
Sep 26 Fritz Meiler               Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Nov  5 Red Mack                   Rochester, NY                    W 12
Nov 11 Battling Johnson           Syracuse, NY                     W 10
Nov 24 Freddie Jacks              Syracuse, NY                     W 12
Dec 16 Young Henry                Syracuse, NY                     W 10

1922
Feb  3 Mixer Mitchell             Syracuse, NY                     W 12
Feb 13 Bobby Michaels             Buffalo, NY                     WF  1
Feb 24 Freddie Jacks              Toronto, Ont, Can                W 10
Jan 19 Danny Grieves              Scranton, Pa                    KO  5
Apr  5 Johnny Dundee              Toronto, Ont, Can                L 10
May  1 Rube Cohen                 Buffalo, NY                     KO  5
May  9 Al Murphy                  Scranton, Pa                    ND 10
May 19 Dick Conlon                Erie, Pa                        ND 10
May 24 Tommy Noble                Toronto, Ont, Can                W 10
Jun  9 Tommy Noble                Toronto, Ont, Can                L 10
Jul 17 Tommy Noble                Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Aug  9 Mixer Mitchell             Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Sep  4 Charlie O'Connell          Erie, Pa                        ND 12
Oct  9 Charlie O'Connell          Buffalo, NY                      W 12
Nov  1 Red Cap Wilson             New York, NY                     W  6
Dec 23 Tommy Noble                Hamilton, Ont, Can               W 10
Dec 28 Billy Defoe                Scranton, Pa                    ND 12

1923
Jan 15 Sammy Berne                Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Feb  5 Teddy Meyers               Buffalo, NY                      D 10
Feb 12 Sid Barbarian              Detroit, Mi                     ND 10
Mar  1 Pep O'Brien                Scranton, Pa                    ND 10
Mar 12 Chubby Brown               Rochester, NY                    W 10
Apr  2 Frankie Callahan           Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Apr  3 Pedro Campo                Scranton, Pa                     W  8
Apr  9 Benny Valger               Buffalo, NY                      D 12
Apr 23 Willie Herman              Buffalo, NY                      D 10
Jul  9 Benny Valger               Scranton, Pa                     L 10
Jul 25 Tommy Noble                Johnson City, Pa                 W 12
Sep  4 Pal Moran                  Long Island City, NY             W 12
Sep 18 Alex Hart                  New York, NY                     W 15
Sep 28 Louis "Kid" Kaplan         New York, NY                     L 10
Oct 17 Chubby Brown               Wilkes-Barre, Pa                 W 10
Nov  1 Benny Cohen                Newark, NJ                      ND 12
Nov 29 Teddy Meyers               Buffalo, NY                      L 12
Dec  4 Sammy Vogel                New York, NY                     W 12

1924
Jan 29 Johnny Darcy               Jersey City, NJ                 ND 12
Feb  4 Pedro Campo                Buffalo, NY                      W  6
Feb 11 Charley Manty              New Bedford, Ma                  W 10
Feb 20 Alex Hart                  Lorain, Oh                      ND 10
Mar  3 Teddy Meyers               Scranton, Pa                     D 10
Mar 24 Harry Cook                 Buffalo, NY                      D 10
May  5 Andy Chaney                Buffalo, NY                      W 10
May 19 Bud Christiano             Philadelphia, Pa                 L 10
May 23 Charley Manty              New Bedford, Ma                  W 10
May 30 Bobby Tracey               Scranton, Pa                     D 10
Aug  8 Al Shubert                 New Bedford, Ma                  L 10
Aug 11 Johnny Darcy               Jersey City, NJ                 ND 12
Oct 13 Mickey Papner              Baltimore, Md                    W 12
Oct 31 Danny Cooney               New York, NY                     W 10
Nov 14 Charley Manty              Brockton, Ma                    KO  9
Nov 25 Joe Jawson                 Boston, Ma                       W 10
Dec 12 Jimmy Fruzzetti            Brockton, Ma                     L 10

1925
Jan 13 Sid Terris                 New York, NY                     L 12
Jan 26 Harry "Kid" Brown          Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Feb  3 Jimmy Fruzzetti            Boston, Ma                       W 10
Feb 23 Eddie "Kid" Wagner         New York, NY                     W 12
Mar  9 Clyde Jeakle               New York, NY                     W 12
May 18 Sammy Mandell              New York, NY                    WF  6
Jun 15 Benny Valger               Long Island City, NY             W 12
Jul 13 Stanislaus Loayza          Long Island City, NY            TK  2
       -Lightweight Championship of the World
Aug 14 Pep O'Brien                Scranton, Pa                     D 10
Sep  4 Billy Pollock              Scranton, Pa                     D 10
Oct 30 Gene Johnson               Elizabeth, NJ                   ND 10
Nov 24 Clonie Tait                Toronto, Ont, Can                W 10
Dec  7 Rocky Kansas               Buffalo, NY                      L 15
       Lightweight Championship of the World

1926
Jan 25 Solly Seeman               Milwaukee, Wi                   ND 10
Feb  8 Ray Romney                 Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Feb 22 Tod Morgan                 Milwaukee, Wi                   ND 10
Mar  5 Russell Leroy              Fargo, ND                       ND 10
Apr 20 Mushy Callahan             Vernon, Ca                       L 10
May 18 Mushy Callahan             Vernon, Ca                       L 10
Jun 18 Jackie Brady               Syracuse, NY                     W 10
Aug 20 Russell Leroy              Brooklyn, NY                     W  8
Oct  8 "Baby" Joe Gans            Chicago, Il                      L 10

1927
Jan  1 Freddie Mueller            Buffalo, NY                      W 15
Feb 21 Jack Berstein              Brooklyn, NY                     L 10
Apr  1 Jack Berstein              Buffalo, NY                      L 10
May 13 Ruby Goldstein             New York, NY                     L  6
Aug 11 Cuddy DeMarco              Buffalo, NY                     WF 10
Aug 24 Eddie "Kid" Wagner         Brooklyn, NY                     W 10
Sep  8 Bobby Tracey               Buffalo, NY                      D 12
Oct  7 Bobby Tracey               Buffalo, NY                      D 15
Oct 24 Freddie Mueller            Buffalo, NY                      L 10
Nov  2 Izzy Grove                 New York, NY                     L  6

1928
Jan 27 Pep O'Brien                Williamsport, Pa                 W 10
Feb  3 Bobby Tracey               Buffalo, NY                      L 10
Aug 20 Mickey O'Donnell           Buffalo, NY                      W  6
Sep 10 Pete Petrolle              Buffalo, NY                      D 10
Sep 25 Sammy Mandell              Flint, Mi                       TK  2
Oct 15 Johnny Blair               Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Nov 12 Phil Goldstein             Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Dec 14 Bruce Flowers              New York, NY                     L 10
Dec 26 Ruby Goldstein             Buffalo, NY                     KO  3

1929
Jan  7 Lope Tenorio               Buffalo, NY                      L 10
Feb  5 Paul Pirrone               Cleveland, Oh                    W  6
Feb 18 Bruce Flowers              Buffalo, NY                      L 10
Mar 15 Jackie Shupack             Paterson, NJ                     W 10
Apr 22 King Tut                   Milwaukee, Mi                   ND 10
May  6 Bucky Lawless              Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Jun 17 Mushy Callahan             Buffalo, NY                      W 15
Jul 26 Billy Petrolle             Duluth, Mn                      ND 10
Jul 31 Benny Duke                 Grand Rapids, Mi                 L 10
Aug  7 Joe Brown                  Montreal, Que, Can               D 10
Aug 30 Benny Duke                 Grand Rapids, Mi                 W 10
Sep  5 Sailor Pacilio             Utica, NY                        W 10
Oct 10 Morrie Sherman             Detroit, Mi                      D 10
Oct 17 Joey Harrison              Paterson, NJ                     L 10
Oct 28 Tommy Cello                Flint, Mi                       ND 10
Dec 10 Johnny Ciccone             Flint, Mi                       KO  8

1930
Jan 24 Joe Trippe                 Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Feb 28 Frankie Stetson            San Francisco, Ca                L 10
Mar  6 Madison Dix                San Francisco, Ca                L 10
Mar 20 Gilbert Attell             Stockton, Ca                     D 10
Apr  3 Eddie Murdock              Denver, Co                       L 10
Apr  8 Paul Pirrone               Cleveland, Oh                    L 10
Jun  2 Pee Wee Jarrell            Grand Rapids, Mi                 L 10
Jul 14 Armando Aguilar            Albany, NY                       L 10
Sep  4 Pete Suskey                Scranton, Pa                     L 10
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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