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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Black Dynamite

Morris Grant

BORN   May 11 1845; St. James Island, South Carolina
HEIGHT  6-0 1/2
WEIGHT  185 lbs

Grant was a strong, muscular, and scrappy competitor

Little data exists that describes Grant's career but it is known he battled "Professor" Charles Hadley on many occasions
 

 
Undated
       Hyer                       New York, NY                      W   

1878 
          -Grant won a Police Gazette Boxing Tournament in New York, NY

1880
Feb 26 Dangerous Jack             New York, NY                      D   
Nov 29 Julius Caesar              New York, NY                      D  4

1880-1881
       Charles Cooley                                               W   

1881
Jan 14 Charles Hadley             New York, NY                      L  3
Mar 31 Charles Cooley             New York, NY                     TK  7
Nov 24 McPherson                  New York, NY                      W  3
Dec    Charles Hadley             New York, NY                      L  3
Dec 26 Jack White                 New York, NY                      W  3

1882
Jan 13 Charles Hadley             New York, NY                      L  3
          -Some sources report "D 3" on 01/12/1882; Some report "L 1"
Jan 18 Charles Hadley             New York, NY                      D  4
          -Some sources report "L 1"
Jan 26 Charles Fletcher           New York, NY                     TK  2
Mar  9 Charles Hadley             New York, NY                      D  4
Apr  6 Charles Hadley             New York, NY                     LK  2
Apr 26 Charles Hadley             New York, NY                     LK  2
May  4 Charles Hadley             New York, NY                     ND  4
Jun 20 Charles Hadley             New York, NY                      W  4
Jun 29 Viro Small                 New York, NY                      W  4
Nov  7 Charles Hadley             New York, NY                      L   
Nov 16 Gus Lambert                New York, NY                     ND  4
Dec  7 Charles Hadley             New York, NY                     LT  3
          -Fox Colored Heavyweight Championship
Dec    Charles Hadley             New York, NY                     LK  1

1883
Dec  8 Charles Hadley             New York, NY                      L   

1884
Apr 25 Jack White                 New York, NY                     KO  2

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