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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Old Timer

Jack Harding

BORN circa 1864; (Fought out of Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
HEIGHT 5-5
WEIGHT 119-137 lbs
Undated
       Jack Delancey                                                 L   
       Jack Bolan                 Philadelphia, Pa                  ND  6
       Frank Peterson                                                W  4

1886
Jan  4 Con Dugan                  near Troy,NY                      TK 20
Apr 17 Johnny Walsh               Philadelphia, Pa                   D  4
Apr 24 Barney Earley Philadelphia, Pa W 4 May 24 Billy Clark Philadelphia, Pa LK 7 Jul 3 Martin Dempsey Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Aug 2 Charles Thompson Philadelphia, Pa W 4 Nov 4 -Harding seconded Bill Dunn vs Jack Smith in New York, NY Nov 6 -Harding was scheduled to fight Tommy Danforth in a finish fight within four weeks Nov 13 Willie Clark Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 20 Willie Clark Philadelphia, Pa L 4 Dec 13 Sam Clare Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Dec 17 "The Mouse" Philadelphia, Pa KO 1
1883-1887 Jack Hopper Philadelphia, Pa ND 1887 Jan 19 Tommy Danforth near Nyack, NY LF 11
Feb 14 Tommy Danforth Philadelphia, Pa D 4
Oct 28 Martin "Fiddler" Neary Wilmington, De KO 3 Nov 18 Joe Kennedy Wilmington, De SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Dec 30 Con Dugan Troy, NY KO 20 -Some sources report "W 20"; Weights: 119-123; One source reports that Dugan knocked out Harding; Most sources report that Dugan was better up to the last round when Harding knocked him down twice; He failed to rise in time after the second knockdown 1887-1888 -Harding was challenged to another fight by Jack Hopper; He refused 1888 Mar John Williams SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Oct 30 Tommy Danforth Boston, Ma L 7 1889 Jun 4 Ike Farrell near Buffalo, NY LK 8 -This was a slugging match from beginning to end; Both men were badly punished; Some sources report Cheektowaga, NY Nov 21 Joe Warren Philadelphia, Pa ND 1891 Feb 16 Martin "Fiddler" Neary Philadelphia, Pa EX Mar 12 Martin "Fiddler" Neary Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Aug 21 -Harding seconded Pat Dorner vs Gus Ellinger near Long Island, NY 1892 Jul 2 Edward McCloskey Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Oct 20 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa ? -This bout is referenced as a "good" bout; The outcome is not known Oct 22 Jack McReavy Philadelphia, Pa EX 3 -Perhaps, this man was "Jimmy McReavy" Oct 29 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Nov 1 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa EX Nov 5 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Nov 30 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Dec 15 Phil McReavy Philadelphia, Pa ND 1893 Jan 18 Billy Plimmer Philadelphia, Pa LK 2 Jan 23 Jimmy McReavy Nanticoke, Pa EX 4 Mar 1 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa EX 3 Mar 8 Jack Lynch Philadelphia, Pa EX 3 Mar 10 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa ND Apr 12 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa ND Apr 18 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa ND Apr 20 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa EX Apr 21 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa EX Aug 8 -Harding was scheduled to spar in Norristown, Pa Nov 4 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known 1894 Apr 21 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known May 14 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Jun 2 Jimmy McReavy Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 Sep 1 Jimmy McReavy Atlantic City, NJ SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Sep 1 Elwood McCloskey Philadelphia, Pa ND 3 Sep 24 Tommy Ferguson Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Nov 17 Elwood McCloskey Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Nov 29 -Harding was called a good handball player by the Philadelphia (Pa) Item newspaper Dec 25 Tommy Ferguson Philadelphia, Pa ND 3 Dec 29 Tommy Ferguson Philadelphia, Pa ND 3 -This bout was a "corker" Dec 29 Tommy Ferguson Philadelphia, Pa ND -The previous 2 bouts were held the same date 1895 Jan 18 Tommy Ferguson Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Nov 23 Jack Grace Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 1887-1899 Elwood McCloskey Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 1904 Dec 28 Kid Fitzgerald Philadelphia, Pa KO 1 *** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed *** 1889 Paddy Fenton New Haven, Ct LK 3 -Some sources report "L 3"
1892 Jul 9 Martin "Fiddler" Neary Gloucester City, NJ SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known 1893 Nov 20 Martin "Fiddler" Neary Philadelphia, Pa ND 1894 Oct 8 Tommy Warren Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known

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