1913
Jun 2 George Robinson New York, NY ND 10
Jul 22 Joe Jeannette New York, NY ND 10
Aug 5 Bob Lee New York, NY KO 3
Aug 23 Bill Watkins New York, NY ND 10
Sep 9 Sam Langford New York, NY LK 1
Oct 11 Bill Watkins Staten Island, NY ND 10
Dec 11 Bob Lee New York, NY KO 3
Dec 26 George Robinson New York, NY ND 10
1914
Apr Willie Langford New York, NY KO 1
Apr 13 Willie Langford New York, NY ND 10
Jun 13 Bob Lee Bronx, NY KO 1
Sep 7 Ed "Kid" Butts New York, NY TK 2
Dec 4 Gunboat Washington New York, NY KO 2
Dec 15 Silas Green New York, NY ND 6
Dec 28 "Big" Bill Tate Brooklyn, NY ND 10
1915
Jan 11 Joe Jeannette New York, NY ND 10
-Some sources report 1/12/15 at "Brooklyn, NY"
Jan 25 "Big" Bill Tate New York, NY ND 10
Feb 27 Dave Mills Havana, Cu KO 10
-Some sources report "KO 9"
Mar 31 Anastasio Penalver Havana, Cuba KO 3
-Penalver threatened Johnson with a brick
after the bout and was arrested by police
Apr 23 Dave Mills Havana, Cu W 10
Jun 25 John Budinich Havana, Cu KO 1
-Some sources report "KO 4"
Jul 6 Anastasio Penalver Havana, Cu KO 1
Aug 17 "Steamboat" Bill Scott Havana, Cu LF 8
1916
Jan 21 "Big" Bill Tate Brooklyn, NY WF 9
-Some sources report 1/15/16; Some sources report 1/24/16
Feb 4 Cleve Hawkins New York, NY ND 10
Apr 7 Harry Wills New York, NY ND 10
Jul 14 Jack Dempsey New York, NY ND 10
Sep 9 Charles "Sailor" Grande New York, NY ND 10
Sep 15 Charles "Sailor" Grande Rockaway Beach, NY ND 10
Sep 21 Jack Herrick New York, NY ND 10
Oct 2 Jack Keating Brooklyn, NY TK 5
-Some sources report "New York, NY"
Oct 27 Jim Savage New York, NY KO 2
-Some sources report 10/28/16
Nov 17 Dan "Porky" Flynn New York, NY ND 10
Dec 22 Charles "Sailor" Grande Brooklyn, NY ND 10
1919
Apr 4 Jack Dempsey Schenectady, NY EX 4
Apr 25 Jack Dempsey Des Moines, Ia SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jun 10 Harry Wills Jersey City, NJ ND 8
-Some sources report "LT 3"
Oct 3 Kid Norfolk Baltimore, Md L 15
1920
Feb 3 Fred Fulton Boston, Ma LK 8
Jun 7 Kid Norfolk Rochester, NY WF 3
-Some sources report "KO 3"
Jun 14 Kid Norfolk Rochester, NY LK 1
-Some sources report "Baltimore, Md"
Oct 9 "Battling" Jim McCreary Boston, Ma L 10
1913-1921
Jack Thompson LK 3
1921
Jan 11 "Battling" Jim McCreary Boston, Ma LF 8
-Some sources report "LF 7"
Feb 2 Kid Norfolk Detroit, Mi ND 10
Oct 20 "Rough House" Ware Brooklyn, NY KO 3
1919-1922
Ted Jamieson Boston, Ma L 10
1922
Clem Johnson LK
May 24 "Mexican" Joe Lawson Youngstown, Oh KO 4
Jun 2 Kid Norfolk Covington, Ky ND 12
Jul 23 Battling Gahee Hamilton, Oh L 10
Sep 22 Silent Puryear Philadelphia, Pa LF 2
Nov 16 Jamaica Kid New York, NY L 12
-Some sources report 12/05/22
Dec 26 Ray Bennett New York, NY W 12
-Some sources report "W 10"
1923
Jul 24 James "Tut" Jackson Youngstown, Oh KO 4
Sep 11 Battling Davenport Covington, Ky KO 4
1924
Aug 11 Battling Gahee Youngstown, Oh KO 11
-Some sources report "KO 9";
Some sources report the previous bout held during 1923
1925
Oct 10 Carl Carter New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held
Oct 10 Ray Bennett New York, NY KO 2
-Johnson was scheduled to fight Carter; Bennett took Carter's place;
Some sources report "KO 1"
1926
Jan 27 Sam Olson San Francisco, Ca W 10
Apr 6 "Captain" Bob Roper Vernon, Ca W 10
Apr 20 Tony Fuente Vernon, Ca LF 3
-Some sources report "L 8"
Sep 27 George Cook Oakland, Ca D 10
-Some sources report 8/27/26 at "San Francisco, Ca
Some sources report "Los Angeles, Ca"
Oct 6 George Cook Oakland, Ca TK 7
Nov 30 Tony Fuente Fresno, Ca LF 4
-Some sources report 12/01/26 at "Los Angeles, Ca"
1927
Jan 3 "Tiny" Jim Herman Seattle, Wa W 6
-Some sources report 1/04/27
Jan 27 Ralph Smith Tacoma, Wa L 6
Apr 6 "Captain" Bob Roper Vernon, Ca W 10
May 13 Joe Hughes San Francisco, Ca KO 6
Sep 21 Roy Cliffe San Francisco, Ca KO 1
Dec 13 Benny Hill Modesto, Ca TK 4
1928
May 11 "Long" Tom Hawkins San Diego, Ca W 10
May 22 Neil Clisby Los Angeles, Ca L 10
Aug 7 "Chief" John Metoquah Modesto, Ca W 10
Sep 20 "Long" Tom Hawkins Pasadena, Ca WF 4
Oct 9 Neil Clisby Los Angeles, Ca L 10
Nov Walter "Biff" Hoffman San Bernardino, Ca W 10
1929
May 22 Les Kennedy Wilmington, Ca L 10
-This bout probably was held during Mar-Jun 1929
***** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
Undated
Carl Kurtz KO 3
Gene Jones KO 4
Smoke Jones W 6
Yellow Johnson KO 6
George Watkins KO 5
George "Kid" Cotton KO 7
Charles Bradley KO 2
Tim Lange KO 2
Larry Williams KO 2
George "Kid" Ashe KO 2
German Oak KO 1
1912
Bartley Madden L 4
1915
Aug 30 Dave Mills New York, NY ND 10
1924
Battling Gahee L 10
*** The Following Bout Is Reported But Not For John Lester Johnson ***
1903
Mar 5 Sam Langford Boston, Ma D 6
-Langford fought "John Johnson"; He was not
John Lester Johnson if "Lester" was born
in 1893 or 1895; Some sources report "D 5"
*** Some Data Was Provided By Kevin Smith ***
*** Some Data Was Provided By Lynda Kelsey Frego ***
*** Some Data Was Provided By Enrique Encinosa ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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