Ketchel-Johnson 1909 Fight Video Clip
Ketchel-Johnson 1909 Fight Video Clip (Longer Version; Clearer)
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1903
May 2 Kid Tracy Butte, Mt KO 1
1904
May 11 Maurice Thompson Butte, Mt L 6
Jun 20 Jimmy Quinn Butte, Mt KO 3
Jul 7 Jim "Kid" McGuire Butte, Mt KO 1
Jul 15 Kid Leroy Butte, Mt KO 1
Jul 17 "Young" Kid Gilsey Butte, Mt KO 4
Sep 5 Bob Merrywell Butte, Mt KO 4
Sep 15 Jimmy Murray Butte, Mt KO 3
Oct 15 Bob Merrywell Butte, Mt KO 3
Oct 21 Maurice Thompson Butte, Mt L 10
Oct 29 Jimmy Kelly Miles City, Mt KO 1
Nov 8 "Montana" Kid Lee Lewistown, Mt LT 8
-Ketchel's cornermen got smelling salts into his eyes between rounds;
He could not see; The fight was stopped
Nov 10 Joe Mudro Butte, Mt KO 4
Dec 8 Kid Herrick Butte, Mt KO 7
Dec 16 Jack Grimes Butte, Mt KO 10
Dec 23 Kid Foley Butte, Mt KO 7
-Some sources report "KO 4" on 12/24/1905
1905
Jan 4 Kid Thomas Butte, Mt KO 1
Jan 20 Jack Bennett Butte, Mt KO 5
Mar 25 Sid LaFontise Butte, Mt KO 24
Apr 19 Rudolph Hinz Miles City, Mt D 20
May 18 Sid LaFontise Butte, Mt KO 7
Jun 4 Curley Rue Gregson Springs, Mt KO 11
Jun 13 Kid Pecor Butte, Mt KO 5
Jun 16 "Montana" Kid Lee Helena, Mt TK 17
Jul 4 Peter "Young" Kelly Miles City, Mt KO 8
Jul 15 Bob Sennate Miles City, Mt KO 17
Aug 19 Roy Hart Miles City, Mt KO 1
Aug 29 Kid Fredericks Miles City, Mt KO 11
Sep 14 Bob Sennate Miles City, Mt KO 11
Dec 1 Jerry McCarthy Great Falls, Mt TK 12
Dec 2 Marysville Kid Butte, Mt KO 3
Dec 16 Jack Bennett Butte, Mt KO 5
Dec 19 Jerry McCarthy Great Falls, Mt KO 11
1906
Feb 12 "Montana" Jack Sullivan Butte, Mt D 20
Mar 19 Warren Zubrick Great Falls, Mt KO 2
May 11 "Montana" Kid Lee Butte, Mt SCH
-Middleweight Championship of Montana;
This bout was scheduled but not held;
The Mayor would not allow it
May 11 Paddy Hall Gregson Springs, Mt KO 1
-According to some newspaper articles, this bout may have taken place
on 04/29/1906
May 18 Mike Tierney Butte, Mt KO 7
Sep 2 Tom Kingsley Butte, Mt EX 6
Sep 10 Kid Foley Miles City, Mt KO 11
1907
Mar 23 Mike McClure Redding, Ca KO 7
May 3 Benny Hart Marysville, Ca KO 8
May 23 George Brown Sacramento, Ca KO 3
-This was not the famous white fighter; This man was black
Jul 4 Joe Thomas Marysville, Ca D 20
Sep 2 Joe Thomas Colma, Ca KO 32
-Many sources report Middleweight Championship of the World;
Some sources report "San Francisco, Ca"
Dec 12 Joe Thomas San Francisco, Ca W 20
-Many sources report Middleweight Championship of the World
1908
Feb 22 Mike "Twin" Sullivan Colma, Ca KO 1
-Many sources report that Ketchel was recognized
as Middleweight Champion following this bout
May 9 Jack "Twin" Sullivan Colma, Ca KO 20
-Middleweight Championship of the World
Jun 4 Billy Papke Milwaukee, Wi W 10
-Middleweight Championship of the World
Jul 31 Hugo Kelly San Francisco, Ca KO 3
-Middleweight Championship of the World
Aug 18 Joe Thomas San Francisco, Ca TK 2
-Some sources report Middleweight Championship of the World;
Other sources insist that it was not a title bout
Sep 7 Billy Papke Vernon, Ca LT 12
-Middleweight Championship of the World
Nov 26 Billy Papke Colma, Ca KO 11
-Middleweight Championship of the World
1909
Jan 15 Tony Caponi Grand Rapids, Mi EX 3
Mar 26 "Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien New York, NY ND 10
-O'Brien was saved by the bell
May 18 Kid Hubert (Hugh McGann) Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6
Jun 2 Tony Caponi Schenectady, NY KO 4
Jun 9 "Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien Philadelphia, Pa TK 3
Jul 5 Billy Papke Colma, Ca W 20
-Middleweight Championship of the World
Sep 27 Charlie Miller San Francisco, Ca KO
Sep 27 Steve O'Connor San Francisco, Ca KO
Sep 27 "Montana Cyclone" San Francisco, Ca KO
-The previous 3 bouts were held the same date
Oct 16 Jack Johnson Colma, Ca LK 12
-Heavyweight Championship of the World
1910
Mar 23 Frank Klaus Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6
Mar 24 Albert "Buck" Crouse Wheeling, WV EX 4
Apr 27 Sam Langford Philadelphia, Pa ND 6
May 17 Dan "Porky" Flynn Boston, Ma KO 3
May 27 Willie Lewis New York, NY KO 2
Jun 10 Jim Smith New York, NY KO 5
*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
1904
Dec 29 Maurice Thompson Butte, Mt D 10
1906
Jun 16 "Montana" Kid Lee Helena, Mt KO 17
-This bout appears to be a misplaced duplicate of the 6/16/1905 contest
1908-1910
Ed "Gunboat" Smith Oakland, Ca EX
*** NCR ALL-TIME MIDDLEWEIGHT COMPUTER TOURNAMENT ***
1969
Gene Fullmer TK 7
Rocky Graziano KO 11
Marcel Cerdan KO 12
"Sugar" Ray Robinson L 15
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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