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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Old Timer

Charles "Bull" McCarthy
(Luigi Montagasini)

BORN 1866; Fought out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
WEIGHT 125-135 lbs
1886
Apr 28 "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey     Philadelphia, Pa                  D  4
May  8 Ned McCann                   Philadelphia, Pa                  W  4
Jul 20 Jack McAuliffe               Philadelphia, Pa                 LT  1
Jul 23 Jack McAuliffe               Philadelphia, Pa                  L  4
Aug  6 Paddy Duffy                  Philadelphia, Pa                  L  4
          -Some sources report 07/10/1886
Aug 12 Frank White                  Philadelphia, Pa                  D  4
Sep  9 Joe Kennedy                  Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  4
Sep 23 Walter Campbell              Philadelphia, Pa                  D  4
Nov 15 Billy Young                  Philadelphia, Pa                  W  4
Nov 28 Frank Burke                  Philadelphia, Pa                  D  8

1887 Feb 12 Tom Mack Philadelphia, Pa KO 3 Mar 5 Hugh Ahern Philadelphia, Pa W 4 Jul 30 Tim Clark Philadelphia, Pa D 16 1889 Jan 11 Matt Williams Shamokin, Pa LF102 Mar 9 Jack Dougherty New York, NY W 4 Oct 9 Mike Breslin near Iona Island, (?) LK 1 1890 Feb 3 Jimmy Mitchell Philadelphia, Pa D 6 May 7 Jimmy McHale Buffalo, NY KO 30 1892 Feb 6 Al O'Brien New York, NY W 4 -O'Brien fought a man named "Charles McCarthy"; It appears that this man was "Charles Bull McCarthy"; Some sources report "W 6" Feb 27 Jack Brennan New York, NY NC 3 -Dominick McCaffrey was the referee; He stopped the bout after three rounds because the men were faking Mar 26 "Hoboken" Tom Kelly New York, NY NC 3 -Some sources report "KO 2" Apr 3 A. Bensent near Philadelphia, Pa LT 13 -Bensent fought a man named "Charles McCarthy"; It appears that this man was "Charles Bull McCarthy" Apr 21 Joe Choynski New York, NY LK 2 -Choynski fought a man named "Charles McCarthy"; It appears that this man was "Charles Bull McCarthy" May 7 Al O'Brien Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known May 21 Al O'Brien Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Oct 2 George Johnson New York, NY KO 3 Dec 21 Mike Kearney Philadelphia, Pa W 4 1893 Feb 4 Billy Ernst Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 Feb 11 Mike Harris New York, NY W 4 Mar 11 Harry Lutz New York, NY KO 3 Apr 29 Owen Ziegler Philadelphia, Pa SCH -Some sources report "ND 6" May 3 Stanton Abbott Philadelphia, Pa ND 2 -Police intervened; Some sources report "W 2" May 6 Stanton Abbott Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 May George Hogan Philadelphia, Pa D Jun 5 Billy Dacey Newark, NJ W 8 Jul 15 Stanton Abbott Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 Jul 17 Austin Gibbons Newark, NJ ND 4 -Gibbons was to knock out McCarthy; Some sources report "D 4" 1894 Feb 17 Joe Harmon New York, NY W 4 Apr 7 Stanton Abbott New York, NY D 6 Apr 18 Jerome Quigley Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 May 5 Mike Harris New York, NY SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Jun 23 Owen Ziegler Philadelphia, Pa SCH -Some sources report "ND 6"; Some report "ND 4" Oct 8 Jimmy McHale Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Oct 13 Benny Peterson Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 Nov 24 Young Griffo Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 Dec 3 Charles McKeever Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 Dec 15 Robert "Bobby" Dobbs Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 Dec 29 William Wonderlich Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 1895 Jan 12 Owen Ziegler Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 Jan 24 Horace Leeds Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 -Leeds was better Feb 2 Horace Leeds Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 Feb 9 an unnamed opponent New York, NY EX Feb 16 Jack Everhardt Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 Mar 16 Young Griffo Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 Mar 17 Horace Leeds Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 Jul 24 Horace Leeds Philadelphia, Pa L 4 1896 Jan 31 "Wilmington" Jack Daly Philadelphia, Pa L 6 Feb 24 Jerome Quigley Shenandoah, Pa D 8 Mar 9 Austin Gibbons Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled but not held; Gibbons could not make the weight limitation Mar 9 Owen Ziegler Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Jul 9 Dan McConnell Philadelphia, Pa W 4 Jul 16 Martin Judge Philadelphia, Pa W 6 Jul 23 Joe Dougherty Philadelphia, Pa D 6 Aug 16 Horace Leeds Atlantic City, NJ ND 4 Aug 30 Billy Ernst Brooklyn, NY L 4 Sep 7 Charles McKeever Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Dec 10 Jack Bennett Philadelphia, Pa L 6 -Some sources report 1895 (incorrectly) 1897 Jan 9 Jimmy McHale Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Feb 6 Dan McConnell Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Feb 8 Jack Bennett Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Mar 1 Horace Leeds Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Mar 23 Young McCann Chester, Pa ND 6 May 4 Jack Ford Chester, Pa W 6
May 10 Eugene Rowan Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 May 24 "Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Jun 3 "Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Jun 21 Herman Miller Baltimore, Md D 8 Aug 16 Jim McKeever Brooklyn, NY LT 3 Aug 24 Luke Stevens Buffalo, NY LK 3
-Some sources report "Kid McCarthy" fought Stevens
1899 Jun 3 Jim Cassidy New York, NY LK 3 Nov 10 Joe Dougherty Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 1900 Jan 1 Billy Farren Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Jan 15 Charley Norton Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Mar 10 Harry Berger Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Mar 24 Jack Donahue Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Apr 21 Jack Williams Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Jun 18 Kid Krause Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Oct 19 Jack "Fish" Ferris Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Nov 9 Bobby Thompson Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Nov 22 Billy Farren Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 1901 Dec 28 Billy Farren Philadelphia, Pa ND 4 -McCarthy was the Promoter of the Fight Program

1902 May 15 Billy Farren Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Jun 14 George Krall Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 1903 May 14 George Walker Philadelphia, Pa ND 6
1904 Dec 29 Jack Blair Philadelphia, Pa LT 4
1905 Jan 15 Joe King St. Louis, Mo KO 1
Dec 28 Sailor Fornes New York, NY ND 3
*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
Undated
       Tommy Ferguson                                                TK  2

1886
Jul 31 Jack McAuliffe               Philadelphia, Pa                 LK  3

1893
Jul  6 Charles "Kid" McCoy          Muncie, In                       LK  3
          -Some sources report McCoy fought a man from Kansas City, Mo;
           Other sources report McCoy fought a man from Buffalo, NY;
           Apparently, McCoy did not fight this Charles McCarthy"
       Mike Harris                                                  SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known

1894
Mar  7 Al O'Brien                   Philadelphia, Pa                 ND  6
Apr 28 Owen Ziegler                 Philadelphia, Pa                  L  6

1895
Feb 12 Owen Ziegler                 Philadelphia, Pa                  L  4
Jun 23 Owen Ziegler                 Philadelphia, Pa                 ND  4
       "Wilmington" Jack Daly       Philadelphia, Pa                  L  6
Dec 13 Owen Ziegler                 Philadelphia, Pa                  D  4
          -Some sources report "L 6"

1896
Jul 16 John Clark                   Philadelphia, Pa                  W  6

1898
Jul 17 Austin Gibbons               Newark, NJ                        D  4

1899
Jun  1 Mike Donovan                                                  LK  4
          -This man was not the famous boxer 

1904
       Joe Grim                                                      ND  6

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