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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Old Timer

Jimmy Mitchell

BORN January 22 1862; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DIED April 11 1911; Atlantic City, New Jersey
HEIGHT 5-5 1/2
WEIGHT 123-136 lbs

 

Mitchell was a confident and scrappy fighter; He was ready, willing and able to meet most men of his weight and usually gave a good account of himself

Many old reports are contradictory; If anyone discovers conclusive data that disagrees with these fight results, please advise Tracy Callis

1884
May  8 Billy Frazier              Cambridge, Ma                    EX  3
May 16 Billy Frazier              Boston, Ma                        D  6
Jun 23 Jack Keenan                Philadelphia, Pa                 ND  4
          -Some sources report 6/28/84
Sep 22 Nitchie Golden             Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  2
       Mike Murphy                Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  1

1885
Jan 23 George Wilson              Philadelphia, Pa                 EX  4
Feb 17 Jack Williams              Philadelphia, Pa                  W  4
Apr 17 Denny Costigan             Philadelphia, Pa                SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
       Jack Beatty                                                  W   

1886
Mar 16 Mike Daly                  Boston, Ma                        D  6
Apr  5 Billy Frazier              Philadelphia, Pa                  D  5
May 29 John McNobles              Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  2

1887
Mar  4 Jack McAuliffe             Philadelphia, Pa                  D  4
          -McAuliffe knocked Mitchell down 2 times
Mar 11 Walt Greenfield            Philadelphia, Pa                  W  4
Mar 28 "Brooklyn" Paddy Smith     Philadelphia, Pa                  D 16
          -Police intervened; Some sources report 15 rounds
Jun 17 Jem Carney                 New York, NY                    SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but not held;
           Police intervened and prevented the bout
Jun 18 Jem Carney                 New York, NY                     LT 11
          -This bout was promoted as the 136 lbs Championship 
           of the World; Some sources report it was held on a 
           barge thirty miles up the Long Island Sound; Queensberry 
           rules and cut kid gloves were used; This was a hard fought
           battle; The referee was Frank Stevenson; This was the 
           first time Mitchell had ever been knocked out or stopped;
           Some sources report 6/17/87
Nov 30 Jem Carney                 New York, NY                     EX   

1889
Sep 14 Billy Yeager               Philadelphia, Pa                 EX  3
          -Was the verdict "ND 3" ?
Oct  1
Billy Yeager Philadelphia, Pa                SCH   -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct 31 Billy Yeager Philadelphia, Pa EX Nov 27 Billy Yeager Philadelphia, Pa SCH   -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1890 Jan 24 Tom Monahan Dallas, Tx LK 7 Feb 3 Charles "Bull" McCarthy Philadelphia, Pa D 6 Feb 26 "Maryland" Jack Hanley Buffalo, NY LT 14 Apr 29 "Maryland" Jack Hanley Philadelphia, Pa KO 2 1891 Jun 8 Billy Yeager Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Dec 12 Charley Carroll Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known Dec 26 Jimmy Hagen Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known 1894 Oct 8 Al O'Brien Philadelphia, Pa SCH -This bout was scheduled but cancelled Oct 25 Charlie McKeever Philadelphia, Pa LK 3 *** Photo (Fighting Pose) Was Provided By William Schutte *** *** Most Mitchell Data Was Provided By William Schutte ***

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