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Martin "Fiddler" Neary
BORN |
August
31 1849; Birmingham, England |
DIED |
November 20 1903; New York, New York |
WEIGHT |
135-140
lbs |
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1866
Pat Rooney
Birmingham, England
KO 36
Jimmy Shields
Birmingham, England
D 30
Paddy Carney
Birmingham, England
W 11
1870
Matthews (of Birmingham) Birmingham, England
L 12
1872
Oct 25 Peter Croker
near Flushing, Long Island, NY LK 76
-Some sources report 57 rounds
1876
Pete McGuire
KO 3
Jul
Mike Gillespie Philadelphia, Pa EX
Aug 23 Mike Gillespie
near Wilmington, De LK
21
-Some sources report "LK 19"; Some sources report "LK 20"
1880
Sep 7
Mike Mullery
New York, NY
D 16
-Neary was better at first but tired;
Mullery battered Neary who threw
in
the sponge;
But, the fight was
stopped and called a "draw"
before the sponge
came in
1882
Mar 27
Johnny Saunders
New York, NY
EX
1883
Jan 25
"Philadelphia" Jimmy Ryan
New York, NY
ND 4
Mar 19 Mike Gillespie
Boston, Ma
EX 3
-Police intervened; Some sources report
03/18/1883;
Some sources report "W 3"
Apr 11 George Cook
New York, NY
EX
May 7 Jack Yonkers
Newburgh, NY
EX
May 16 John Cash
New York, NY
EX
Aug 6 Bob Farrell
New York, NY
EX
Nov 30 Jim Connolly
Boston, Ma
L 6
1884
Jan 7 Tom Allen
New York, NY
EX 3
-This man was not the famous boxer
Jun 26 Tom Allen
New York, NY
EX
-This man was not the famous boxer
Jun 26 Tommy Ferguson
New York, NY
EX
-The previous 2 bouts were reported by different sources for the
same date;
Perhaps, they
were held on the same date
Oct 6 Jack Keenan
New York, NY
EX
Oct 18 Jack McDonnell
Westchester, NY
D 5
-Police intervened
Dec 19 Jack Keenan
New York, NY
EX
1886
Dec 22 Patsy O'Leary
Philadelphia, Pa
D 4
1887
Feb 10 Jack Williams
Philadelphia, Pa
W 6
May 15 Jake Hynes
New York, NY
KO 2
Oct 31 Jack Harding
Boston, Ma LK 3
1888
Jan 31 Jimmy Connors
Jersey City, NJ
EX
Nov 27 Paddy Lee
Brooklyn, NY
EX
Nov 28 Frank Weston
Cleveland, Oh
KO 1
1889
Sep 16 Young Pointer
Philadelphia, Pa
EX
Oct 31 Jack Lynch
Lancaster, Pa
EX
Oct 31 Jack Lynch
Lancaster, Pa
EX
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Nov 8 Young Pointer
KO 2
Nov 11 Sweeney
Philadelphia, Pa
SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 21 Jack Lynch
Philadelphia, Pa
ND
Nov 25 Jack Lynch
Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 27 Jack Lynch
Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1890
Apr
Jack Files SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 13
John Van Heest
near Bradford, Pa
LK 7
-This bout was held in New York state but near Bradford, Pa;
Some sources report "L 7" on 11/14/1890
1891
Feb 16
Jack Harding
Philadelphia, Pa
EX
Mar 12
Jack Harding
Philadelphia, Pa
SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
1880-1883
Pete McCoy
L
-This bout was likely held during the early 1880's
1883
Jim Connolly
Boston, Ma LK 1
Tom Cleary LK 2
1886
Oct 7 Jack Lynch Philadelphia, Pa
L
-Featherweight Championship of Philadelphia
1892
Jul 9
Jack Harding Gloucester City, NJ SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1893
Nov 20
Jack Harding Philadelphia, Pa ND
*** Most Data
And Photo Was Provided By William Schutte ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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