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"New York" Jack
O'Brien
| BORN |
1878;
Nova Scotia, Canada
(Resided in New York) |
| HEIGHT |
5-6 |
| WEIGHT |
120-145
lbs |
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1897
Mar 27 Mike Lyons New York, NY KO 8
-Reports vary - "W 8" - "WF 8" - "KO 8"
Apr 17 Arthur Jones New York, NY KO 8
May 22 Jack Delaney New York, NY L 20
May 26 Mike Sears New York, NY L 10
Jul 19 Oscar Gardner Albany, NY D 10
Aug 12 George Johnson Waterbury, Ct W 10
Aug 30 Oscar Gardner Brooklyn, NY D 20
Oct 4 Mark Kerwin New Kensington, Pa D 4
Oct 11 Larry Becker New York, NY ND 4
Oct 28 Joe Cain New York, NY KO 9
Oct 18 Martin Judge Philadelphia, Pa NC 1
-This bout was stopped; The boxers were faking;
Some sources report "NC 2"
Nov 13 Oscar Gardner New York, NY L 15
Dec 2 Frank Patterson Bridgeport, Ct D 10
1898
Jan 20 Yock Henniger Waterbury, Ct W 10
Feb 24 Yock Henniger Bridgeport, Ct D 15
Aug 12 Young Smyrna Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held
Aug 12 Billy Payne Philadelphia, Pa ND 6
Sep 22 Joe Cain Brooklyn, NY D 14
-This bout was stopped due to heavy slugging and declared a draw
Oct 18 Jack "Doc" Hamilton Troy, NY D 20
Oct 22 Marty McCue Brooklyn, NY D 20
Nov 15 Jack "Doc" Hamilton Troy, NY W 25
Nov 26 Owen Ziegler Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held
Nov 26 Edward "Kid" Carter Brooklyn, NY WF 11
-Some sources report that "New York" Jack O'Brien boxed Carter
Dec 3 Billy Whistler Brooklyn, NY D 21
-This bout was stopped; Police would not allow men to fight on into Sunday morning
1899
Feb 13 Oscar Gardner Youngstown, Oh W 20
Feb 18 Billy Whistler Brooklyn, NY D 25
Mar 4 Marty McCue Brooklyn, NY D 20
Apr 7 Jack Downey Brooklyn, NY WF 15
Apr 19 Dave Sullivan Hartford, Ct D 20
May 29 Martin Flaherty New York, NY W 25
Jul 7 Dal Hawkins Brooklyn, NY W 25
Aug 12 Jim Popp Buffalo, NY TK 9
Aug 21 Jack Downey Brooklyn, NY KO 19
Sep 12 Jimmy Gorman Troy, NY TK 12
Sep 29 Tim Kearns Brooklyn, NY KO 13
Dec 4 Frank Erne Brooklyn, NY D 25
-Lightweight Championship of the World
1900
Apr 19 Billy Gardner Brockton, Ma LK 11
Apr 24 Billy Moore Troy, NY KO 16
Apr 30 George "Elbows" McFadden New York, NY D 25
Jun 16 Tim Kearns New York, NY LF 6
Jul 30 George "Elbows" McFadden New York, NY LT 13
Oct 4 Tim Kearns Hartford, Ct TK 18
-Buffalo (NY) Courier reports a "TK 1" verdict;
Some sources report "W 18"
Oct 26 "Wilmington" Jack Daly Waterbury, Ct D 20
1901
Jun 28 Frank "Buddy" King Denver, Co W 10
Oct 11 Rufus "Rufe" Turner Stockton, Ca W 20
Nov 26 Perry Queenan Sacramento, Ca D 20
1897-1902
Danny Duane Guttenberg, NJ LK 8
1902
Jan 16 George "Young" Gibbs Oakland, Ca W 15
Mar 21 Rufus "Rufe" Turner San Francisco, Ca LT 12
Apr 15 Kid Williams Stockton, Ca L 20
Sep 12 Frank Christy Sacramento, Ca L 8
1903
Jun 1 Tim Murphy Boston, Ma D 8
Aug 3 Tom Williams Wilmington, De KO 18
Aug 27 Young Donohue Boston, Ma L 6
Dec 19 Jim "Rube" Ferns Parsons, Ks D 10
1904
Jun 11 Tom Massey Montecito, Ca NC 3
1905
Jan 4 Dick Sayers Paterson, NJ KO 27
Feb 11 Jack Cardiff Philadelphia, Pa LK 3
Dec 23 Charles Eisler Brooklyn, NY ND 3
1906
Mar 12 Harry Greenhouse New York, NY ND 3
Mar 21 Herman "Kid" Stein New York, NY ND 3
-Some sources report Stein boxed "Jack Dorman"
Dec 7 Jack Smith New York, NY ND 6
1907
Feb 20 Robert "Bert" Keyes New York, NY ND 6
-Some sources report Keyes boxed "Jack Dorman"
*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
Undated
George Siddons Chicago, Il L 6
-This bout was held during 1891-1894
Joe Bateman LT 2
-This bout was held during 1891-1897;
Some sources report "L 2"
1898
Jul 30 Jim Barron Sydney, NSW, Australia D 5
Aug 12 George Justice Waterbury, Ct W 10
1899
Jan 10 Young Mitchell Philadelphia, Pa W 6
-This man was not the famous fighter
*** Most Data Provided By William Schutte and Luckett Davis ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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