Jerry Slattery
| BORN |
1863;
Ireland (moved to Australia; Then, fought out of San
Francisco and later Leadville, Colorado) |
| HEIGHT |
5-10
1/2 |
| WEIGHT |
163-250
lbs |
|
1883
Oct 24 Jack Brady
San Francisco, Ca
D 19
-Heavyweight Championship of the Pacific Coast
Dec Bill Williams
San Francisco, Ca
W 5
-The men refused to fight any more after learning of the small
purse they
would be paid
1884
May 21 Curley Hughes
Drake's Landing, NY
W 3
-Bare knuckles were used
Feb 14 Bill Williams
West Berkeley, Ca
WF 7
-Reports vary - "TK 9" - "WF 5" - "WF 6"
1885
Apr 24 John Galvin
San Francisco, Ca
SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held; Slattery was ill
Aug 11
-Slattery refereed the Gus Brown
vs. William Oppenheimer bout in
San Francisco, Ca
Aug 23 -Slattery was scheduled to
have a benefit in San Francisco, Ca
Dec 25 -Slattery got into a fight
in a saloon at the corner of 6th
and Folsom Streets;
Slattery left the saloon but was found,
jailed, and charged with
assault
1886
Ben Tracy
San Francisco, Ca
TK 2
May 8 Jim Rodda Virginia City, Nv TK 6
-Some sources report "W 6"
Sep 3
"Denver" Ed Smith Salt Lake City, Ut SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held; Slattery did not show
Sep 6
Charles Lange Salt Lake City, Ut WF
2
-Some sources report 09/12/1886;
Reports vary - "WF 1" - "KO 1" - "LK 1"
1888
-Slattery worked as a policeman in Butte, Mt
Aug 25 Tally Owens Butte, Mt LF 10
Oct 21 George Kessler Butte, Mt D 20
1889
Aug 17 Pat Allen
near St. Louis, Mo TK 7
-The referee rendered no decision; Some sources report a 9-round bout
1890
Aug 1 Jake Kilrain
New York
LT 2
1891
Feb 6 John McReynolds
Archibald, Pa
KO 3
Apr 15 George Baker
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
KO 2
Apr 30 Tom McMahon
New York, NY
EX
-This bout was part of a benefit for Frank "Paddy" Slavin
Jun 29 Billy Wilson New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held; Negotiations fell through
1892
Jan 20 Ed Curry Yonkers, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Apr 19
Joe Choynski
New York, NY LK 2
-Some sources report 04/21/1892; Slattery was knocked down
three times in the first round;
He was knocked down four times
in the second round
Apr 22 Jim Hall
New York, NY LK 2
May 11 Bob Fitzsimmons New York, NY LK 2
1893
Nov 21
Dan Creedon New York, NY LK 2
Dec Isaac "Ike" Weir Brooklyn, NY EX
-This bout was reportedly held during Dec 17-24
1894
Jan 11 C.A.C. Smith near Dolgeville, NY WF 5
-Smith knocked Slattery down and struck him
while down
1895
May 2 Peter Maher
Washington, DC EX 1
May 8 Peter Maher Baltimore, Md LK 1
Dec 14 "Denver" Ed Smith
Birmingham, Al
L 3
Dec 17 -Slattery was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama for
assault
upon a citizen
while drunk; Mike Queenan, another
fighter,
was
in a cell next to him
1897
Mar 10
-Slattery got into a fight with Jack
Devine in St. Louis, Mo
(Joe Murphy's
Saloon, 11th and Chestnut Streets); They first
got into a quarrel
in Quinn's Saloon, near Standard Theater;
Slattery knocked
Devine through the swinging doors out onto
the sidewalk;
Police broke up the fight; No one was arrested
*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
1884
Mike Lavish
TK 1
1885
Jack Gasmer
Grass Valley, Ca
KO 2
1886
Jack Davis
KO 1
-Heavyweight Championship of Colorado;
This was a "private" fight
1889
Aug 17 Pat McHugh
Portland, Or
LK 32
1891
Fred Morris L
2
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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