1882
Mar 1 Al Schaultenbach Long Island City, NY D 4
-Police intervened
Mar 11 Billy Purdy New York, NY W
Mar 11 Frank Crysler New York, NY L 4
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
as part of a Lightweight Boxing Tournament;
Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle reports 1884 at
Tammany Hall
Apr 15 J.C. Austin Brooklyn, NY W
Aug 13 Al Schaultenbach Flushing, NY KO 12
Dec 21 Joe Williams Philadelphia, Pa EX
1883
Mar 1 Frank White New York, NY EX
Mar 13 Jerry Milton New York, NY EX 3
Mar 29 -Turnbull challenged Al Schaultenbach (of Brooklyn, NY)
to a fight with or without gloves; Schaultenbach, who
was an amateur champion, declined, saying he did not
wish to turn professional
May 26 John Cash New York, NY EX
Jun 25 Jimmy Murray Brooklyn, NY LK 2
-Some sources report "Blissville, Long Island, New York, NY"
Aug 14 -Some sources report that Turnbull fought "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey
in Newtown, NY on this date
Nov 25 "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey New York, NY D 8
-Dempsey was better; Some sources report "L 8"
1884
Feb 8 Jack Bowles Philadelphia, Pa EX
Jun 26 George Taylor New York, NY EX
Oct 8 "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey New York, NY L 8
-Dempsey knocked down Turnbull several times;
Some sources report 10/23/84
1885
May 29 Young Mitchell San Francisco, Ca LK 7
1886
Dec 15 -Turnbull was the timekeeper for the Tommy Danforth vs Mike Cushing
bout in New York, NY
1886-1887
-Turnbull was involved with the John L. Sullivan Combination and had
numerous exhibition bouts with Jimmy Carroll, George LaBlanche and
others
1887
Mar 28 Jimmy Carroll Hoboken, NJ EX
Mar 28 George LaBlanche Hoboken, NJ EX
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Mar 30 Jimmy Carroll Philadelphia, Pa EX
Apr 1 George LaBlanche Paterson, NJ EX
Apr 1 Jimmy Carroll Baltimore, Md EX 3
-The previous 2 bouts were reported for the same date
by different sources
Apr 4 Jimmy Carroll Washington, DC EX
Apr 4 George LaBlanche Washington, DC EX
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Apr 8 George LaBlanche Wilkes-Barre, Pa EX
Apr 9 George LaBlanche Altoona, Pa EX
Apr 9 Jimmy Carroll Altoona, Pa EX
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Jul 19 -Turnbull was time-keeper and umpire for Jack Hopper vs Billy Dacey
at Hempstead Beach, Long Island, NY (opposite Point Lookout)
1888
Dec 28 -Turnbull refereed the Denny Butler vs Sailor Brown bout in Williamsburg, NY
1889
Feb -Turnbull sparred for five weeks in Rochester, NY
Sep 10 -Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle reported that "Robert Turnbull",
carpenter, fell forty feet to the ground while working on
the roof of a house on Flatbush Avenue; He suffered a head
cut and broken arm in two places (occurred 9/09/89)
1891
Dec 28 Johnny Reagan Rochester, NY LK 4
*** The Following Bout Is Reported But Not Confirmed ***
1883
Jan Johnny Dempsey New York, NY D 7
-Perhaps, this man was the young "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey
*** Most Data Provided By William Schutte ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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