For 1895, @mattdonnellon and I agree on 8 names. He has Jackson and Creedon, whereas I have Smith and Goddard. Jackson had been reported as...
July 1895 2/7/1895 Steve O’Donnell (#9) beat Tom Burns by 3rd round TKO 10/7/1895 Peter Felix (#8) beat Tom Ball on points over 10 rounds....
January 1895 January 1895 was a quiet month, with no notable fights to report. On 16th January 1895, Charlie Mitchell issued a challenge to Peter...
Thanks Matt. Are you including the Armstrong/Slavin fight in 1895? I know you mentioned before that you couldn’t find a contemporary source to...
July 1894 16/7/94 Peter Maher (#6) beat Frank “Coffee Cooler” Craig by 2nd round KO. John L Sullivan described Maher as “the coming champion”....
January 1894 1/1/94 New Zealand Champion Harry Laing beat Australian Champion Joe Goddard (#6) by 12th round retirement to win the Australian...
I’m here Matt, and I will hopefully find some time this weekend to finalise 1894. As it stands I think we agree on the top 10, albeit with a...
He spent 10 years as one of the top 2 heavyweights in the world, was arguably the #1 in the world for much of that period, and was certainly the...
Tyson Fury 12-0 Rich Power 13-0 Marcelo Nascimento 14-0 Derek Chisora 16-0 Neven Pajkic 24-0 Tom Schwarz 20-0 Otto Wallin 42-0-1 Deontay Wilder...
July 1893 4/7/93 “Denver” Edward Smith (#4) drew with Reddy Gallagher over 4 rounds. On 10th July 1893, it was reported that the manager of...
January 1893 January 1893 was a quiet month, with no notable fights to report. James J Corbett (#2) was interviewed about the challenge of Joe...
1893 might be finished sooner than expected, as there was very little fighting done in that year by many of the top fighters. It seems that there...
Corbett-Jackson Sullivan-Cardiff Hart-Johnson
Sullivan gave an interview in 1905, which I think answers this question. “Mr John L Sullivan has been indulging in reminiscences of the ring....
Thanks, I seem to be managing about 1 year per month at the moment. At that rate I should reach 1945 in about 4 or 5 years lol.
