Professional Boxing Replay starting in 1900

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[Jeff1787]

Charles McCoy – Middleweight
Record: 41-3 (35)
Title bouts: 4-1 (4)
Country: United States
Age: 30
Next title fight: #2 Harry Peppers – January 10, 1903
(The real champion was Tommy Ryan, retired from the PBR)

Young Corbett II – Featherweight
Record: 24-2-1 (12)
Title bouts: 1-0 (1)
Country: United States
Age: 22
Next title fight: #5 Terry McGovern – March 31, 1903 (Historical bout)
(The real champion was Abe Attell, currently ranked #1 in the PBR)

Jimmy Barry – Bantamweight
Record: 40-0 (19)
Title bouts: 6-0 (4)
Country: United States
Age: 32
Next title fight: #1 Harry Harris – April 15, 1902
(The real champion was Harry Forbes, currently ranked #9 in the PBR)

[Jeff1787]

January 6, 1903
FW: #8 Tim Hegarty 31-8-1 (10) Tech UD9 #4 Solly Smith 53-6-1 (23)

January 10, 1903
MW: Champion Charles McCoy 41-3-0 (35) TKO6 #2 Harry Peppers 35-5-3 (22)

• PBR Title bout: McCoy’s 3rd title defense since he regained it in December of 1901

January 19, 1903
LW: #5 Billy Hill 35-7-1 (21) KO10 #9 Rufe Turner 15-5-0 (6)

January 25, 1903
LW: #2 Billy Ernst 37-7-0 (23) TKO11 #3 Jack Everhardt 34-7-1 (15)
HW: #10 Fred Russell 12-7-0 (6) KO11 #3 Hank Griffin 41-6-2 (31)

January 27, 1903
MW: #6 Bill Heffernan 16-2-1 (7) SD12 #5 Jack Stelzner 26-6-5 (11)

January 30, 1903
LW: #7 Walter Edgerton 29-7-4 (4) UD12 #13 Stanton Abbott 42-16-3 (29)
LW: #8 Frank Erne 34-11-1 (17) TKO10 #14 George Keys 15-6-0 (9)

January 31, 1903
WW: #15 Philadelphia Tommy Ryan 17-9-3 (5) TKO4 #12 Owen Ziegler 25-12-2 (11)

[Jeff1787]

...February 5, 1903
HW: #2 Jack Johnson 27-3-3 (12) TKO10 #13 Denver Ed Martin 12-6-2 (7)

• Historical bout: Johnson by points in 20 rounds
• Johnson hoping for title bout
  

...February 6, 1903
WW: #2 George Cole 29-4-2 (4) SD12 #1 Young Peter Jackson 28-0-1 (17)

• Historical bout: Cole newspaper decision in 6…Philadelphia Item

...February 11, 1903
LW: #4 Willie Fitzgerald 17-2-0 (4) UD12 #UR Billy Gardner 22-4-1 (5)

• Historical bout: Fitzgerald KO1; Gardner (#7 welterweight) moved down in weight
• Fitzgerald looking for another title shot
  

...February 13, 1903
FW: #1 Abe Attell 17-0-0 (4) UD12 #13 Danny McMahon 14-11-4 (5)

• Attell now a serious contender

...February 15, 1903
LHW: #6 Herbert Hall 12-22-1 (3) Tech Draw4 #1 Jack Root 19-2-1 (8)

...February 16, 1903
BW: #22 Harry Ware 6-14-1 (2) TKO7 #3 Pedlar Palmer 35-7-1 (7)

• Historical bout: Palmer by points in 12
• Big upset here
  

...February 18, 1903
HW: #11 Mike Schreck 14-4-0 (7) KO7 #4 Frank Childs 30-10-1 (20)


...February 19, 1903
LW: #11 Wilmington Jack Daly 28-11-3 (10) TKO3 #10 Artie Tully 37-10-4 (14)

...February 22, 1903
MW: #7 Mike Donovan 15-7-1 (2) TKO1 #11 Frank Craig 36-7-1 (17)

...February 23, 1903
WW: #19 Matty Matthews 15-8-0 (1) SD12 #3 Tom Couhig 19-1-1 (8)

• Historical bout: Matthews by points in 10

...February 27, 1903
WW: #16 Jim Janey 19-11-4 (8) KO10 #20 Scaldy Bill Quinn 17-14-4 (7)

...February 28, 1903
BW: #16 Ernie Stanton 25-14-1 (4) TKO10 #8 Peter Toohey 11-6-2 (4)
FW: #9 Will Curley 16-4-3 (4) UD12 #6 Dave Sullivan 24-8-1 (11)
WW: #5 Jim Franey 32-5-3 (24) KO8 #10 Otto Cribb 13-6-2 (7)

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...March 8, 1903
FW: #20 Marty McCue 18-12-7 (7) UD10 #21 Mike Sears 19-8-4 (6)

...March 9, 1903
HW: #6 Gus Ruhlin 22-5-1 (17) KO10 #5 Mexican Pete Everett 24-11-0 (15)

• Historical bout: Ruhlin KO2
• Ruhlin wants a 3rd title shot

...March 17, 1903
WW: #11 Tommy West 21-14-5 (15) MDraw12 #6 Utah Bob Thompson 26-11-3 (16)

...March 19, 1903
LW: #1 Battling Nelson 24-3-0 (7) UD12 #12 Jack Goldswain 23-8-1 (8)

• Nelson wants another shot at the champ, Joe Gans

MW: #4 Jack Lalor 21-4-1 (11) UD12 #3 Frank Sturgeon 19-13-3 (11)

• Lalor wants that middleweight belt back

...March 22, 1903
FW: #7 Aurelio Herrera 15-4-2 (8) TKO4 #3 Oscar Gardner 40-4-2 (26)
HW: #1 Tom Sharkey 33-2-1 (29) KO3 #8 Henry Baker 39-11-2 (32)

...March 23, 1903
BW: #4 Charley Kelly 32-9-0 (20) KO11 #5 Jack Kid Madden 21-8-3 (3)

...March 30, 1903
WW: #13 Eddie Connolly 25-9-0 (11) UD12 #4 Dixie Kid 17-0-0 (4)

• Kid’s first loss is an upset

...March 31, 1903
FW: Champ Young Corbett II 24-2-1 (12) TKO13 #5 Terry McGovern 20-3-0 (17)

• PBR Title bout: Corbett’s first title defense
• Historical bout: Corbett KO12

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...April 8, 1903
MW: #8 Jewey Cook 19-10-5 (5) TKO11 #16 Tom Duggan 40-13-0 (30)

• Historical bout: Cook by points in 20 rounds for the South African middleweight title

...April 15, 1903
BW: Champ Jimmy Barry 40-0-0 (19) MD15 #1 Harry Harris 21-3-2 (5)

• PBR Title bout: Harris’ second attempt to take Barry’s belt

...April 17, 1903
FW: #11 Benny Yanger 14-5-1 (6) TKO8 #12 Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan 15-7-1 (5)

...April 28, 1903
HW: #7 Marvin Hart 13-4-2 (3) KO5 #9 Peter Felix 26-15-0 (18)
HW: #14 Bob Armstrong 29-9-0 (19) TKO6 #17 Stockings Conroy 14-9-1 (4)

...April 29, 1903
MW: #12 Al Neill 13-5-2 (5) Tech UD9 #9 Dick O'Brien 19-13-6 (10)

• Will Neill crack the top 10

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James Jeffries – Heavyweight
Record: 21-4-1 (13)
Title bouts: 2-0 (2)
Country: United States
Age: 28
Next title fight: #2 Jack Johnson – May 5, 1903
(The real champion was Jeffries)

Joe Gans – Lightweight
Record: 42-0 (22)
Title bouts: 7-0 (3)
Country: United States
Age: 28
Next title fight: #4 Willie Fitzgerald – May 29, 1903 (Historical bout)
(The real champion was Gans)

Philadelphia Jack O’Brien – Light Heavyweight
Record: 23-2 (7)
Title bouts: 6-0 (2)
Country: United States
Age: 25
Next title fight: #UR Jack Bonner – June 23, 1903 (Historical bout)
Bonner is moving up to the Light Heavyweight Division
(The real champion was Jack Root, currently ranked #1 in the PBR)

Rube Ferns – Welterweight
Record: 24-1-1 (12)
Title bouts: 4-1 (4)
Country: United States
Age: 29
Next title fight: #3 Jim Franey – July 15, 1903
(The real champion was Joe Walcott, currently ranked #19 in the PBR)

[Jeff1787]

...May 5, 1903
HW: #2 Jack Johnson 28-3-3 (13) MD15 Champ James Jeffries 21-4-1 (13)

• PBR Title bout: Jeffries had only one successful title defense

...May 9, 1903
FW: #7 Tim Hegarty 32-8-1 (10) UD12 #8 Solly Smith 53-7-1 (23)

...May 11, 1903
BW: #13 Pedlar Palmer 35-8-1 (7) UD12 #10 Digger Stanley 10-7-1 (1)

• Historical bout: Palmer by points in 10

...May 20, 1903
MW: #11 Young Mahoney 13-8-1 (5) KO3 #2 Harry Peppers 35-6-3 (22)

• Big upset here

...May 22, 1903
MW: #15 Kid Carter 14-7-3 (9) UD10 #25 Andy Walsh 21-12-5 (5)

...May 27, 1903
LW: #5 Jack Everhardt 34-8-1 (15) TKO7 #1Billy Ernst 38-7-0 (24)

• Everhardt TKO’s the number one contender

FW: #12 Billy Whistler 19-10-6 (2) SD12 #2 Ben Jordan 25-6-0 (8)

• Another top contender bites the dust

...May 29, 1903
HW: #14 Ed Dunkhorst 18-12-1 (13) KO7 #6 Hank Griffin 41-7-2 (31)
LW: Champ Joe Gans 42-0-0 (22) UD15 #4 Willie Fitzgerald 18-2-0 (4)

• PBR Title bout: Gans is 8-0 in title fights
• Historical bout: Gans KO10; billed for the lightweight title, but Gans was over the agreed limit of 135 lbs.

...May 30, 1903
LW: #16 Stanton Abbott 42-17-3 (29) KO1 #8 Frank Erne 35-11-1 (18)
LW: #4 Billy Hill 36-7-1 (22) UD12 #11 Rufe Turner 15-6-0 (6)

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...June 17, 1903
MW: #4 Bill Heffernan 17-2-1 (7) UD12 #8 Jack Stelzner 26-7-5 (11)

...June 18, 1903
HW: #7 Mike Schreck 15-4-0 (8) UD12 #8 Frank Childs 30-11-1 (20)
WW: #19 Joe Walcott 34-14-1 (8) TKO10 #2 Young Peter Jackson 28-1-1 (17)

• Historical bout: 20 round draw for the World Welterweight Title
• Two straight loses for Jackson; his stock will fall

...June 19, 1903
LW: #9 Wilmington Jack Daly 29-11-3 (11) MD12 #7 Walter Edgerton 30-7-4 (4)

...June 24, 1903
LHW: Champ Philadelphia Jack O'Brien 23-2-0 (7) MD15 #UR Jack Bonner 28-10-4 (16)

• PBR Title bout: O’Brien is 7-0 in title fights, Bonner moved up in weight
• Historical bout: O’Brien newspaper decision in 10 rounds

...June 26, 1903
WW: #10 Matty Matthews 16-8-0 (1) SD12 #7 Billy Gardner 22-5-1 (5)

...June 28, 1903
WW: #11 Tom Couhig 19-2-1 (8) TKO10 #15 Otto Cribb 13-7-2 (7)

...June 29, 1903
WW: #14 Philadelphia Tommy Ryan 18-9-3 (6) TKO9 #17 Jim Janey 20-11-4 (9)
FW: #1 Abe Attell 18-0-0 (4) UD12 #10 Dave Sullivan 24-9-1 (11)

• Attell is definitely ready for a title shot

[Jeff1787]

…July 4, 1903
LHW: #2 George Gardner 18-2-2 (9) UD12 #1 Jack Root 19-2-2 (8)

• Historical bout: Gardner KO12 for the World LHW Title

…July 8, 1903
LW: #17 George Keys 15-7-0 (9) UD12 #15 Artie Tully 37-11-4 (14)

…July 11, 1903
HW: #15 Jim Scanlon 12-9-1 (5) TKO10 #24 Al Weinig 12-9-0 (7)

…July 15, 1903
WW: Champ Rube Ferns 24-1-1 (12) TKO12 #3 Jim Franey 33-5-3 (25)

• PBR Title bout: Ferns’ 3rd straight title defense, plus he gets revenge against Franey who took his title back in 1900

…July 19, 1903
MW: #5 Mike Donovan 16-7-1 (3) UD12 #3 Jack Lalor 22-4-1 (11)

…July 20, 1903
HW: #3 Gus Ruhlin 23-5-1 (18) KO8 #5 Fred Russell 13-7-0 (7)

…July 21, 1903
MW: #23 Charles Goff 19-11-6 (4) KO4 #20 Tom Duggan 40-14-0 (30)

…July 23, 1903
MW: #19 Ted Pritchard 31-14-1 (15) KO6 #16 Frank Craig 36-8-1 (17)

…July 25, 1903
WW: #16 Andrew Jeptha 12-4-5 (4) TKO9 #12 Tommy West 21-14-6 (15)

…July 26, 1903
BW: #4 Owen Moran 15-2-2 (7) Tech UD12 #3 Charley Kelly 33-9-0 (21)
FW: #4 Aurelio Herrera 16-4-2 (9) Draw12 #5 Oscar Gardner 40-5-2 (26)

• Nothing decided here

…July 28, 1903
LW: #2 Battling Nelson 25-3-0 (7) SD12 #13 Jack Goldswain 23-9-1 (8)
WW: #1 George Cole 30-4-2 (4) UD12 #9 Dixie Kid 17-1-0 (4)

• Cole wants Champ Rube Ferns again

WW: #5 Utah Bob Thompson 26-11-4 (16) #8 TKO8 Eddie Connolly 26-9-0 (11)
HW: #9 Mexican Pete Everett 24-12-0 (15) KO2 #10 Henry Baker 39-12-2 (32)

…July 31, 1903
BW: #15 Ernie Stanton 26-14-1 (5) UD12 #5 Jack Kid Madden 21-9-3 (3)

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Charles McCoy – Middleweight
Record: 42-3 (36)
Title bouts: 5-1 (5)
Country: United States
Age: 30
Next title fight: #2 Mike Donovan – September 1, 1903
(The real champion was Tommy Ryan, retired from the PBR)


Jimmy Barry – Bantamweight
Record: 41-0 (19)
Title bouts: 7-0 (4)
Country: United States
Age: 33
Next title fight: #2 Casper Leon – September 25, 1903
(The real champion was Frankie Neil, currently ranked #6 in the PBR)


Young Corbett II – Featherweight
Record: 25-2-1 (13)
Title bouts: 2-0 (2)
Country: United States
Age: 22
Next title fight: #1 Abe Attell – October 5, 1903
(The real champion was Attell)


Jack Johnson – Heavyweight
Record: 29-3-3 (13)
Title bouts: 1-0
Country: United States
Age: 25
Next title fight: #1 Tom Sharkey – November 28, 1903
(The real champion was James Jeffries, currently ranked #2 in the PBR)


Philadelphia Jack O’Brien – Light Heavyweight
Record: 24-2 (7)
Title bouts: 7-0 (2)
Country: United States
Age: 25
Next title fight: #UR Mike Schreck – December 12, 1903 (Historical bout)
Schreck is moving down to the Light Heavyweight Division
(The real champion was George Gardner, currently ranked #2 in the PBR)


Joe Gans – Lightweight
Record: 43-0 (22)
Title bouts: 8-0 (3)
Country: United States
Age: 28
Next title fight: #5 Arthur Douglas – December 15, 1903
(The real champion was Gans)


Rube Ferns – Welterweight
Record: 25-1-1 (13)
Title bouts: 5-1 (5)
Country: United States
Age: 29
Next title fight: #3 Utah Bob Thompson – December 30, 1903
(The real champion was Joe Walcott, currently ranked #5 in the PBR)

[Jeff1787]

...September 1, 1903
MW: Champ Charles McCoy 42-3-0 (36) UD15 #2 Mike Donovan 17-7-1 (3)

• PBR Title bout: McCoy’s 4th straight title defense

...September 15, 1903
HW: #3 Sam McVey 13-0-2 (10) UD12 #17 Denver Ed Martin 13-7-2 (7)

• Historical bout: McVey KO1

...September 24, 1903
FW: #11 Solly Smith 53-8-1 (23) SD12 #8 Billy Whistler 20-10-6 (2)

• Smith announces retirement

...September 25, 1903
BW: Jimmy Barry 41-0-0 (19) TKO3 Casper Leon 32-12-3 (14)

• PBR Title bout: Barry has seven successful title defenses

...September 26, 1903
LW: #2 Jack Everhardt 35-8-1 (16) MD12 #3 Billy Ernst 38-8-0 (24)
FW: #5 Tim Hegarty 33-8-1 (10) UD12 #18 Danny McMahon 15-12-4 (5)

...September 27, 1903
LW: #4 Billy Hill 37-7-1 (22) KO9 #10 Frank Erne 35-12-1 (18)

...September 28, 1903
LW: #13 Rufe Turner 15-7-0 (6) TKO3 #9 Stanton Abbott 43-17-3 (30)

[Jeff1787]

PBR news: 11th ranked featherweight, Solly Smith, of the United States, has announced his retirement. The announcement came after a 12 round split decision win against #8 Billy Whistler. Previous to that fight, Smith had lost four straight bouts.

Smith won the PBR featherweight championship on February 8, 1901, with a 15 round split decision win over the champ, Tim Hegarty. In December of that same year, Smith successfully defended his title against #4 contender, Will Curley.

On April 25th, 1902, Smith lost his title to #1 ranked Oscar Gardner. Smith was knocked out in the 8th round.

[Jeff1787]

…October 5, 1903
FW: Champ Young Corbett II 25-2-1 (13) KO4 #1 Abe Attell 19-0-0 (4)

• PBR Title bout: Corbett scores a thunderous KO, Attell’s first loss

…October 16, 1903
BW: #6 Frankie Neil 14-2-3 (4) UD12 #12 Johnny Reagan 14-11-4 (3)

• Historical bout: 20 round draw for the World Bantamweight title

…October 21, 1903
LW: #6 Willie Fitzgerald 18-3-0 (4) KO9 #14 Bob Turner 17-3-1 (7)

…October 24, 1903
MW: #15 Jack Moffat 21-6-3 (8) TKO8 #3 Bill Heffernan 18-2-1 (7)

• 9 straight wins for Moffat

…October 27, 1903
HW: #9 Frank Childs 30-12-1 (20) UD12 #11 Hank Griffin 41-8-2 (31)
WW: #6 Young Peter Jackson 28-2-1 (17) KO4 #1 George Cole 31-4-2 (4)

• Historical bout: 6 round draw (newspaper decision…Philadelphia Item)

…October 28, 1903
WW: #13 Philadelphia Tommy Ryan 19-9-3 (7) KO12 #19 Jim Janey 20-12-4 (9)
WW: #10 Billy Gardner 22-6-1 (5) KO4 #20 Scaldy Bill Quinn 18-15-4 (8)

…October 29, 1903
WW: #8 Tom Couhig 20-2-1 (9) UD12 #5 Joe Walcott 35-14-1 (8)
LW: #8 Walter Edgerton 30-8-4 (4) Tech Draw3 #12 George McFadden 25-9-3 (10)
FW: #3 Aurelio Herrera 16-4-3 (9) TKO6 #14 Eddie Santry 21-12-2 (8)

• Historical bout: Herrera KO13

[Jeff1787]

…November 4, 1903
LW: #15 Jack Goldswain 23-10-1 (8) SD12 #16 Artie Tully 37-12-4 (14)

…November 9, 1903
BW: #4 Owen Moran 16-2-2 (7) UD12 #15 Digger Stanley 10-9-1 (1)

• Historical bout: Stanley by points in 15 for the British BW title

…November 10, 1903
WW: #2 Jim Franey 33-6-3 (25) KO1 #18 Otto Cribb 13-8-2 (7)

…November 11, 1903
WW: #11 Eddie Connolly 26-10-0 (11) TKO10 #15 Tommy West 21-15-6 (15)

…November 12, 1903
MW: #6 Jack Lalor 22-5-1 (11) TKO1 #16 Ted Pritchard 32-14-1 (16)

…November 14, 1903
WW: #7 Matty Matthews 17-8-0 (1) MD12 #14 Andrew Jeptha 13-4-5 (5)
BW: #13 Joe Bowker 15-4-2 (4) UD12 #14 Peter Toohey 12-7-2 (4)

…November 15, 1903
LW: #11 George Keys 16-7-0 (9) TKO10 #7 Wilmington Jack Daly 30-11-3 (11)

…November 19, 1903
FW: #9 Ben Jordan 25-7-0 (8) KO2 #4 Oscar Gardner 40-5-3 (26)
BW: #1 Harry Harris 21-4-3 (5) UD12 #10 Ernie Stanton 27-14-1 (5)

…November 20, 1903
BW: #11 Jack Kid Madden 21-10-3 (3) SD12 #8 Harry Forbes 13-10-2 (3)

…November 22, 1903
MW: #1 Jack Bonner 28-11-4 (16) UD12 #14 Kid Carter 15-7-3 (9)

…November 28, 1903
HW: Champ Jack Johnson 29-3-3 (13) UD15 #1 Tom Sharkey 35-2-1 (31)

• PBR Title bout: Johnson’s 1st title defense

…November 30, 1903
HW: #4 Gus Ruhlin 24-5-1 (19) TKO10 #15 Henry Baker 39-13-2 (32)
MW: #8 Al Neill 15-5-2 (6) KO5 #17 Dick O'Brien 19-15-6 (10)

[Jeff1787]

…December 12, 1903
LHW: Champ Philadelphia Jack O'Brien 24-2-0 (7) TKO9 #UR Mike Schreck 16-4-0 (8)

• PBR Title bout: O’Brien’s 7th consecutive successful defense, Schreck moved down in weight
• Historical bout: O’Brien by decision in 6 rounds

…December 15, 1903
LW: Joe Gans 43-0-0 (22) UD15 Arthur Douglas 17-1-1 (6)

• PBR Title bout: Gans’ 8th title defense

…December 23, 1903
FW: #6 Terry McGovern 21-4-0 (18) TKO11 #20 Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan 15-9-1 (5)

…December 25, 1903
FW: #19 Austin Rice 18-11-2 (1) TKO4 #12 Dave Sullivan 24-10-1 (11)

• Historical bout: Sullivan by points in 15

...December 29, 1903
HW: #2 James Jeffries 22-5-1 (14) KO7 #16 Peter Felix 26-17-0 (18)

…December 30, 1903
WW: #3 Utah Bob Thompson 27-11-4 (17) TKO13 Champ Rube Ferns 25-1-1 (13)

• PBR Title bout: An upset with Ferns suffering only his 2nd loss

…December 31, 1903
HW: #13 George Byers 20-10-2 (8) UD12 #7 Mexican Pete Everett 25-12-0 (16)
FW: #10 Will Curley 17-5-3 (4) UD12 #15 Jimmy Dime 42-12-2 (28)

[Beno999]

Nice to see good old Mr. Ketchel make his professional debut.

[Jeff1787]

His first year record: 8-1-1 (4), all against TC's.

[Beno999]

Bloody hell ! what were the fight rounds set at ?

[Beno999]

oh and hows Blackburn doing?