World Boxing Federation

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World Champion - Tommy Ryan
American Champion - Rube Ferns
European Champion - Abe Hicken
Commonwealth Champion - Abe Hicken
Pacific Champion - Dick Sandall

Welterweight World Title History

Jul 1884 - Tom McAlpine UD15 Paddy Duffy
May 1886 - Tom McAlpine KO12 Paddy Carey
Dec 1886 - Harry Gilmore TKO4 Tom McAlpine
Oct 1887 - Jack C McGee KO11 Harry Gilmore
Dec 1887 - Paddy Duffy TKO13 Jack C McGee
April 1888 - Paddy Duffy MD15 Jimmy Mitchell
Jul 1888 - Jack McGinty UD15 Paddy Duffy
Nov 1888 - Jack McGinty KO14 Billy Myer
Apr 1889 - Jack McGinty SD15 Jack C McGee
Aug 1889 - Tommy Ryan UD15 Jack McGinty
Jul 1890 - Tommy Ryan KO2 Jimmy Mitchell
Jun 1891 - Tommy Ryan KO8 Billy Myer
Sep 1891 - Tommy Ryan KO7 Jack C McGee
Dec 1891 - Tommy Ryan KO8 Jimmy Mitchell
May 1892 - Tommy Ryan UD15 Billy Myer
Jan 1893 - Tommy Ryan UD15 Charles Kemmic
July 1893 - Tommy Ryan TKO10 Owen Ziegler

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World Champion - Jack McAuliffe
American Champion - Billy Ernst
European Champion - Vacant
Commonwealth Champion - Vacant
Pacific Champion - Peter Boland

Lightweight World Title History

Nov 1877 - Arthur Chambers TKO11 Harry Gilmore
Nov 1878 - Harry Gilmore TKO14 Arthur Chambers
Jun 1879 - Jem Carney TKO13 Harry Gilmore
Oct 1881 - Jem Carney UD15 Barney Donovan
Nov 1883 - Harry Gilmore TKO10 Jem Carney
May 1885 - Billy Myer TKO9 Harry Gilmore
Dec 1885 - Jack McAuliffe TKO13 Billy Myer
May 1886 - Jack McAuliffe TKO7 Joe Heiser
Aug 1886 - Jack McAuliffe TKO4 Jack Keenan
Dec 1886 - Jack McAuliffe UD15 Jimmy Carroll
Apr 1887 - Jack McAuliffe KO2 Jack Keenan
Dec 1887 - Jimmy Carroll KO2 Jack McAuliffe
Apr 1888 - Jimmy Carroll KO4 Billy Dacey
Jul 1888 - Jimmy Carroll KO6 Billy Frazier
Nov 1888 - Patsy Kerrigan TKO7 Jimmy Carroll
Mar 1889 - Billy Dacey TKO14 Patsy Kerrigan
Jun 1889 - Billy Dacey TKO8 Billy Frazier
Oct 1889 - Jack McAuliffe KO8 Billy Dacey
July 1890 - Jack McAuliffe UD15 Dal Hawkins
July 1891 - Bobby Dobbs TKO13 Jack McAuliffe
Sep 1891 - Bobby Dobbs SD15 Austin Gibbons
Dec 1891 - Bobby Dobbs KO15 Patsy Kerrigan
May 1892 - Bobby Dobbs UD15 Dal Hawkins
Aug 1892 - Bobby Dobbs UD15 Jimmy Carroll
Apr 1893 - Bobby Dobbs KO2 Bill Mahan
Oct 1893 - Jack McAuliffe TKO13 Bobby Dobbs

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World Champion - Dick Hollywood
American Champion - Solly Smith
European Champion - Frank Murphy
Commonwealth Champion - Frank Murphy
Pacific Champion - Young Griffo

World Featherweight Title History

Aug 1889 - Young Griffo DSQ1 Cal McCarthy
Nov 1889 - Young Griffo DSQ3 Torpedo Billy Murphy
May 1890 - Young Griffo UD15 Johnny T Griffin
May 1891 - Young Griffo UD15 Frank Murphy
Dec 1891 - Young Griffo UD15 Solly Smith
May 1892 - Young Griffo UD15 Frank Skelly
Sep 1892 - Young Griffo TKO6 Solly Smith
Mar 1893 - Dick Hollywood SD15 Young Griffo
Nov 1893 - Dick Hollywood TKO9 Johnny T Griffin

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World Champion - George Dixon
American Champion - Johnny Murphy
European Champion - Billy Plimmer
Commonwealth Champion - Billy Plimmer
Pacific Champion - Abe Willis

Bantamweight World Title History

July 1889 - Tommy Spider Kelly UD15 Nunc Wallace
Dec 1889 - Tommy Spider Kelly KO13 Barney McCall
Jun 1890 - Abe Willis TKO7 Tommy Spider Kelly
Apr 1891 - Abe Willis SD15 Bill Baxter
Dec 1891 - George Dixon KO2 Abe Willis
May 1892 - George Dixon UD15 Chappie Moran
Oct 1892 - George Dixon KO9 Johnny Murphy
Jun 1893 - George Dixon TKO4 George Corfield
Dec 1893 - George Dixon KO5 Johnny Murphy

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Barry-Dixon will be a good one.

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Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Barry-Dixon will be a good one.

Yep

Could well be lining up against each other at the end of the year.

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Getting back to this and the heavies any time soon Tom?

I am getting the book on Captain Barclay that you recomened for Christmas as well as one on 19th sporting and liesure activities. I can't wait!

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Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Getting back to this and the heavies any time soon Tom?

I am getting the book on Captain Barclay that you recomened for Christmas as well as one on 19th sporting and liesure activities. I can't wait!

Hi Chris

Been away for a bit. I'm going to finish off the Flyweight Tourney then crack on with this.

I intend to get both uni's synced by 1900 then run them side by side.

Just read a book on Joe Gans to get me in the mood!

Cheers

Tom

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Bantamweight World Champion George Dixon will challenge unbeaten Dick Hollywood for his World Featherweight title by June of this year.

Dixon (left) has been told by the WBF that he will have to defeat Chiddy Ryan (16-1-0)(11) at Featherweight before stepping into the ring with Hollywood.

Ryan (centre) has a healthy record on paper but has yet to meet anyone with the class of Dixon. The Australians only defeat came at the hands of Eddie Lenny.

The other potential 'spanner in the works' will be an interim defence of his crown by Hollywood (right). This will likely be against Walter Edgerton.

Dixon could make history by becomming a World Champion at two weights simultaneously.

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This could be quite an accomplishment. Will you use the in-game weight adjustment? I'd think that to be a tad harsh as it would assume two weight classes up for poor Dixon.

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Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

This could be quite an accomplishment. Will you use the in-game weight adjustment? I'd think that to be a tad harsh as it would assume two weight classes up for poor Dixon.

I'm going to use Dean's, who rated him at Featherweight. I think the database has him with an HP of 1 which looks harsh to me.

Ratings of the Day Council

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BW - Jimmy Barry (21-0-0)(20) KO4 Walter Croot (20-9-2)(5)
BW - George Corfield (12-1-2)(6) KO 7 Jimmy Anthony (8-5-1)(5)
BW - Johnny Murphy (23-4-1)(21) TKO4 Chappie Moran (10-15-0)(1)
BW - Casper Leon (16-2-1)(4) UD10 Danny Dougherty (18-4-2)(3)
BW - Nunc Wallace (22-5-4)(8) UD10 Jack Hare (13-3-1)(4)
FW - Cal McCarthy (26-5-3)(15) UD10 Tom Causer (9-3-0)(7)
FW - Billy Whistler (16-1-0)(0) SD10 Tommy Danforth (12-3-0)(7)

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World Featherweight Title - Dick Hollywood (H) V Walter Edgerton
World Lightweight Title - Jack McAuliffe (H) V Stanton Abbot
World Welterweight Title - Tommy Ryan (H) V Billy Maber
World Middleweight Title - Geo LaBlanche (H) V Paddy Purtell

BW - Euro and Commonwealth Title - Billy Plimmer (H) V Pedlar Palmer
FW - US Title - Solly Smith (H) V Sammy Kelly
FW - Pacific Title - Young Griffo (H) V Torpedo Billy Murphy
FW - Chiddy Ryan V George Dixon
LW - Bobby Dobbs V Frank Erne
LW - US Title - Billy Ernst (H) V George Fulljames
WW - Young Corbett V Mysterious Billy Smith
WW - Joe Walcott V Jim Franey
WW - Dick Sandall V Matty Matthews
WW - US Title - Rube Ferns (H) V Andy Watson
MW - Charles Turner V Harry Mace
MW - Fred Morris V Jack Dempsey
MW - John Banks V Billy McCarthy

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European and Commonwealth Bantamweight Title

Billy Plimmer (23-2-2)(14)(H) TKO2 Pedlar Palmer (16-4-1)(7)

It took Plimmer less than 5 minutes to stop Palmer.

Plimmer (below) started brightly landing some crisp left jabs and right hooks whilst the challenger hardly landed a blow.

With the bell for the start of the second round still reverberating around the NSC Plimmer landed a superb right cross to the chin of Palmer. The Londoner struggled to his feet at the eight count only to walk into another right cross and find himself on the canvas for the second time in the round. A minute later Plimmer landed a flurry of punches which sent Palmer down again and invoked the three knockdown rule to end the contest.

This was an excellent performance from the Birmingham born scrapper who will now have his eye on the world crown.

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George Dixon (33-3-0)(16) TKO9 Chiddy Ryan (16-2-0)(11)

Dixon made an exciting return to the Featherweight division with a ninth round TKO of Ryan and in doing so became the first man to stop the Australian.

Dixon came out all guns blazing in the first round as Ryan suffered a torrid first three minutes. For the next few rounds the underdog got back in the contest and landed some decent right hands to the chin of Dixon.

The Bantamweight World Champ up the ante in the eighth and ninth rounds and referee Kelly stepped in to stop the contest after Dixon had landed numerous unanswered blows.

Dixon has signed to defend his Bantamweight title in London against George Corfield sometime in May, he will then travel to Dublin to attempt lift the World Featherweight crown against Dick Hollywood.

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Go Mr. Dixon! This will be fun to watch unfold Tom.

By the way, I did receive the book on Captain Barclay for Christmas and will get to it after I finish You Gotta Have Wa (about Nippon baseball).

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Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Go Mr. Dixon! This will be fun to watch unfold Tom.

By the way, I did receive the book on Captain Barclay for Christmas and will get to it after I finish You Gotta Have Wa (about Nippon baseball).

You did well, I got a pack of socks and a book on the American Civil War which I actually bought from Amazon

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US Featherweight Title

Sammy Kelly (16-5-0)(2)(Ch) SD12 Solly Smith (20-5-3)(10)(H)

Kelly enters the big time!

Sammy Kelly (below) successfully made the transition into the top ten of his division and became American Featherweight Champion.

He fought a measured fight against the rough and tough Solly Smith, gaining a close decision which was helped by a flash eighth round knockdown.

The fight was close throughout but it was Kell's good lead lead left and stiff counter that proved the difference between the two men.

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Middeweight

Harry 'Dummy' Mace (17-1-0)(16) TKO8 Charles Turner (11-1-0)(11)

Turner (right) had swept aside all his previous opponents when he stepped in the ring with Mace (left).

The pair stood toe to toe for eight rounds and battered each other to a pulp, there was little attention paid to defence and this appeared to suit the Australian brawler.

Turner appeared to be 'out on his feet' when Mace landed a crushing right uppercut halfway through the eighth round. The American found himself on the canvas for the first time in his career, he bravely rose to his feet at the nine count but the referee had seen enough.

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Pacific Featherweight Title

Young Griffo (33-4-0)(6)(H) UD12 Torpedo Billy Murphy (17-17-1)(10)

Griffo sauntered past Murphy for the sixth time in his career.

The fight was nicely poised at haflway but the Kiwi seemed to run out of juice. Griffo got his jab working and popped it into the face of Murphy for the rest of the fight.

Griffo has been poor of late, but the recent developments regarding George Dixon could set up a future bout.