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May 01, 1886

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April 25, 1886

EBC - Admiral Coontz Center - Hannibal, MO

MW	Young Mitchell (#6, 5-2-0, 3KO)	W10	Mike Lucie (#4, 9-4-0, 6KO)

Two minutes into the opening round Mitchell scores to the body, sinking his fist into Lucie's midsection but Lucie lands a couple shots upstairs at the bell to make the round close. Mitchell scores heavily to the head in round 2, but Lucie opens up early in the 3rd clearly taking the round on the scorecard. With a minute remaining in the 4th Mitchell lands a right cross that sends Lucie staggering across the ring. Lucie lands a series of right hands early in the 5th, but Mitchell saddles up the uppercut late in the round, and suddenly Lucie is in even more trouble. Round 6 the action slows greatly, but in the 7th Mitchell outhustles Lucie clearly. The action in round 8 is very close, but the 9th is a shoot-out at ring center that Lucie walks away with. Mitchell kicks off the final round with a tremendous right hand that wobbles Lucie, and after an even exchange Mitchell scores again as the round expires. The scorecards show a unanimous decision victory for Young Mitchell.

April 24, 1886


EBC - Foley's Hall - Sydney, Australia

HW	Patsy Cardiff (#14, 6-5-2, 1KO)	TKOby4	Paddy Ryan (#5, 17-12-0, 4KO)

Cardiff comes out attacking the bread basket of Ryan, and the irishman Ryan has no answer in round 1. Cardiff scores with some hard right crosses upstairs in the 2nd, and Ryan sees that he can't compete with Cardiff's skill level and firepower so he starts to maul Cardiff on the inside in round 3 and he cuts him above Cardiff's right eye. A minute into round 4 Ryan lands a right cross that makes the cut infinitely worse. As the gore pours, the doctor comes in to have a squint. The doc stops the fight immediately and Ryan wins by TKO.

April 23, 1886


EBC - Kings Hall - Belfast, Northern Ireland

HW(R2)	John L Sullivan (#1, 29-4-0, 22KO)	KO3	Morris Grant (#11, 15-13-1, 7KO)

Grant isn't intimidated by Sullivan's reputation, and they start throwing bombs at ring center in round 1 and though Sullivan clearly takes the round Grant does some nice work. Sullivan lands a huge right cross a few seconds into round 2, but Grant catches John L halfway through the round with a right hand down the pipe. Grant starts to land big time as Sullivan is a bit dazed, but both men are still standing at the end of the round. Sullivan lands a crushing left hook with a minute left in the 3rd, and he throws some nasty combinations until Grant's head is lolling around like a speed bag. The referee rescues Grant with 10 seconds remaining in the 3rd round. The Great John L scores yet another impressive knockout.

April 10, 1886


EBC - Club Deportivo Barcelo - Madrid, Spain

LW	Bill Mahan (#3, 12-8-0, 7KO)	KOby6	Jack Hall (#5, 6-2-0, 4KO)

Mahan comes into the ring cold, and Hall scores with a couple good right hands in the 1st. Mahan attacks the body with lusty hooks in round 2, but Hall rallies late in the round to make it close. 30 seconds into the 3rd Mahan connects with a wild haymaker that drops Hall for a flash knockdown. Hall eats a couple more hard shots in the round, but doesn't land even one. Round 4 is looking like it's too close to call, but Mahan rallies in the closing seconds to take the round. Hall lands a couple shots early in the 5th, but again Mahan rallies to make up the difference and the crowd is on their feet at the end. A minute into round 6 Hall drops Mahan with an uppercut right on the temple, and Mahan goes down and out. Hall wins with a sudden knockout.

April 06, 1886


EBC - Kyoyuk Munhwa Koekwan Hotel - Seoul, South Korea

LW	Paddy Smith (#4, 7-4-0, 1KO)	TKOby9	George Taylor (#8, 16-12-4, 2KO)

The early rounds are tentative, but Taylor does a better job accurately working on Smith upstairs mostly. The next few rounds are very close, but Taylor takes the 4th with a nice attack. The 5th is very close again, but Smith runs out of gas in the 6th. Taylor begins to punish Smith in round 7, and a minute into round 9 Taylor causes a horrible cut over Smith's eye and the referee immediately stops the fight on a TKO.

April 01, 1886

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March 31, 1886


EBC - Freedom Nightclub - Kiev, Ukraine

FW	Torpedo Billy Murphy (#1, 17-5-0, 13KO)	KO5	Sam Baxter (#5, 7-5-1, 0KO)

Murphy outhustles Baxter early, and Sam mostly plays D while Murphy opens up until Baxter has a rally late in round 4. Murphy's right eye puffs up a bit before round 5, so Torpedo Billy goes on the attack. He hammers Baxter from pillar to post until Baxter drops with a few seconds on the clock. Baxter cannot rise and Murphy wins by clean knockout.

March 27, 1886


EBC - Miccosukee Resort & Gaming - Miami, FL

HW(T)	Peter Jackson (Chmp, 23-2-1, 18KO)	KO10	Pat Killen (#4, 13-5-0, 11KO)

Jackson hammers Killen to the body, methodically breaking down Pat's defense in the 1st round. In round 2 Jackson scores with a hard right cross that has Killen's knee almost touch down, and the relatively inexperienced Killen has no answer for Jackson who quickly damages Killen badly in the 2nd. Killen bull-rushes Jackson early in the 3rd, but Pete catches him coming in with an uppercut that staggers Killen. Pat doesn't land a punch for the whole 3rd, and Jackson punishes him upstairs. Jackson finally drops Killen with a series of hooks in the 4th, and although he rises at 3 he looks pretty shook up. Jackson proceeds to empty the guns on the stunned Pat Killen. Pat is totally gassed before the 5th, and Jackson is beating him up, when Pat lands with a wild right hand that lands on the point of Jackson's chin and staggers him badly as round 5 ends. Killen hammers him some more at the beginning of round 6, but Peter recovers by the end of the round and he wins it. Killen isn't throwing at all in the 7th, and Jackson dominates because of it. A minute into the 8th, a round Killen was winning, Jackson drops him for an 8 count. Killen is in big trouble for the rest of the round, and though he survives both of Killen's eyes puff up quickly in the 8th. Jackson scores with a huge uppercut 45 seconds into round 9, and Killen eats a big hook late and Jackson doesn't eat anything. A minute into the 10th Jackson has him going pretty good, and he floors Killen with a hook to the abdomen. Killen's up at 8 with no legs at all, so Jackson hammers him and Killen's eyebrow cuts. Right at the bell ending round 10 Jackson drops him again and this time he cannot rise. Peter Jackson wins by 10th round knockout.

March 08, 1886


EBC - Club Cinema - Pompano Beach, FL

HW	Frank Slavin (#8, 9-8-0, 8KO)	KOby5	James Roberts Couper (#11, 15-7-2, 10KO)

30 seconds into the bout Lees lands an uppercut that floors Slavin like he received news of South Africa's independence from Great Britain. Slavin is erect at 4 but Couper immediately stuns him again with a right cross but ultimately lets Frank off the hook. Slavin tries to turn the tables with a nasty rabbit punch in the 2nd, for which he is warned. Round 3 doesn't feature much action, but Couper rallies in the closing seconds to secure the round. A minute into the 4th they trade power punches that leave Couper worse for wear this time. Slavin lets the fouls flow as well with 4 assorted warnings by the end of the 4th which is razor close on the card. 45 seconds into the 5th Couper lands an uppercut that drops Slavin for an 8 count this time. Frank is badly dazed and Couper opens up, and a minute later Frank tastes the canvas again for the full count of 10 this time. James Roberts Couper pulls off a minor upset knocking out Frank Slavin in the 5th round of their heavyweight bout.

March 01, 1886


Centro Recreacional Yesterday - Turmero, Venezuela

FW(R4)	Fred Johnson (#6, 5-7-0, 0KO)	L12	Harry Mead (#4, 20-9-6, 3KO)

The underdog Mead does a good job outworking Johnson in all ways in round 1, and round 2 is more of the same with Mead's quickness and footwork being the difference in the round. Johnson finally starts to score with right hands in the 3rd, and Mead scores with wild arcing hooks in the 4th. 30 seconds into round 5 Mead scores with a thudding hook to the liver and Johnson drops like a stone. Johnson rises at the count of 3, and he recovers very quickly to fight off the surging Mead late in the round. Harry starts to rough Johnson up again in the 6th, probably winning the round. Johnson is completely gassed in the 8th, and Mead takes advantage hammering him on the inside for the whole round. Mead stays compact in the 10th, occasionally throwing but almost always on the defensive. Johnson revives in the 11th winning it with power hooks on the inside, but it's Mead who takes over in the 12th and final round. The final scorecards revealed Harry Mead as the unanimous decision victor.

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February 29, 1886


EBC - Foley's Hall - Sydney, Australia

HW	Frank Slavin (#12, 9-7-0, 8KO)	KO1	Jack Fallon (#10, 5-2-0, 2KO)

It's not that there isn't a lot of action at ring center in round 1, it's just that every punch misses until Slavin lands the haymaker and Fallon crumbles like a condemned factory. Fallon manages to crawl to his knees, but he just misses rising before 10. Frank Slavin scores a quick and somewhat unsatisfying knockout.

February 24, 1886


EBC - Everton Park Sports Centre - Liverpool, England

FW(R2)	Fred Johnson (#4, 5-6-0, 0KO)	L10	Sam Baxter (#6, 7-4-1, 0KO)

They both come out swinging, and round 1 is a masterpiece of mayhem as a result but niether boy clearly wins the round. Johnson takes round 3 with a nice display of fighting out of a corner. More even rounds until Baxter takes the 6th with his high workrate in the round. Half-way through the 7th round Baxter drops Johnson with an uppercut that lands flush. Johnson barely flinches until he suddenly leaps up to beat the count at 9. Johnson is pretty gassed after this, so Johnson wisely decides to box at a distance, and he takes the last 3 rounds. The winner in a surprising blowout on the cards, Sam Baxter.

February 19, 1886


EBC - Circus Lvov - Lvov, Ukraine

MW(R2)	Jack Nonpariel Dempsey (#3, 14-4-2, 9KO)	TKO11	Charles Turner (#4, 7-3-0, 5KO)

Dempsey attacks the body with gusto in round 1, and Turner and a swollen eye have no answer at all. After 2 minutes of a nice action round Dempsey deposits Turner on the canvas. Charles rises at 9 but he's clearly in big trouble. Dempsey lands a pair of hard right hands before the bell, and the crowd starts to call for the fight to be stopped as Turner's eye gets worse. Both men really open up with the power shots in round 3, and with a minute left in the round Turner drops "The Nonpariel" to the canvas. Dempsey rises at the count of 3, but Turner telegraphs his offense for the rest of the round so Dempsey is able to make Turner miss. Although it's Turner who is rallying, Dempsey gets Charles' swollen eye in quite a state after round 4. The action slows in round 5 , and in what was an even round suddenly goes to Turner after a thunderous body punch toward the end of the round that leaves Dempsey gasping for air. Dempsey resumes his beating of Turner in round 6, and Turner's eye starts to give him a lot of trouble. Round 7 sees the action slow down, but Dempsey flurries in the last 45 seconds to clearly win the frame. Round 8 is more or less even, but the action is still nice and crisp. In the 9th Dempsey comes forward behind right hand leads and popping jabs until Turner goes down again. He's up at 3 this time, but Dempsey hammers him upstairs until Turner goes down again. He rises at 4, and luckily the bell rings just then. Turner barely lays a glove on him in the 10th, until Dempsey scores with a nasty combination that floors him again. This time Turner is up at 8 and for the first time he looks genuinely hurt. Dempsey rains punches on Turner and he barely makes it out of the round. 20 seconds into round 11 Dempsey lands a tremendous shot to the abdomen that almost folds Turner in half and drops him as well. This time Turner gets up at the count of 3, and 30 seconds later Turner eats an uppercut that has him down again. This time Turner lurches erect at the count of 4, and Dempsey really lets his hands go until the referee finally stops the slaugher with 34 seconds left in round 11. Jack Dempsey gets off the deck to win a title eliminator fight, while Turner gets knocked down 6 times. Dempsey will meet Bob Fitzsimmons by April with the vacant EBC middleweight title on the line.

February 09, 1886


EBC - Graceland Casino - Secunda, South Africa

LW	Jack McAuliffe (#1, 12-1-0, 9KO)	W10	Horace Leeds (#2, 6-2-1, 2KO)

The two top lightweight contenders get together to see who will meet the champion Donovan next. Leeds is the more active fighter early, though he catches a couple of warnings for using his shoulder. The action is hot and heavy in the 2nd, but it's McAuliffe who takes the round. Leeds starts to throw his punches in combinations in the 3rd, which gives him the round by a wide margin. The action slows in the 4th when McAuliffe holds, and the strategy works pretty well however the round is even at the bell. McAuliffe comes out banging in round 5, and he has Leeds in trouble from right hand leads until he finally drops Horace for an 8 count one minute into the round. McAuliffe continues to come forward and though Leeds dodges several right hands after the knockdown, he goes down again from a right hand with a minute and ten seconds left in the round. This time Leeds is up at the count of 6, but his legs look completely gone. Surprisingly the shifty Leeds dodges McAuliffe's attempts to brain him until the bell. Leeds is doing a good job of keeping Jack at a distance, though McAuliffe ends up winning the round with his higher workrate and a hard right hand that starts Leeds' eye swelling. A minute into the 7th round Leeds lands an uppercut that cuts McAuliffe under an eye, and McAuliffe continues to work the uppercut from the inside and he takes the round. They trade hooks after McAuliffe backs him into a corner in round 8, and though Leeds does a good job McAuliffe takes the round again. Leeds' eye starts to really look bad in the 9th, and McAuliffe takes advantage of Leeds' half-blind condition. The last round is close, and the final scorecards show a unanimous decision victory for Jack McAuliffe. Jack will face Barney Donovan next month for the EBC lightweight strap.

February 07, 1886


EBC - San Jose Civic Auditorium - San Jose, CA

HW(R2)(T)	Peter Jackson (Chmp, 22-2-1, 17KO)	TKO7	Jack Ashton (#8, 5-3-0, 0KO)

Jackson is predictably winning the 1st with little resistance, when Ashton lands a tremendous shot to the midsection right at the bell. Jackson continues to feed a steady diet of jabs and hooks to Ashton, who has no luck at all cutting off the ring on the boxing master Jackson. Ashton eats a couple of hard straight right hands that stagger him for a few moments in round 3. Jackson scores with a huge hook that cuts Ashton over an eye in the 4th, and Ashton still fruitlessly chases Jackson. Ashton has a bit more luck in the 5th, but Jackson reopens the cut and he makes Ashton pay for his temerity. Ashton eats a variety of punches in the 6th while landing absolutely none of his own, and Jackson drops Ashton for a flash knockdown at the end of the round. Jackson lands a right hook that reopens the cut again, causing referee Christodoulou to call in the doctor and ultimately to stop the fight. Peter Jackson successfully defends his EBC Heavyweight Championship with a 7th round TKO over Jack Ashton.

February 05, 1886


EBC - ABA Stadium - Auckland, New Zealand

MW(R2)	Bob Fitzsimmons (#1, 8-2-3, 7KO)	KO7	George LaBlanche (#2, 16-5-1, 11KO)

Fitzsimmons lands a pair of right hands early in round 1, then a hook to the body and a combination that drops LaBlanche with 15 seconds left in the 1st. George is up at 2, but the inferrence is clear: Fitz is a much better boxer than LaBlanche. George does a bunch of holding in the 2nd, but he lands a hard shot to the midsection that evens up a round that Fitz happened to be winning. With 1:30 left in the 3rd round LaBlanche lands a right cross that floors Fitzsimmons, who rises at the count of 6. Fitzsimmons goes into survival mode, and LaBlanche can't put the finishing touch on him. Fitz lands one of his trademark devastating shots to the solar plexus with 30 seconds left in the 4th, but LaBlanche boxes smoothly until the bell. Half way through the 5th Bob lands a hard uppercut, and he has LaBlanche on the run. Right when Bob hurts him again in round 6, the referee penalizes Fitz for hitting low although Fitzsimmons wins the round in a shutout. 30 seconds into round 7 Fitzsimmons drops George with a right cross and LaBlanche simply cannot rise. Bob Fitzsimmons wins the knockout in 7 rounds. Fitzsimmons will face the winner of Jack Nonpariel Dempsey vs Charles Turner for the vacant EBC Middleweight Championship.

February 01 1886

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January 27, 1886

EBC - El Foro - Tijuana, Mexico

FW(R2)(T)	Tommy Danforth (Chmp, 23-1-3, 12KO)	TKO13	Young Pluto (#1, 6-2-0, 1KO)
HW	Pat Killen (#4, 13-4-0, 11KO)	KO3	McHenry Johnson (#11, 15-10-3, 1KO)

Killen comes out of the gate firing, and he lands a huge uppercut in the 2nd that wobbles Johnson and Johnson goes down at the bell ending the 3rd round. Although Johnson's head comes up he cannot rise from the knockdown. Pat Killen wins by knockout in round 3.

They trade right crosses early in round 1, and it's Danforth who does the better quality work. Danforth lands a couple hard shots to kick off the 2nd, when Pluto lands a clean uppercut that floors him like a construction company. Danforth is ready at the tiller again at a 6 count, and Danforth eats some hard hooks late in the round which gives it to Pluto on the scorecards by a mile. It's a toe-to-toe brawl at ring center in round 3, and although the crowd is ecstatic no one takes it clearly. Early in the 4th Pluto throws a hook that wobbles the champion, but Danforth recovers well and the round ends up very close. Round 5 sees Pluto score with a straight right, and late he nails Tommy with an uppercut and a low blow for which the Young one receives a warning. Danforth wakes up in round 6, hammering Pluto with hooks and an uppercut that cuts Pluto on an eyebrow. Pluto absolutely destroys the target in front of him in round 7, severly accurate with his punches and Danforth forms a mouse on his right eye. Danforth scores to the body in round 8, but the real damage is done to the eyebrow with a right cross that reopens the cut. In the 9th Pluto is gassed, so Danforth cautiously opens with the right hand resulting in another even round. Pluto, whose cut bleeds continuously now, lands a nice uppercut early in the 10th but it's Danforth who takes the round. Danforth does an excellent job of smothering Pluto's attacks when they come in the 11th, and Danforth works behind a nice jab with the occasional uppercut to win the round. Pluto uses some nice footwork in round 12, but again Danforth wins it when he drops Pluto at the bell for a flash knockdown. Danforth lands a hook that reopens that darn cut again a minute into the 13th round. The doctor has a look and both the doctor and the referee call off the fight when they get a close look a the hideous gash streaming blood on Pluto's mug. Tommy Danforth successfully defends his EBC Featherweight Championship with a 13th round TKO.

January 25, 1886


EBC - Club Luperon - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

FW(R3)	Harry Mead (#4, 19-9-6, 3KO)	L10	Fred Johnson (#6, 5-5-0, 0KO)

There isn't much action early, and no one lands a hard telling punch until round 4 when Johnson scores with a hard shot that draws first blood over Mead's eye. Mead tries to pin him on the ropes but Johnson's footwork keeps him in the open in round 5, which turns out even. Mead looks gassed before the 6th, and Johnson piles up the points in the round. They trade at ring center in round 7, and the excellent action brings them to their feet. Both men are pretty tired after giving their all in the 8th, so there is a decided lack of action in the 8th. Johnson takes the 9th by a narrow margin, and Mead doesn't throw a punch in the last round. Fred Johnson wins the unanimous decision 99-94, 97-94 and 96-95.

January 20, 1886


EBC - Shaw Conference Centre - Edmenton, Canada

HW(R4)	John L Sullivan (#1, 28-4-0, 21KO)	KO1	Jake Kilrain (#2, 29-9-0, 19KO)
FW(R4)	Torpedo Billy Murphy (#2, 16-5-0, 12KO)	KO5	Jacob Hyams (#3, 10-4-0, 8KO)

Round 1 is pretty close, but it's Murphy who does the higher quality work. Billy staggers Hyams early in the 2nd with a hook that wobbles Jacob, then Billy lands a perfect right cross to the point of the chin. Hyams goes down and his eyes are closed, but the eyes open and Jake rises at 7. Hyams seems to have a swelling on one eye, and Murphy targets the eye for the rest of the round and Jakes legs look bad for the second round. A minute into the 3rd Hyams lands a hard hook that sends Murphy staggering across the ring, and he follows up well with right hands galore in a thrilling frame. Round 4 is dead even. There is a spirited exchange early in the 5th, but it's Murphy who drops Hyams with a right cross half-way through the round. Hyams gets to one knee, but that's as far as he goes as the referee counts him out. Torpedo Billy Murphy wins by 5th round knockout.

Sullivan lands 3 hooks immediately, and Kilrain is in trouble early from eating haymakers. Kilrain goes down with 10 seconds left in round 1, and although he struggles to his knees Jake cannot rise from the savage blitzkrieg he's absorbed. John L Sullivan wins the 4th meeting between him and Kilrain by 1st round knockout.

January 13, 1886


EBC - National Sporting Club - London, England

LW(R5)(T)	Barney Donovan (Chmp, 27-1-0, 23KO)	KO1	Bill Mahan (#2, 12-7-0, 7KO)
HW	Duncan McDonald (#10, 13-6-3, 1KO)	W12	Tommy Chandler (#12, 5-3-1, 1KO)

McDonald does a good job of outworking Chandler on the inside early, and by the 5th he is outscoring Chandler big in every round. McDonald is troubled in the 6th by a series of uppercuts, but the 7th is dead even. In round 8 McDonald resumes his mastery of the less experienced Chandler, and in round 9 it's more or less even again. McDonald takes the 10th, and Chandler does a good job in the 11th. No action at all in round 12, and McDonald takes it barely. McDonald wins the unanimous decision 117-113, 116-114 and 117-113.

Mahan is shaken by the very first uppercut, and Donovan drops him with 30 seconds remaining in round 1. Bill is up at the count of 8 but he's down again from a right cross 20 seconds later. Bill tries his best but he just cannot beat the count. Barney Donovan wins by knockout in round 1.

January 11, 1886


EBC - Johannesburg City Hall - Johannesburg, South Africa

LW	Horace Leeds (#3, 6-1-1, 2KO)	W12	George Taylor (#5, 15-12-4, 2KO)
MW(R2)	Bob Fitzsimmons (#2, 8-2-3, 7KO)	KO5	Mike Lucie (#4, 9-3-0, 6KO)

Fitzsimmons outhustles Lucie, attacking the body continuously, and little by little he starts to pull away in the scoring until "Ruby Robert" drops Lucie with a shot to the ribcage in round 5. Lucie doesn't make the slightest attempt to move, and the referee counts him out.

After a feeling out round, there is another round with almost no action that Leeds probably wins. Horace definitely wins round 3 with a nice rally in the last 45 seconds of the round. Leeds starts round 5 with a hard right cross that buckles Taylor's knees for a moment, but Taylor recovers and attacks Leeds' head for the rest of the 5th. Leeds works him into a corner early in the 6th, and he works Taylor staggering him with a hard right cross with a minute left in the round. It's Taylor who punishes Leeds in the 7th out-punching Leeds 5 to 1. In rounds 8 and 9 it's too close to call, but two things are certain. A ridiculous amount of action takes place, and the crowd goes wild. Leeds is completely dominating round 10, and he finally drops Taylor with 40 seconds left in the round. Taylor just barely beats the count, and then he gracefully slips Leeds' attacks until the bell. Both men are tired so there's no time to jab, and the final 2 rounds are spent throwing power punches. No one clearly takes those rounds, and futher the final scorecards show a large lead for Horace Leeds which I'll admit was somewhat unexpected.

January 01, 1886

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