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April 01, 1888

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March 23, 1888


EBC - Winnipeg Convention Centre - Winnipeg, Canada

LW(T)	Jack McAuliffe (Chmp, 23-1-0, 18KO)	TKO5	George Lavigne (#5, 8-3-1, 1KO)

McAuliffe lands a very hard hook first thing, and after a solid round he wobbles Lavigne at the bell with an uppercut. They're going at it in the 2nd with no clear leader when suddenly Lavigne scores with a really nasty combination late in the 2nd, which wobbles the Champion badly but Lavigne suffers a swelling eye also. Lavigne does a good job of hooking off the jab in round 3, and McAuliffe makes a point of landing some thudding right hands before the round ends. Late in the 4th Lavigne has a really nice rally, and McAuliffe grunts in pain from the shots to the body. Both fighters rest a bit in the 5th, until the champion decides Lavigne isn't going to attack at all and he just opens up on the challenger who needs a breather. Nothing comes back at the champ so he just keeps throwing and throwing, until finally referee John-Lewis stops the fight with a little more than 30 seconds remaining in the 5th.


March 22, 1888


EBC - Winnipeg Convention Centre - Winnipeg, Canada

MW(T)	Bob Fitzsimmons (Chmp, 18-4-3, 16KO)	TKO3	Jim Fogarty (#8, 8-7-0, 5KO)

Only 20 seconds into the bout Fitzsimmons lands a terrific right cross that sees Fogarty looking for his sea-legs, and when Jim has recovered Fitz boxes his ears off when Jim goes on the offensive. In round 2 Fitz boxes cautiously from the outside, knowing that Fogarty isn't really hurt. However "Ruby Bob" starts to open up with the right hand, so by the end of round 2 Fogarty is puffing and wondering why he quit school. Fogarty makes it to round 3, but the writing is on the wall because Jim just can't even touch the lanky champion with a punch without eating several power punches. Fogarty tries holding in the 3rd, but Fitz just powers right through Fogarty's inadequate defense. The referee finally rescues Fogarty with about 15 seconds left in round 3 for a TKO. "The Fighting Blacksmith" rolls on, destroying Jim Fogarty convincingly.


March 18, 1888


EBC - Grand Plaza Hotel - Houston, TX

MW(R2)	Mike Lucie (#6, 12-8-0, 9KO)	L12	Billy Leedam (#7, 17-11-3, 3KO)

Lucie staggers him with a pretty uppercut about 2 minutes into the opening round, so Leedam goes on the retreat for the rest of the round. Leedam has some success going to the body in round 2, and he strings together a series of uppercuts that give him the 3rd round. Round 4 is playing out to be an even round, when suddenly with 30 seconds left in the round Leedam explodes a right hand to the jaw that sends Lucie staggering across the ring. The effect of that right hand continues into the next round, which Leedam takes by shutout. In round 6 Lucie opens things up with a hard combination that starts Leedam's eye puffing up. Not much else happens until half way through the 7th when Both men open up to the midsection producing an exciting but dead-even round. Round 8 is more of the same with no clear winner. Lucie is gassed after the 8th, so Leedam opens up a bit more and he scores a flash knockdown of Mike late in the 9th. They go to war at the ring center in round 10 and Lucie finally starts to get some of his haymakers home so, yet another even round even if there was a ton of action. There are some pretty wild exchanges in the last 2 rounds, as the outcome is very much in doubt even at the final bell. In the end it Billy Leedam who wins the split decision 116-112, 113-115 and 115-113.


March 17, 1888


EBC - Durban City Hall - Durban, South Africa

HW(R2)	James J Corbett (#5, 9-3-0, 2KO)	W10	Jake Kilrain (#3, 34-12-1, 21KO)

Corbett lands well in the 1st, while Kilrain is still warming up. Jake finally lands a lonely little jab late in the 2nd and again with a straight right hand that has Corbett tripping over his own feet for the last 30 seconds of the 2nd round. Kilrain goes to the uppercut in round 3, and he staggers "Gentleman Jim" a couple of times in the round, but Corbett scores with a hard right hand at the bell ending the 3rd. Kilrain has a good 4th round, but again Corbett outworks him in the closing seconds of the round to steal it on the scorecard. Corbett just slightly outworks Jake again in the 5th, and Jake starts to really get tired in the 6th resulting in another shutout round for the brilliant young boxer. A minute into the 7th Jake lands a resounding uppercut that sees Corbett do a little dance to stay on his feet until the round ends. Kilrain sees his chance so he opens up in the 8th, punishing the green Corbett to the body until "Gentleman Jim" finally topples to the slats for a 4 count. James rises and gets on his bicycle trying to escape the powerful hooks of the former champion for the rest of the round. In the 9th Corbett jabs Kilrain upstairs while Jake hooks at the empty air in front of him. Kilrain pursues in the final round, but it's Corbett who works the angles and outworks his opponent. The final scorecards show a unanimous decision victory for young James J Corbett in 10 rounds.


March 14, 1888


EBC - Kings Hall - Belfast, Northern Ireland

HW	Pat Killen (#8, 15-8-0, 12KO)	W12	Duncan McDonald (#9, 16-9-4, 3KO)

McDonald aggressively attacks Killen's body in round 1, and Pat is so occupied with defense that he barely throws a punch in the opening round. Early in round 2 Killen scores a paralyzing right cross that almost forces McDonald to touch down a knee. Killen lands at least 2 more devastating power punches before round 2 ends, sending McDonld tottering to his left trying to keep his feet under him. Killen lands a huge right hand directly on the point of Duncan's chin, fitfully dropping him to the canvas for a 5 count. Killen tries to follow up, but McDonald uses upper body movement to confound Killen's attacks for the entire 2 minutes remaining in round 3. Pat staggers McDonald again in the 4th, but Duncan comes back strong in the late round making the round more or less even. The action slows quite a bit early in round 5, but then McDonald has a cracking rally in the last minute of the 5th. They trade power punches in the 6th and 7th, and it's McDonald who does the better work on the inside. McDonald is working on Killen's now swelling eye, when suddenly Killen drops Duncan to the slats for a 6 count late in the 7th. McDonald has a slight edge in the 8th, and Killen starts to puff and leave his mouth hanging open. McDonald piles on the punishment in the 9th, and Killen's swollen eye looks bad enough for the referee to think about halting the bout. Killen scores with a jolting right hand early in the 10th, and the follow up flurry sees Killen just dominate the last 2 minutes of the round to clearly take it on the scorecards while McDonald gets more and more used up. Duncan holds almost the entirety of round 11, and Killen pulls away in the scoring despite McDonald's 2 knockdowns. McDonald wobbles again in the 12th, but he recovers nicely to make the 12th very close indeed. Pat Killen ends up winning the unanimous decision by a fair piece.


March 07, 1888


EBC- Gimnasio Chico de Hierro - Cartagena, Colombia

FW(R5)	Tommy Warren (#7, 11-6-1, 9KO)	KOby1	Torpedo Billy Murphy (#8, 19-9-0, 14KO)

Murphy absolutely lays the blitzkrieg on Warren, and Warren crumbles to the canvas half-way through the very first round. Warren blinks repeatedly on the deck, and he just cannot rise after being violently deposited there by a Murphy right hand. Torpedo Billy Murphy scores a clean 1st round knockout.


March 01, 1888

March is here! Schedule and rankings soon.


February 28, 1888


EBC - Admiral Coontz Center - Hannibal, MO

LW(R2)	Bill Parker (#10, 14-13-1, 2KO)	W12	Paddy Smith (10-7-0, 1KO)

The fighters are near mirror images of each other on paper, and after some light action early Smith flurries early in the 2nd to take over the fight's initial momentum. Parker does a good job of taking over the action late in the 3rd, while Smith mostly just misses. Parker does most of the good work in round 4, although he catches a warning for slapping with an open glove. Smith attacks the body with gusto in round 5, producing an round that gets those in attendance on their feet at the bell. Parker dominates the 6th round, doing a little head-hunting while keeping Smith on the outside doing no damage at all to Bill. In round 7 both fighters catch a rest, and Parker scores with a nasty hook to the bread basket late in round 8 that leaves Smith grimacing in pain. Parker wins the 9th easily when Paddy Smith seems to run out of gas early in the round. Smith moves to the attack in round 10 and Parker, perhaps thinking he has a big lead, just runs and holds. Both men miss repeatedly in the 11th, but at least they both are throwing again. Parker finishes the 12th stronger and on the attack, while Smith holds, desperately needing a rest. Bill Parker takes the close but unanimous decision 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113.


February 26, 1888


EBC - Club Julio Mocoroa - San Juan, Argentina

MW	Young Mitchell (#6, 9-5-0, 6KO)	TKO7	Jim Hall (#8, 5-2-0, 4KO)

Mitchell starts Hall off with some crisp combinations in the opening round, producing a knockdown of Hall two minutes in for an 8 count and a shutout for Mitchell in the 1st. Mitch lands a couple of crushing uppercuts in the 2nd, leaving Hall dazed and on unsteady legs, but most of all Hall holds most of the round. Young Mitchell continues to beat Hall to the punch in the 3rd, and Hall staggers more than once in the round. Hall has no answer at all for Mitchell's increasing power by round 4, and Mitchell is winning the rounds by wider and wider margins as the fight goes on. Mitchell has a shutout working in the 5th, when he drops Hall for a 5 count. Hall is covering up with no thought at all put toward throwing a punch, and Mitchell is having his way with Hall getting his shutout round. Mitchell staggers Hall yet again early in round 6, and Hall responds this time with a hard right hand that makes Mitchell pause. Mitchell starts off the 7th with a nasty and painful flurry, that puts Hall back on his heels again. Mitchell is pounding the hell out of Hall's body yet again, and this time the referee halts the slaughter before Hall gets seriously hurt. Young Mitchell wins by TKO.


February 18, 1888


EBC - Hartford Auditorium - Hartford, CT

HW	Harry Laing (#14, 11-5-1, 7KO)	TKOby6	Mike Conley (#11, 14-8-3, 10KO)

Half-way through the first round Conley has a huge rally that sees Laing on the run and he staggers Laing one final time as the round ends. Conley dominates the 2nd round, repeatedly wobbling Laing with hooks and uppercuts on the inside, and Laing is beside himself trying to stay standing and Conley misses finishing him off by a whisker. The action slows a whole bunch in round 3, although Laing does land one punishing uppercut that swings the momentum of the round toward Laing at the bell. Early in the 4th Laing scores with a hook that comes very close to putting Conley on the deck. Mike lands a couple more power shots to the jaw and Conley drops finally for a 3 count. Laing continues to just maul Conley on the inside for the rest of the round. Conley finally recovers enough to hurt Laing with a power hook early in the 5th, and not only is Laing staggered, but he suffers a gushing cut over his right eye greatly hampering Harry's eyesight. They get the cut stopped, but just a few seconds into the 6th, Conley drops Laing for a 7 count a mere 40 seconds into round 6. Laing's cut eye reopens and the doctor comes in to have a look. Unfortunately the doctor stops the contest immediately resulting in a cuts TKO for Mike Conley.


February 15, 1888


EBC - Meadowbank Sports Centre - Edinburgh, Scotland

FW(R2-T)	Young Griffo (#1, 13-1-1, 4KO)	W15	Tommy Danforth (Chmp, 29-3-3, 15KO)

Griffo starts the proceedings with a low blow, and then a hard right hand that cuts Danforth under an eye. Griffo crowds him into a corner for the rest of the round, so Danforth gets a measure of revenge by nailing Griffo with a head butt to the nose. In round 2 Griffo's footwork makes Danforth look slow and plodding as he chases without cutting off the ring. Danforth lands a huge hook with about 30 seconds remaining in round 2, and Griffo careens to the ropes and then holds with a fresh mouse under the eye. Griff works cautiously behind the jab in round 3, as Danforth occasionally catches the much slicker Griffo with shots to the body. In round 4 Griffo is shutting out the champion, when Griff scores with a tremendous uppercut that really hurts Danforth for the first time in the fight. Griffo has a near shutout the very next round, but the couple of punches that Danforth does land makes Griffo's eye look even worse, while Danforth's cut reopens right at the bell ending round 5. Griffo scores with a hook to the body early in the 6th, that makes the champion grimace in pain. Griffo continues to pile on the punishment in the middle rounds, while the champion Danforth has trouble landing one punch to 6 or 7 that he's eating to get inside on the young boxing master. Even though Griffo's eye continues to close, he still dominates the champion with his lightning fast hands. By the 9th the champion looks very frustrated from chasing his young challenger around the ring, because Danforth defeated Griffo in a close one the first time the pair were matched in the ring a little over a year ago. Danforth catches the Young one with a couple solid punches in round 11 so Griff is on his bike for most of the round. Griffo cautiously works from way outside in the 12th, sure that he's the new champion if he's standing at the final bell. The last few rounds are very dull as Griffo executes his plan of running out the clock. Though Danforth picks it up a bit at the end, the final scorecards show Young Griffo to be the winner and new EBC featherweight champion by a unanimous decision.


February 10, 1888


EBC - Universum Gym - Hamburg, Germany

LW(R5)	Billy Dacey (#1, 15-11-1, 8KO)	KOby5	Bill Mahan (#3, 19-10-0, 10KO)

Dacey blitzes Mahan with right hands immediately, and Mahan drops to the slats with a look of utter confusion on his face 2 minutes in. Mahan is up at 5, but Dacey easily knocks his way through Mahan's now porous defense so Dacey has a shutout first round. Mahan slickly counters Dacey's ears off in round 2, but then Dacey has a nice flurry at the end of the round to make it virtually even. Mahan backs Dacey off with the jab in round 3, and he also lands one hell of an overhand right as the round closes out. Early in round 4 Dacey lands an uppercut that sends Mahan tottering across the ring just managing to stay upright. This and the follow up flurry give Dacey the round clearly. Mahan comes out throwing in the 5th, and he lands a right hand and an uppercut that have Mahan woozy and covering up. Mahan then lands about 20 straight punches culminating in a big knockdown inducing uppercut. Dacey comes pretty close to getting up, but he cannot beat the 10 count. Bill Mahan wins by a clean 5th round knockout.


February 05, 1888


EBC - Ramada Jarvis Hotel - Leicester, England

FW	Tommy Warren (#3, 11-5-1, 9KO)	L12	Harry Mead (#7, 24-11-6, 4KO)

There's not much action early, as Mead boxes circles around the powerful but less experienced Tommy Warren. Tommy finally catches up with Mead in round 4, staggering him with an uppercut that snaps his head back. Mead does a good job of keeping the now uber aggressive Warren at bay with his jab, and he scores with an uppercut that staggers Warren late in the 5th. Warren responds in the 6th by cutting off the ring and trapping Mead on the ropes, and then he brings the thunder with a hard right hand. In round 7 Mead resumes lateral movement, which frustrates Warren to no end as Mead wins the round on a shutout. The action tapers off late, and both men hold much more than earlier. Warren clearly takes the 10th round with a couple hard right hands, and Mead looks really tired after the round. Neither fighter does much in the remaining rounds, and in the end the winner on a split decision is Harry Mead.


February 04, 1888


EBC - Johannesburg City Hall - Johannesburg, South Africa

LW	Horace Leeds (#7, 9-7-1, 2KO)	L12	Andy Bowen (#5, 7-1-0, 1KO)

A couple of minutes into the opening round, Leeds lands a blockbuster of a right hand that has Bowen on the run. Bowen bounces back in the 2nd, wobbling Leeds with a straight right hand. The next few rounds are pretty dull as they save their stamina for a long encounter. Leeds has a tremendous rally in round 5, outgunning his now confused opponent to a great degree. Bowen attacks the body on the inside in rounds 6 and 7 with much greater effect than previously. Round 8 is a push, and although Leeds misses time and again in the 9th, he still takes it with the judges. The last few rounds see Bowen breaking through Leeds' defenses with uppercuts and right hands. It turns out to be just enough as Bowen takes the majority decision home.


February 01, 1888

February is here! Schedule and rankings soon.


January 27, 1888


EBC - Gimnasio Chico de Hierro - Cartagena, Colombia

HW(R2)	Frank Slavin (#13, 15-10-0, 12KO)	TKO5	Dick Matthews (#15, 13-14-2, 9KO)

The action is pretty sparse early, but with a minute left in round 1 Matthews slams a right hand into Slavin's beezer, and Frank pitches forward to the canvas with 45 seconds left in the round. Slavin labours greatly to rise at 7, and Matthews scores several more times on Slavin before the bell. In round 2 Matthews starts out by burying his right hand wrist deep into Slavin's abdomen which makes Frank gasp for breath. A minute into the 2nd Slavin scores with his world class jab, and right after Matthews lands a hard uppercut, Slavin throws a series of jabs that have Matthews retreating. Suddenly Slavin wobbles Dick with a nasty high-low combination, and the momentum shifts. Matthews lands 2 nasty uppercuts a minute into the 3rd, and then a right hand that almost makes Frank touch a knee to the floor. Frank eats a couple more earnest shots upstairs, to hand Matthews the 3rd which is probably the 3rd round that Matthews has won. They trade bone-rattling combinations early in the 4th, and once again Slavin takes the worst of it. In round 5 Slavin lands a pair of right hands that buckle Matthews' knees in the first minute. and then he follows by absolutely hammering the man from San Bernadino until with 1:18 remaining in the 5, the referee stops the proceedings rescuing Matthews.


January 24, 1888


EBC - American Bank Center - Corpus Christi, TX

MW(R3-T)	Bob Fitzsimmons (Chmp, 17-4-3, 15KO)	KO2	Charles Turner (#1, 11-6-0, 8KO)

Fitzsimmons sharp-shoots with the right hand early, and Turner is in pretty bad shape with a swollen eye after the 1st round. Fitz knocks the sweat right off of Turner in the 2nd, and after one more nasty uppercut, Fitzsimmons lands a right hand that topples Turner to the canvas at the half-way mark of the 2nd. Turner manages to sit up, but he's nowhere near standing. Bob Fitzsimmons defends his EBC Middleweight title with a clean 2nd round knockout of Fitzsimmons rival Charles Turner.


January 21, 1888


EBC - Ariake Coliseum - Tokyo, Japan

LW(R4-T)	Jack McAuliffe (Chmp, 22-1-0, 17KO)	TKO1	Barney Donovan (#1, 29-5-0, 25KO)

About 45 seconds in McAuliffe scores with a nasty body shot that has Donovan backpedaling, and he opens up late in the round producing a ton of pain for the former champion Donovan. The referee actually has to rescue Donovan and McAuliffe scores a TKO with 2 seconds remaining in the very first frame.


January 18, 1888


EBC - Philadelphia Armory - Philadelphia, PA

FW(R2)	Young Griffo (#1, 12-1-1, 4KO)	W12	Sam Baxter (#9, 10-10-1, 0KO)

Griffo keeps Baxter at distance with a popping jab early, while Baxter pursues with little to show for it. Baxter makes the 3rd round dead even, and although Griffo lands one devastating uppercut, Sam wins the round. Griffo slows things down for round 4, and it has the effect that the Young one desires. Namely that he wins the round with power punching. Griffo hammers him with a big uppercut a minute into round 5, and a hard hook that staggers Baxter a few seconds later. Baxter staggers Griffo early in the 6th, but he lets Griffo back in and the Young one scores with some nice right hands to take the round. Things return to a more pedstrian pace and Griffo takes round 7. Griffo begins pulling away in round 8, shutting out Baxter who can only miss and look clumsy doing it. Griffo loads up a couple of terrific right hands to largely win round 9 and start Baxter's eye swelling up. Round 10 is too close to call. Round 11 sees Baxter's last gasp which has Griffo in trouble for a few seconds anyway. Griff comes back to win the round in the end with a blistering attack. Griff wins the 12th and final round by a mile, and the decision by 3 miles.


January 12, 1888


EBC - Monticello Raceway - Monticello, NJ

MW(R2)	George LaBlanche (#2, 20-7-1, 13KO)	TKO2	Jim Fogarty (#7, 8-6-0, 5KO)

The early action sees both men crowding each other on the inside to good effect, but it's LaBlanche who works better inside. George really starts to pull away in round 2, punishing Fogarty with uppercuts and body punches. With about 30 seconds left in the round LaBlanche authors a nasty combination of about 15 straight punches to the head before referee O'Connor stops the contest with 17 seconds remaining in round 2. LaBlanche destroys Fogarty, a fringe contender in the middleweight division, out-gunning him and showing superior technique.


January 10, 1888


EBC - Alamodome - San Antonio, TX

HW(R4-T)	Peter Jackson (Chmp, 34-3-1, 28KO)	L15	John L Sullivan (#3, 33-6-1, 25KO)

Two minutes in Sullivan lands a right hand, the first power punch by either man in the fight. Jackson scores well for the rest of the round, but with 30 seconds remaining Sullivan staggers "The Black Prince" with a right cross to the abdomen. Early in the 2nd Sullivan scores with a big uppercut that makes Peter's eyes roll back in his head for a moment. Jackson lands to "The Great John L"s body which hurts Sully. Jackson scores well the rest of round 2 while John L pursues fruitlessly. Sullivan starts to hammer Jackson early in the 3rd, until he drops the champion with a right hand lead. Jackson is up at 4 but there's not enough time left to finish the champ. Jackson is outworking Sullivan in the 4th, but John L has a brilliant flurry in the last 45 seconds or so to win the round. Jackson takes the 5th round off, so Sullivan wins it with a comparatively low output of punches. Both men look tired in the 6th, which produces a yawner of a round. Sullivan staggers the champ a couple times in the 7th, and Jackson is looking very run down. Late in round 8 Jackson finally touches him with the right hand, and Sullivan staggers for several seconds while Jackson cleans up. Sullivan continues to land power punches in round 9, and the 10th is dominated by Sully as well. Jackson tries to get something going in the 11th, but Sullivan flurries late in the round to even it up. Jackson's eye suddenly starts to swell alarmingly, and it troubles him for the rest of the fight. Jackson wins a couple of the rounds remaining, but Sullivan does the prettier work. At the final bell the scorecards show John L Sullivan is the winner 139-146 twice and 141-143. "The Great John L" regains the EBC Heavyweight crown by a unanimous decision while Peter Jackson makes his last stand at the Alamodome.


January 08, 1888


EBC - Foley's Hall - Sydney, Australia

HW	Joe McAuliffe (#7, 6-3-1, 3KO)	KOby1	Mike Conley (#14, 13-8-3, 9KO)

McAuliffe comes into the fight with a sizeable spare tire around his belly. Conley lands a devastating right hand about 15 seconds into the fight, and follows with a hook to the temple. Conley works on the inside for the rest of the round, and he finally drops Joe with 40 seconds remaining in the 1st. Joe cannot clear his head and the referee counts him out with 25 seconds remaining in the very first round.


January 03, 1888


EBC - Gimnasio Club Mexico - Santiago, Chile

FW	Dal Hawkins (#3, 4-1-1, 2KO)	L10	Fred Bogan (#2, 6-0-1, 3KO)

About 2 minutes into the opening round Hawkins lands a straight right hand that staggers Bogan, and though Bogan evens up the round the crowd is getting what they payed for from the opening seconds. Half way through round 2 Bogan lands a thunderous right cross that drops Hawkins for a 6 count. Hawkins does a good job of keeping Bogan off of him with his jab late, so the round is again more or less even. Round 3 sees less action, and it's Hawkins who does the better work in the round. After a slow 4th round, Bogan drops Hawkins with a uppercut midway through the 5th. Dal lurches to his feet barely before the 10 count. They trade hooks to the body for the rest of the round, so Bogan benefits from a 2 point round. Hawk absolutely dominates the 6th, and Bogan can't do a thing. Hawkins parleys his momentum into another winning round in the 7th. Bogan comes back strong in the 8th, and he drops Hawkins for a flash knockdown late in the round. Bogan has a puffy eye and Hawkins drops him with a minute left in the 9th, but Fred is up again at the count of 2 and he comes back strong to make the round pretty close. Hawk takes the final round, and the scorecards show Bogan the close but unanimous winner.


January 01, 1888

January 1888 is here! Schedule and rankings soon. A hearty welcome is extended to the EBC's rookie class of 1888. Good luck gentlemen.

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