List of Boxing Chamionships

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 175, 9 July 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)

List of Boxing Chamionships

Kirk-Windeyer Oup. The following extracts are taken (by kind permission of Mrs. Kirk) from a letter written by Mr. Windeyer of Sydney. Mr. Windeyer and the late Mr. Kirk were joint donors of the KirkWindoyer Cup, which has been the means of cementing a deep friendship between the golfers of New Zealand and Australia, and of furthering the interests of the game. Our KirkWindeyer Cup contests are a replica of the Walker Cup contests between England the U.S.A. . Mr. Windeyer says, among other things:—“No doubt you will be glad to hear what great interest has been taken in the play for the Kirk-Windeyer Cup this year, and how much the young men of New Zealand have b»en admired on this side for their keen and clean sportsmanship. They are a fine lot of young fellows and their visit to New South Wales has done much to advance and keep bright that spirit of mutual confidence and friendship which was really the chief aim and object of your good husband and myself in presenting the cup.” Mr. Windeyer further says that deepfelt and tender expressions of respect for the memory of Mr. Kirk were voiced by every speaker at the dinner when the cup was presented. Saraien’i Remarkable Shooting. There was a thorough international flavour about the finish of the Aemrican open golf championship. Gene Sarazen (U.S.A.) won and T. P. Perkins (Britisher lately settled in (America) and B. Cruickshank (who learnt his golf in Scotland) tied for second place. The winner had a total of 286 for the 72 holes. When Sarazen recently won the British open he broke Bobby Jones's record of 285 for this event with an aggregate of 283. In the American open Sarazen made a score that has only once been equalled in the 36 years’ history of the event, that of Charles Evans at Minneapolis in 1916. The winner’s final round (66) was one of the most remarkable ever seen in a contest of this importance Uis aggregate of 586 was much better than the 584 and 578 of B, Jones.

The following is the list of boxing championship contests to date:— Date. Winner. Loser. Rds. Venue. 1897 17th Mar. Bob Fitzsimmons .. James J. Corbett .. 14 ... Carson, Nev. 1899 9th June James J. Jeffries ... Bob Fitzsimmons ... 11... Coney Is, N.Y. 1899 3rd Nov. ...— James J. Jeffries ... Tom Sharkey ,.. 25 ... Coney Is. N.Y1900 6th April —. James J. Jeffries ... Jack Finnegan ....... 1... Detroit 1900 Uth May James J. Jeffries ... James J. Corbett — 23 ... Coney Is. N.Y. 1901 17th Sept. —. James J. Jeffries ... Hank Griffen 4 .... Lot Angeles 1901 34th Sept. — James J. Jeffries ... Joe Kennedy 2 ... Los Angeles 1901 15th Nov James J. Jeffries ... Gus Buhlin 5 .... San Francisco 1902 25th July James J. Jeffries ... Bob Fitzsimmons ... 8 ... San Francisco 1903 Uth Aug James J. Jeffries ... James J. Corbett ... 10 .... San Francisco 1904 26th Aug James J. Jeffries ... Jack Munro 2 ... San Francisco Jeffries then retired and the title reverted back to Bob Fitzsimmons, the former holder. 1905 20th Dec Jack O’Brien Bob Fitzsimmons ... 13 ... San Francisco 1907 7th May Tommy Burna ....... Jack O’Brien 20 ... Los Angeles 1907 4th Jnly Tommy Burns ....... Bill Squires 1 ... Colma, Cal. 1907 2nd Dec Tommy Burns Gunner Moir 10 ... London 1907 Tommy Burns Joe Grimm 3 ... Philadelphia 1907 Tommy Burns Jack O'Brien 20 ... Los Angeles 1903 10th Feb Tommy Burns Jack Palmer 4 ... London 1908 17th Mar. —. Tommy Burns Jem Hoche . 1 ». Dublin 1908 Tommy Burns Jewey Smith .—.. 5 ... Paris 1908 13th June ~— Tommy Burns ....... Billy Squires 8 .... Neuilly France 1908 24th Aug. —- Tommy Burns ....... Billy Squires 13 ... Sydney 1908 2nd Sept. Tommy Burns ..._ Bill Lang 13 .... Melbourne 1908 2$th Dec. Jack Johnson ........ Tommy Burns ........ 14 ... Sydney 1909 10th Mar Jack Johnson ........ Victor MacLaglan . 6 n.d. Vancouver 1909 19th May Jack Johnson ........ Jack O’Brien 6 n.d. Philadelphia 1909 30th June Jack Johnson Tom Ross ............... 6 n.d. Pittsburgh 1909 9th Sept. Jack Johnson —... Al Kaufman 10 n.d. San Fran. 1909 16th Oct Jack Johnson —... Stanley Ketcher ... 12 .... Colma, Cal. 1910 4th July - - Jack Johnson ........ James J. Jeffries ~~ 15 ... Reno, Nev. 1912 4th July —.... Jack Johnson ......•• Jim Flynn — 9 ... Las Vegas 1913 27th June ...... Jack Johnson ..— Frank Moran - 20 ... Paris 1913 23th Nov. Jack Johnson .....— A. Spoul ....... 2 ... Paria 1913 19th Dec. Jack Johnson Jim Johnson 8 ... Paris 1915 Sth April Jess Willard Jack Johnson 26 ... Havana 1916 25th Mar. Jess Willard Frank Moran —... 10 n.d. New York 1919 4th July — Jack Dempsey __ Jess Willard —— 3 ... Toledo 1920 6th Sept. Jack Dempsey Billy Miske 3 ... Benton Hbr. '920 4th Dec. - Jack Dempsey _ Bill Brennan 12 ... New York 1921 2nd July — Jack Dempsey _ Georges Carpentier 4 ... Jersey City 'M 2nd July Jack Dempsey __ Tom Gibbons 15 _ Shelby 1923 14th Sept. — Jack Dempsey — Luis Firpo — 2 ... New York 1924 25th Feb. _ Jack Dempsey Dutch Siefert —- 1 _ Memphis 1926 23rd Sept. —. Gena Tunney Jack Dempsey ._ 10 ._ Philadelphia 1927 22nd Sept. Gene Tanney __ Jack Dempsey 10 Chicago 1938 26th July — Gene Tunney _ Tom Heeney 11 ... New York 1988 12th June _ Max Schmeling __ Jack Sharkey 4 ... New York 19J1 3rd July Max Schmeling — Young Stribling . 1 15 ... Cleveland 1932 22nd Jnn ( Jack Sharkey ..... Max Sc’* ? . .. 15 ... New York