PROFESSIONAL BOXING CONTESTS INVOLVING NEW ZEALANDERS IN 1900.
13/1/1900
GOLDEN GATE A.C.
SYDNEY, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA.
Welterweight Otto Cribb W Harry Dawson (AUST) KO2 (20)
(REFEREE: Don McDonald)
10/2/1900
GOLDEN GATE A.C.
SYDNEY, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA.
Welterweight Otto Cribb W Ned Burden (AUST) KO4 (20)
(REFEREE: Don McDonald)
12/2/1900
GYMNASTIC CLUB.
SYDNEY, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA.
Welterweight Otto Cribb ND Billy Williams (AUST) ND3
28/2/1900
GOLDEN GATE A.C.
SYDNEY, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA.
Welterweight Otto Cribb W Ike Stewart (AUST) NWS4 (4)
(REFEREE: Don McDonald)
5/3/1900
OLYMPIC A.C.
BUFFALO, NEW YORK, USA.
Middleweight Dan Creedon W Al Weinig (USA) KO10 (25)
26/3/1900
METROPOLITAN A.C.
SYDNEY, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA.
Welterweight Otto Cribb W Tot Higgins (AUST) RTD13 (20)
(REFEREE: Don McDonald)
(AUSTRALIAN WELTERWEIGHT TITLE)
27/3/1900
FIRST REGIMENT ARMORY.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, USA.
Light Heavy Bob Fitzsimmons W Jim Daly (USA) TKO1 (6)
Daly had been down three times when the bout was stopped. This, his 65 bout, was his final ring appearance. Jim Daly had been Chief sparring partner to former Heavyweight Champion James J. Corbett.
9/4/1900
GAIETY ATHLETIC HALL.
SYDNEY, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA.
Middleweight Otto Cribb W Jack Broughton (AUST) TKO8 (20)
(REFEREE: ARTHUR SCOTT)
20/4/1900
METROPOLITAN A.C.
SYDNEY, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA.
Welterweight Otto Cribb W Frank Sturgeon (AUST) KO8 (20)
(REFEREE: DON McDonald)
AUSTRALIAN WELTERWEIGHT TITLE)
30/4/1900
HERCULES A.C.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA.
Heavyweight Bob Fitzsimmons W Ed Dunkhorst (USA) KO2 (25)
(REFEREE: CHARLIE WHITE)
18/5/1900
BROOKLYN A.C.
NEW YORK, N.Y.C. USA.
Light Heavy Charles Kid McCoy (USA) W Dan Creedon TKO6 (20)
(Former World Middleweight Champion Charles Kid McCoy (Norman Selby) was elected a member of the IBHOF in 1991)
28/5/1900
QUEENSLAND SPORTS CLUB.
BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA.
Lightweight Jack Blackmore W Charlie Funnell (AUST) KO2 (20)
2/7/1900
METROPOLITAN A.C.
SYDNEY, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA.
Welterweight Otto Cribb D Frank Sturgeon (AUST) DRAW 20
(REFEREE: DON McDonald)
(AUSTRALIAN WELTERWEIGHT TITLE)
10/8/1900
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
NEW YORK, N.Y.C. USA.
Catchweight Bob Fitzsimmons W Gus Ruhlin (USA) KO 6 (25)
(REFEREE: CHARLIE WHITE)
24/8/1900
CONEY ISLAND, A.C.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA.
Heavyweight Bob Fitzsimmons W Tom Sharkey (USA) KO2 (25)
(REFEREE: CHARLIE WHITE)
1/9/1900
GOLDEN GATE A.C.
SYDNEY, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA.
Welterweight Otto Cribb W Tot Higgins (AUST) KO2 (20)
(REFEREE: Don McDonald)
(AUSTRALIAN WELTERWEIGHT TITLE)
13/9/1900
WASHINGTON HALL.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, USA.
Lightweight Haich Smith (USA) W Torpedo Billy Murphy KO1 (15)
21/9/1900
EUREKA A.C.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, U.S.A.
Middleweight Dan Creedon W Billy Peyton (USA) KO7 (20)
1/10/1900
GAIETY ATHLETIC HALL.
SYDNEY, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA.
Middleweight Otto Cribb W Mick Dunn (AUST) KO7 (20)
(REFEREE: GEORGE SEALE)
(AUSTRALIAN MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE)
4/10/1900
CONVENTION HALL.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, U.S.A.
Light Heavy Jack Root (USA) W Dan Creedon KO1 (20)
Creedon outweighted Root by 20 lbs, despite the weight differential, a hard right to the jaw put Creedon down and out at 2:34 of the opening stanza. Root, real name Janos Ruthaly, was born in today’s Chechia. He won the inaugural World Light Heavyweight title on 22/4/1903 defeating Charles ‘Kid’ McCoy on points over 10 rounds.
Root lost the title to George Gardener, TKO 12, just ten weeks later. Following the retirement of James J. Jeffries, Root was matched with Marvin Hart for the vacant World’s Heavyweight Championship on 3/7/1905; the fight refereed by Jeffries. Hart was proclaimed the new champion, winning by KO in the 12th. Jack Root fought just once more, retiring in 1906 with a record of 56 fights, W48 – L3 – D3 – ND2.
22/10/1900
GAIETY ATHLETIC CLUB.
SYDNEY, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA.
Middleweight Frank Sturgeon (AUST) ND Jack Blackmore ND4
(REFEREE: Arthur Scott)
12/11/1900
GAIETY ATHLETIC CLUB.
SYDNEY, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA.
Lightweight Bob Rollo (AUST) W Jack Blackmore PTS20
(REFEREE: Billy McCarthy)
14/12/1900
PHOENIX A.C.
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, U.S.A.
Heavyweight Jim Scanlan (USA) W Dan Creedon DQ1 (20)
Creedon was all over Scanlan and dropped him for a count. Upon rising, both fighters clinched, then – according to the referee – Creedon punched on the break. The referee thereby awarded the fight to Scanlan. A month to the day later (on 14/1/1901) Jim Scanlan was awarded a draw after 7 rounds of a scheduled 20 round bout against Jack Johnson. According to the Galveston Daily News the referee cited both fighters’ failure to break clean after repeated warnings as the reason for his decision.
20/12/1900
WOODWARD’S PAVILION.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA.
Welterweight Otto Cribb W Frank McConnell (USA) KO4 (20)
(REFEREE: JACK WELSH)
Two professional fights on the above card. In the support bout to the Cribb v McConnell fight Abe Attell in his pro debut defeated Jockey Bozeman PTS 10. Attell went onto win the World Featherweight Championship, holding the title for some 12 years. It was alleged that Attell was involved in the “Fixing of the World Series” in 1919, all charges were dropped against him. In 1990 Abe Attell was elected as an inaugural inductee into the IBHOF.
BREAKDOWN: 1900
NZ ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL BOXERS: 4
BOUTS IN NZ: NIL
BOUTS OVERSEAS: 24
TOTAL ROUNDS BOXED: 138
NZ PROMOTIONS: NIL
OVERSEAS PROMOTIONS FEATURING NZ FIGHTERS: 24
NZ TITLE FIGHTS: NIL
NZ’S MOST ACTIVE FIGHTER DURING THE YEAR: OTTO CRIBB – 11 fights
VISITING FIGHTERS TO NZ: NIL
(NZ POPULATION IN 1900 ESTIMATED AT 800,0000)
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