Sport & Note

Matthew CURRAN

Male

('P/O' Matthew 'Nutty' Curran)
(aka P.O. Curran)
Heavyweight, Great Britain, Plymouth, England
Born: in 1882, Lisdeen, County Clare, Ireland
Died: in 1938
Height: 5ft 10 1/2in, mt 1,79

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1908
- Oct. 9	Seaman Jim McDonald	Devonport, Great Britain	LDQ 1
+ Dec. 18	Seaman J. Brewer	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 1
1909
+ Jan. 8	Geoff Thorne	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 0
+ Jan. 22	Harry Croxton	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 4
+ Feb. 5	Corporal Smith	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 9
+ Apr. 2	Jack Ripper	Plymouth, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ May 7	Seaman Fred Broadbent	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 5
= May 28	Ben Taylor	Plymouth, Great Britain	Draw 15
- Aug. 6	James Doran	Plymouth, Great Britain	L 15
* Aug. 27	James Doran	Plymouth, Great Britain	NC 7
+ Sept. 10	Albert McNamara	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 4
+ Oct. 1	Young Johnny Johnson	Plymouth, Great Britain	W 15
+ Oct. 20	Jack Ripper	Dublin, Ireland	KO 1
Irish Heavyweight Title
+ Nov. 12	Herbert Hall	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 1
- Nov. 26	Eddie McGoorty	Dublin, Ireland	L 20
+ Dec. 17	Harry Croxton	Plymouth, Great Britain	TKO 7
1910
- Jan. 14	Gunner Harry Hewitt	Plymouth, Great Britain	L 20
+ Jan. 28	Fred Drummond	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Feb. 11	Iron Hague	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 15
+ Apr. 15	Fred Drummond	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 1
+ May 23	James Moir	Mountain Ash, Great Britain	WDQ 2
* June 28	Billy Warren	Dublin, Ireland	NC 7
+ Aug. 5	Seaman Grant	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Aug. 18	Jem Roche	Dublin, Ireland	KO 6
Irish Heavyweight Title
+ Aug. 31	Peter Rice	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 1
* Sept. 26	Jewey Smith	Mile End, Great Britain	NC 7
+ Oct. 30	Jewey Smith	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 3
- Nov. 18	Alf Langford	Plymouth, Great Britain	LDQ 1
+ Dec. 11	Gunner Harry Hewitt	Plymouth, Great Britain	TKO 2
1911
+ Jan. 18	Bill Lang	London, Great Britain	WDQ 1
vacant British Empire Heavyweight Title
- Feb. 24	Porky Dan Flynn	Plymouth, Great Britain	LDQ 2
British Empire Heavyweight Title
+ Mar. 31	Jack Scales	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 4
+ May 19	Salinas Jack Burns	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 14
* June 30	Fred Storbeck	Plymouth, Great Britain	NC 6
+ Aug. 4	Herbert Sinnott	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Aug. 11	Bill Flynn	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 1
- Sept. 15	Bob Scanlon	Plymouth, Great Britain	LDQ 3
+ Oct. 13	Hubert Roc	Plymouth, Great Britain	TKO 4
- Oct. 20	Bob Scanlon	Plymouth, Great Britain	LDQ 1
= Nov. 25	George Gunther	Paris, France	Draw 20
+ Dec. 1	Battling Jim Johnson	Plymouth, Great Britain	WDQ 4
+ Dec. 29	'Gunner' Mick Healey	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 7
1912
- Jan. 12	Fred Storbeck	Plymouth, Great Britain	LDQ 3
- Feb. 21	Charles Kid McCoy	Nice, France	L 20
- Feb. 27	George Gunther	Nice, France	L 10
- Mar. 15	George Rodel	Plymouth, Great Britain	L 15
- Mar. 29	George Rodel	Plymouth, Great Britain	LDQ 1
- Apr. 22	Fred Storbeck	Southwark, Great Britain	LDQ 13
+ Aug. 10	Gustave Mathuin	Southwark, Great Britain	TKO 8
+ Sept. 2	James Moir	Southwark, Great Britain	TKO 1
- Sept. 23	George Rodel	Southwark, Great Britain	LDQ 16
+ Nov. 13	Herbert Sinnott	Leicester, Great Britain	TKO 2
- Dec. 6	Gaston Pigot	Walworth, Great Britain	LDQ 9
- Dec. 20	Dan Voyles	Walworth, Great Britain	LDQ 3
Irish Heavyweight Title
1913
+ Jan. 10	Gunner Ellis	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 1
- May 3	Bill Lang	Sydney, Australia	L 20
- Aug. 16	Bill Lang	Sydney, Australia	L 20
- Aug. 25	Pat Doran	Melbourne, Australia	LDQ 2
+ Nov. 28	Harry Smith	Plymouth, Great Britain	W 15
+ Dec. 19	Harry Smith	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 1
1914
+ Jan. 16	Gunner McMurray	Plymouth, Great Britain	TKO 3
- Jan. 24	Sam Langford	Paris, France	KO by 1
+ Feb. 28	Hawker Wilson	Plymouth, Great Britain	TKO 8
+ Mar. 27	Louis Robur	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Apr. 23	Colin Bell	Liverpool, Great Britain	WDQ 10
+ May 8	Kid Jackson	Plymouth, Great Britain	WDQ 8
- May 25	Jim Savage	Southwark, Great Britain	L 20
- June 5	Kid Jackson	Plymouth, Great Britain	TKO by 4
- July 10	Con O'Kelly	Plymouth, Great Britain	TKO by 8
vacant Irish Heavyweight Title
- Aug. 2	Charles Kid McCoy	Southwark, Great Britain	L 20
1915 Inactive
1916
- Mar. 31	Bombardier Billy WELLS	Plymouth, Great Britain	KO by 5
British Heavyweight Title
- Dec. 8	Bandsman Dick Rice	Plymouth, Great Britain	L 20
1917
- May 4	Harry Curzon	Plymouth, Great Britain	LDQ 3
- Sept. 10	Jack Curphey	Holborn, Great Britain	TKO by 3
1918
= Aug. 28	Harry Curzon	Plymouth, Great Britain	Draw 15
1919
+ Mar. 31	P.O Smales	Southwark, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Apr. 21	Eddie McGoorty	Plymouth, Great Britain	TKO 8
- June 9	Tom Berry	Plymouth, Great Britain	L 15
- July 4	Seaman Powell	Plymouth, Great Britain	L 15
- Oct. 10	Fred Fulton	Plymouth, Great Britain	TKO by 4
+ Oct. 25	Seaman Costello	Truro, Great Britain	KO 3
- Nov. 5	Arthur Townley	Plymouth, Great Britain	TKO by 7
* Dec. 26	Harry Croxon	Bournemouth, Great Britain	NC 1
1920
- Jan. 16	Seaman Powell	Bristol, Great Britain	L 15
+ Feb. 16	Harry Knight	Bournemouth, Great Britain	KO 6
1921
- Aug. 29	Colin Bell	Sydney, Australia	TKO by 5

Summary

Total bouts: 86, Won: 43 (36 inside the limit), Lost: 35 (8 inside the limit), Draw: 3, NC: 5