Record details

Joe Walcott

"Barbados Demon"

Welterweight

Male

Barbados, based in USA, Boston, Massachusetts
Born: March 13, 1873, Demerara, Guyana
Died: October 4, 1935, Massillon, Ohio, USA
(Passed away after being struck by a car)
Height: 5ft 1 1/2in, mt 1,56

In 1950, when Nat Fleischer published his listings of the
all-time best fighters in each weight class,
he ranked Joe Walcott as the greatest of the welterweights.

1991 inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame

No amateur results

Professional record


1890
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 28	Tom Powers	South Boston, United States	KO 2

1891
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 30	Jack Barrett	Providence, United States	KO 1
+ Mar. 26	Alex Clark	Cambridge, United States	W 2
+ Dec. 12	G V Meacon	Boston, United States	W 4
- Dec. 12	Teddy C. Kelly	Boston, United States	L 3
+ Dec. 23	Alex Clark	Boston, United States	W 3

1892
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 14	Alex Clark	Cambridge, United States	KO 3
+ Mar. 28	T Warren	Boston, United States	W 4
+ Aug. 29	Jack Leahy	Cambridge, United States	TKO 3
+ Oct. 15	Black Pearl	Philadelphia, United States	W 4
+ Oct. 22	Joe Larg	Philadelphia, United States	W 3
= Oct. 22	Fred Morris	Philadelphia, United States	W 4
= Oct. 29	Andy Watson	Philadelphia, United States	Draw 4
= Nov. 4	Harry Tracey	Boston, United States	Draw 5
+ Nov. 5	Stonewall Allen	Boston, United States	TKO 3
+ Nov. 11	Charley Jones	Philadelphia, United States	W 3
+ Nov. 12	Johnny Lyman	Philadelphia, United States	KO 1
+ Dec. 5	Jack Connors	New York, United States	KO 1
= Dec. 5	Sam Bolen	New York, United States	Draw 4
+ Dec. 8	Billy Harris	New York, United States	KO 2

1893
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 31	Tom McCarthy	New York, United States	TKO 1
+ Feb. 2	? Harrity	New York, United States	KO 3
+ Feb. 9	Jim Carroll	New York, United States	TKO 1
+ Feb. 10	Jack Friesse	New York, United States	KO 0
+ Feb. 14	William Quinn	Boston, United States	KO 2
+ Feb. 15	Al Hagen	Boston, United States	TKO 3
+ Feb. 16	Thomas Chase	Boston, United States	TKO 1
+ Feb. 17	Patrick Conlon	Boston, United States	TKO 2
+ Feb. 17	L Wetzell Brown	Boston, United States	TKO 3
+ June 5	Paddy McGuigan	Newark, United States	W 10
- June 17	Mike Harris	New York, United States	L 4
+ Aug. 22	Jack Hall	New York, United States	KO 1
* Dec. 1	Harry Tracey	Boston, United States	NC 1
+ Dec. 28	Ed Russell	Boston, United States	KO 2

1894
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 11	Tommy West	Boston, United States	W 3
+ Feb. 26	Mike Walsh	Boston, United States	KO 2
+ Apr. 19	Tom Tracey	Boston, United States	TKO 16
* May 10	Charley Holcombe	Washington, United States	NC 4
+ June 22	Mike Harris	Boston, United States	KO 6
+ July 6	Dick O'Brien	Boston, United States	W 12
+ Sept. 20	Jim Bagley	Pittsburgh, United States	KO 2
+ Oct. 15	Austin Gibbons	Coney Island, United States	KO 4
+ Nov. 1	Frank Carpenter	Chicago, United States	W 3
+ Nov. 2	Frank Neil	Chicago, United States	TKO 3
+ Nov. 3	Shorty Ahearn	Chicago, United States	KO 3
+ Nov. 14	George Thomas	Louisville, United States	KO 1
+ Nov. 15	Billy Green	Louisville, United States	KO 2

1895
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Mar. 1	Mysterious Billy Smith	Boston, United States	Draw 15
+ Mar. 6	Charley Chapman	New York, United States	W 4
+ Apr. 3	Mick Dunn	Coney Island, United States	TKO 8
+ Aug. 28	Dick O'Brien	Boston, United States	TKO 1
- Dec. 2	Kid Lavigne	Maspeth, Queens	L 15

1896
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 7	Teddy McMahon	Syracuse, United States	KO 1
+ Jan. 30	Jim Jackson	New York, United States	W 4
+ Mar. 16	Scott Bright Eyes Collins	New York, United States	KO 7
+ May 29	Scaldy Bill Quinn	Woburn, United States	W 20
+ Aug. 24	Dick O'Brien	Lewiston, United States	W 6
+ Oct. 12	Scaldy Bill Quinn	Maspeth, Queens	KO 17
= Dec. 9	Tommy West	New York, United States	Draw 19

1897
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 16	Bobby Dobbs	Philadelphia, United States	L 6
- Mar. 3	Tommy West	Brooklyn, United States	L 20
= Apr. 20	Jimmy Watts	Brooklyn, United States	Draw 4
+ June 14	Tom Tracey	Philadelphia, United States	KO 6
+ Aug. 26	George Green	San Francisco, United States	KO 18
- Oct. 29	Kid Lavigne	San Francisco, United States	TKO by 12
World Lightweight Title
= Dec. 27	Tom Tracey	Chicago, United States	Draw 6

1898
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Apr. 14	Mysterious Billy Smith	Bridgeport, United States	Draw 25
+ Apr. 22	Tommy West	Philadelphia, United States	Draw 6
= Apr. 28	Kid McPartland	Detroit, United States	Draw 8
+ Nov. 14	Bob Montgomery	Fall River, United States	L 6
- Dec. 6	Mysterious Billy Smith	New York, United States	L 20

1899
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 4	Australian Jim Ryan	Cincinnati, United States	KO 14
+ Mar. 16	Australian Billy Edwards	Brooklyn, United States	KO 13
+ Apr. 8	Jim Judge	Toronto, Canada	KO 11
+ Apr. 25	Dan Creedon	New York, United States	KO 1
+ May 8	Charley Johnson	Athens, United States	TKO 10
+ May 19	Dick O'Brien	Brooklyn, United States	KO 14
+ May 30	Jimmy Watts	Louisville, United States	KO 8
+ June 12	Harry Fisher	Baltimore, United States	TKO 12
+ June 23	Dan Creedon	New York, United States	W 20
+ Nov. 25	Dan Creedon	Chicago, United States	W 6
+ Nov. 29	Dan Creedon	Utica, United States	W 20
+ Dec. 5	Bobby Dobbs	Brooklyn, United States	KO 6

1900
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 23	Joe Choynski	New York, United States	TKO 7
+ Mar. 29	Andy Walsh	New York, United States	W 20
+ Apr. 10	Dick Moore	Baltimore, United States	KO 4
+ May 4	Mysterious Billy Smith	New York, United States	W 25
+ May 11	Jack Bonner	Philadelphia, United States	TKO by 6
- Aug. 27	Tommy West	New York, United States	TKO by 11
+ Sept. 24	Mysterious Billy Smith	Hartford, United States	WDQ 10
+ Dec. 13	Wild Bill Hanrahan	Hartford, United States	KO 12

1901
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 17	Kid Carter	Hartford, United States	LDQ 19
+ Mar. 21	Charlie McKeever	Waterbury, United States	TKO 6
+ July 26	Jack Bonner	Bridgeport, United States	W 15
+ Sept. 27	George Gardner	San Francisco, United States	W 20
- Oct. 15	Kid Carter	San Francisco, United States	KO by 7
+ Nov. 28	Young Peter Jackson	Baltimore, United States	W 20
+ Dec. 18	Rube Ferns	Fort Erie, Canada	TKO 5

1902
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 13	Young Peter Jackson	Philadelphia, United States	KO 6
+ Feb. 14	Jimmy Handler	Philadelphia, United States	KO 2
= Mar. 13	Young Peter Jackson	Baltimore, United States	Draw 10
+ Mar. 15	Billy Stift	Chicago, United States	W 6
= Apr. 4	Fred Russell	Chicago, United States	Draw 6
- Apr. 11	Philadelphia Jack O'Brien	Philadelphia, United States	L 6
- Apr. 25	George Gardner	San Francisco, United States	L 20
+ June 23	Tommy West	Covent Garden, Great Britain	W 15
* Oct. 6	George Cole	Philadelphia, United States	NC 4
- Oct. 9	Frank Childs	Chicago, United States	TKO by 3

1903
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 9	Mike Donovan	Pittsburgh, United States	W 10
+ Mar. 11	Charlie Haghey	Boston, United States	KO 5
+ Mar. 18	George Cole	Allegheny, United States	KO 4
= Apr. 2	Billy Woods	Los Angeles, United States	Draw 20
+ Apr. 15	Mike Donovan	Boston, United States	W 10
= Apr. 20	Philadelphia Jack O'Brien	Boston, United States	Draw 10
+ May 28	Mysterious Billy Smith	Portland, United States	TKO 4
= June 18	Young Peter Jackson	Portland, United States	Draw 20
+ July 3	Mose LaFontise	Butte, United States	KO 3
+ Aug. 13	Tom Jabber Carey	Boston, United States	KO 8
+ Sept. 12	Joe Grim	Philadelphia, United States	KO 6
+ Sept. 21	Tom Jabber Carey	Boston, United States	KO 5
+ Oct. 13	Kid Carter	Boston, United States	W 15
+ Nov. 3	Kid Carter	Boston, United States	W 15
- Nov. 10	Sandy Ferguson	Boston, United States	L 15
+ Dec. 29	Larry Temple	Boston, United States	W 15

1904
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 18	Charlie Haghey	New Bedford, United States	KO 3
- Feb. 26	Black Bill	Philadelphia, United States	LDQ 6
- Apr. 29	Dixie Kid	San Francisco, United States	LDQ 20
= May 23	Sandy Ferguson	Portland, United States	Draw 10
- June 10	Young Peter Jackson	Baltimore, United States	KO by 4
+ June 24	Mike Donovan	Baltimore, United States	TKO 5
= July 1	Larry Temple	Baltimore, United States	Draw 10
= Sept. 5	Sam Langford	Manchester, United States	Draw 15
- Sept. 10	Dave Holly	Philadelphia, United States	Draw 6
= Sept. 30	Joe Gans	San Francisco, United States	Draw 20


1905 Inactive

1906
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 25	Dave Holly	New York, United States	WDQ 3
+ July 10	Jack Dougherty	Chelsea, United States	KO 8
= Sept. 29	Billy Rhodes	Kansas City, United States	Draw 20
- Oct. 16	Honey Mellody	Chelsea, United States	L 15
- Nov. 29	Honey Mellody	Chelsea, United States	TKO by 12

1907
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 15	Mike Donovan	Providence, United States	L 10
= June 18	Mike Donovan	Brazil, United States	Draw 10
+ Oct. 17	Billy Payne	Portland, United States	KO 6
= Oct. 24	Mike Donovan	Lymansville, United States	Draw 15
+ Dec. 26	George Cole	Philadelphia, United States	L 6

1908
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 7	Jimmy Gardner	Boston, United States	L 12
+ Jan. 14	George Cole	Troy, United States	Draw 6
= Jan. 15	Mike Donovan	Montreal, Canada	Draw 10
- Jan. 30	Terry Martin	Philadelphia, United States	Draw 6
= Mar. 3	Mike Donovan	Canandaigua, United States	Draw 6
- Apr. 3	Charley Hitte	Schenectady, United States	TKO 6
+ June 11	Charles Kemp	Springfield, United States	TKO 5
+ June 16	Mike Lansing	Charlotte, United States	W 6
+ June 18	Russell Van Horn	Columbus, United States	W 6
- June 29	Bill Hurley	Schenectady, United States	L 7
- July 15	Jack Robinson	New York, United States	L 6
- Sept. 7	Bartley Connolly	Portland, United States	L 6
- Nov. 17	Larry Temple	Boston, United States	TKO by 10
- Nov. 18	Jack Robinson	Easton, United States	L 10

1909
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- May 10	Thunderbolt Ed Smith	Columbus, United States	L 6
= Sept. 6	Tom Sawyer	Portland, United States	Draw 6
= Dec. 3	Young Jack Johnson	Haverhill, United States	Draw 6

1910
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Mar. 7	Jimmy Potts	Minneapolis, United States	Draw 10
- Apr. 25	Bill McKinnon	Brockton, United States	LDQ 6
- May 13	Kyle Whitney	Brockton, United States	TKO by 9

1911
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 17	Bobby Lee	Boston, United States	KO 2
- Nov. 2	Tom Sawyer	Lowell, United States	TKO by 8

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