Fighters: Debuting Prior to 1900

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Jack Fallon
1885 - 1897
id=40284
Sex Male
Birth Name John W. Fallon
Birthplace Flatbush, NY
Division Heavyweight
Date of Birth 1868-12-01
Height 5' 11
W 6 (5 ko's) | L 4 | D 1 | Total 14

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My uni called for some new images, and I was fortunate to unearth a few...most are bareknucklers, but a couple are more recent.
This one is Charles Cooley.
1880 - 1881
id=115791
Sex Male
W 0 (0 ko's) | L 2 | D 0 | Total 2

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James "Captain" Dalton
1881 - 1892
id=32669
Sex Male
Nationality US American
Division Heavyweight
W 2 (0 ko's) | L 3 | D 2 | Total 7

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James "Captain" Dalton alt

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Herbert "Maori" Slade
1882 - 1891
id=32606
Sex Male
Nationality New Zealander
Birthplace Kaeo,NZ
Division Heavyweight
Date of Birth 1851-01-10
Date of Death 1920-00-00
Age at Death 68
Height 6' 1
W 0 (0 ko's) | L 7 | D 1 | Total 28

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Herbert "Maori" Slade alt

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Dan "Regency Rogue" Donnelly
1814-1819
An illustration on a book cover about Donnelly. Hard to say if this illustration bears any true resemblance.

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William "Professor" Miller
1878 - 1889
id=40388
Sex Male
Nationality Australian
Division Heavyweight
W 2 (0 ko's) | L 1 | D 1 | Total 21
Australian HW began around 1878
once considered the Heavyweight Boxing Champ of Australia

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Tug Wilson
English Bareknuckler - once fought John L.

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Jem Smith
HW Champ of England, fought and lost to Jake Kilrain in the Police Gazette's version of HW World Championship in 1887
1884 - 1897
id=39810
Sex Male
Nationality British
Hometown London, England
Birthplace Cripplegate, England
Division Heavyweight
Date of Birth 1863-01-21
Date of Death 1931-09-11
Age at Death 68
Height 5' 8
W 8 (3 ko's) | L 4 | D 4 | Total 16

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Jem Smith alt

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Billy Wilson
"The Black Demon"
fought in the 1880's and 90's, mostly against other fighters of color.
Beat such notables as Harry Woodson and Mervine Thompson.
1883-1893

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/wilson-b.htm

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George Rooke
Another victim of the great John L.
1866 - 1886
id=40230
Sex Male
Nationality US American
Division Heavyweight
W 2 (2 ko's) | L 4 | D 0 | Total 7

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Eddie Santry - 010707
1895-1911
FW(US)
40-14-5(33)

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Billy Edwards - 031485
1868-1884
LW(UK)
3-2-1(2)

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Paddy Duffy - 063568
1884-1899
WW(US)
25-1-12(15)

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Andy Bowen
1887 - 1894
id=64402
Sex Male
Nationality US American
Birthplace New Orleans, LA
Division Lightweight
Date of Birth 1867-05-03
Date of Death 1894-12-15
Age at Death 27
Height 5' 5
W 17 (8 ko's) | L 2 | D 7 | Total 27

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Jimmy Ryan - 016472
1889-1903
HW(Australia)
11-19-7(9)

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Jim Daly - 010811
1890-1900
HW(US)
5-7-0(2)

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Charles "Kid" McCoy - 39949

1891-1916; Detroit, Michigan

88-7-10