Billy Frazier

BORN   August 29 1852; Eastport, Maine (Lived in Somerville, Massachusetts)
HEIGHT 5-2 1/2
WEIGHT 132-140 lbs

Frazier was a scientific boxer who instructed boxing at Harvard College; He was short and stout with heavy calves and a deep chest

During his career, Frazier defeated such men as Jimmy Carroll, Ed Quigley, Marcellus Baker, Benny Green and Jimmy Murray,

Undated
       Walter Campbell                                              D  4

1870
       Rouse                      Havana, Cu                        W  3

1875
       Burns                      Callao, in South America          W 12

1878
Mar 23 Jimmy Carroll              Boston, Ma                        D  9
       Jimmy Carroll              Northampton, Ma                   W  6
       Jimmy Carroll              Boston, Ma                        D   

1880
Aug 16 Ed Quigley                 Lawrence, Ma                     KO 22
Sep    Ted Timmony                Lawrence, Ma                     KO   

1881
Dec    Marcellus Baker            Boston, Ma                       TK  1
       -Some sources report "W 1"

1882
Feb 24 Benny Green                Boston, Ma                       KO  5

1883
Jan 12 Jimmy Murray               Boston, Ma                        L  6
       -Some sources report "D 6"
Feb    Jimmy Murray               Boston, Ma                        W  6
Mar 19 Tim McCarthy               Boston, Ma                       EX  3
Apr 20 Patsy Shepard              Boston, Ma                       EX  3
Aug  3 Professor Nixey            Boston, Ma                       EX   
Nov 10 "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey                                     L  6

1884
Mar 26 Denny Costigan             Boston, Ma                       EX  3
May  8 Jimmy Mitchell             Cambridge, Ma                    EX  3
May 16 Jimmy Mitchell             Boston, Ma                        D  6
Jul  4 Frank White                                                 EX   
          -Proceeds from this bout were to go towards paying
           a fine for Jimmy Murray, who was in the Penetentiary
Jul    Jack Havlin                Boston, Ma                        D  3
Aug 13 Denny Costigan             Boston, Ma                       EX  3
Aug 25 Jack Havlin                Boston, Ma                       EX  3
Nov 20 "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey   New York, NY                     LT  5
       -Some sources report 1883;
        Some sources report "LK 4"

1885
Jan 12 "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey   New York, NY                     ND  4
       -Reports vary - "ND 5" - EX 4" - "L 4"
Jan 29 Marcellus Baker            Taunton, Ma                       D  4
Mar 26 Mike Daly                  Bangor, Me                        D  4
Jul  2 Mike Daly                  Bangor, Me                        D  5
Aug 13 Tony English               Fall River, Ma                  SCH   
       -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct  3 Jimmy Carroll              North Adams, Ma                  ND  4

1886
Jan  8 Johnny Murphy              Boston, Ma                       EX  3
Feb  5 Paddy Smith                Boston, Ma                        D  6
       -Reportedly, Frazier was the Lightweight Champion
           of the East and New England at this time;
        Some sources report 2/06/86
Apr  5 Jimmy Mitchell             Philadelphia, Pa                  D  5
Apr 13 H. Frost                   Farmingham, NH                    W  3
Oct 29 Jack McAuliffe             Boston, Ma                       LK 21
          -Lightweight Championship of America;
           Lightweight Championship of the World
Dec 13 Marcellus Baker            Boston, Ma                       EX  4
Dec 15 Jack McAuliffe             Boston, Ma                      SCH   
       -This bout was scheduled but not held;
        Frazier claimed a stomach illness

1887
Jan 14 Paddy Duffy                New Bedford, Ma                   D  4
Feb 15 Jack McAuliffe             Brooklyn, NY                     EX  4
Mar  2 Jack McAuliffe             Philadelphia, Pa                 EX  4
       -Some sources report "D 4"
Mar 31 Jack McAuliffe             Portland, Me                      L  4
May 12 Jem Carney                 near Boston, Ma                   W 15
       -Frazier lasted and claimed win
Jun 15 Mike Daly                  Boston, Ma                       LK  7

1888
       Ed Gorman                                                   LK 49

1892
Jan    Jimmy Hurst                Montreal, Que, Can              SCH   
       -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Feb    Tim McCarthy               Boston, Ma                      SCH   
       -This bout was scheduled for Jan-Feb 1892;
        The outcome is not known
Mar  3 Jimmy Murray               New Bedford, Ma                  KO 15
       -Some sources report 3/04/92
Apr    Walter Campbell            Philadelphia, Pa                      
       -Efforts were made to schedule this bout
Apr 14 Jack Falvey                Providence, RI                    D 83
       -Some sources report 4/15/92;
        Some sources report 4/20/92
May  7 Walter Campbell            New York, NY                      D  6
Jun 22 Jack McAuliffe             New York, NY                     LK  3
Oct 21 an unnamed opponent        Haverhill, Ma                    EX   
Oct 24 an unnamed opponent        Cohoes, NY                       EX   
Oct 24 an unnamed opponent        Troy, NY                         EX   
       -The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Oct 26 an unnamed opponent        Amsterdam, NY                    EX   
Oct 29 an unnamed opponent        South Framingham, Ma             EX   
Nov 17 Ike Weir                   Newport, RI                      EX   
Nov 25 Jimmy Dime                 Amsterdam, NY                   SCH   
       -This bout was scheduled but cancelled

1887-1893
       Eddie Pierce                                                LT  2
       -Some sources report "L 2"

1893
Jan  5 Jimmy Dime                 Fonda, NY                        LK 12
       -Some sources report 1/06/93
Jan 13 Jack McAuliffe             Boston, Ma                       EX  3
Jan    Professor Daniel           Providence, RI                  SCH   
       -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
*** Much Data Was Provided By William Schutte ***

Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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