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Tony Ross(
Antonio Rossilano) BORN :October 1885; Italy DIED : HEIGHT :5-9 WEIGHT : 195-205 lbs RACE : White; Italian-American MANAGER: Jimmy Dime Compiled by: Tracy Callis
Ross was a journeyman fighter who got into the ring with some of the all-time best heavyweights; He was a tough man who always provided excitement; Ross was a "White Hope" of the teens 1905 Oct 23 Ed Arkwright Youngstown, Oh KO 5 Dec 22 Con Crowley Monaca, Pa KO 2 1906 Jan 31 Ed Arkwright Youngstown, Oh KO 1 Feb 23 Con Crowley Beaver Falls, Pa KO 2 Jun 18 Jim Scanlan New Castle, Pa LK 6 Nov 5 Frank Jeffries Titusville, Pa KO 9 1907 Jan 15 Jack Graham New Castle, Pa KO 5 Mar 7 Bob Fitzsimmons New Castle, Pa EX 4 Mar 12 Frank Jeffries New Castle, Pa KO 4 Apr 16 Bill Heveron New Castle, Pa KO 2 May 3 Mike Schreck Dayton, Oh LK 13 Sep 11 "Fireman" Jim Flynn Pueblo, Co LF 13 Nov 28 Jim Barry Chelsea, Ma LK 2 1908 Jan 31 Mike Schreck New Orleans, La D 10 Mar 16 Jim Jeffords New Castle, Pa KO 3 Apr 13 Mike Schreck New Castle, Pa W 9 May 18 George Gardner New Castle, Pa W 7 May 30 Jim Barry New Castle, Pa D 12 Aug 7 Sam Langford New York, NY LT 5 Oct 2 Morris Harris Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6 Nov 9 Morris Harris Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6 1909 Jan 20 Larry Temple Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6 Feb 10 George Gunther Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6 Mar 12 Marvin Hart New Orleans, La LF 13 Apr 13 Al Kaufmann New York, NY ND 10 Jun 30 Jack Johnson Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6 -Early sources report this bout for the Heavyweight Championship of the World Sep 22 Mike Schreck Columbus, Oh D 6 Oct 12 Bill Edwards New Castle, Pa KO 8 Oct 18 Mike Schreck Houghton, Mi D 10 Dec 6 Bill Edwards Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6 1910 Jan 12 Tommy Dugan New Castle, Pa KO 2 Jan 20 Bill Edwards Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6 Feb 14 Morris Harris New Castle, Pa ND 12 Mar 14 Jack Fitzgerald New Castle, Pa ND 12 Apr 19 "Battling" Jim Johnson Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Aug 11 Jim Smith New York, NY ND 2 Aug 25 Bill Edwards Olean, NY KO 2 Sep 12 Jack Fitzgerald Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Sep 27 George "Kid" Cotton Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6 Oct 8 Al Kaufmann Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Nov 16 Jack "Twin" Sullivan Syracuse, NY ND 10 Dec 26 Jim Barry Memphis, Tn D 8 1911 Jan 30 George "Kid" Cotton Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6 Feb 17 Jack "Twin" Sullivan Buffalo, NY ND 10 Feb 22 Hank Griffin Rochester, NY KO 1 Mar 10 Morris Harris Rochester, NY ND 6 May 8 Jack "Twin" Sullivan Buffalo, NY ND 10 Jul 28 John "Sandy" Ferguson New York, NY W 5 Aug 1 Joe Jeannette New York, NY ND 10 Aug 24 Sam Langford New York, NY LK 6 Oct 5 Morris Harris New York, NY KO 3 Oct 30 Jack "Twin" Sullivan Youngstown, Oh D 10 Nov 4 George "Kid" Cotton Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6 Nov 14 Andy Morris Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6 1912 Jan 6 George "Kid" Cotton Pittsburgh, Pa ND 6 May 20 Frank Moran Cleveland, Oh W 10 Jun 4 John Wille Atlanta, Ga D 10 Sep 9 Joe Jeannette New York, NY LF 7 Oct 30 Al Kubiak New Castle, Pa ND 10 Nov 15 Al Palzer Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 1913 Feb 4 Andy Smith New Castle, Pa KO 3 Oct 14 Charlie Miller Boston, Ma WF 3 Oct 21 Ed "Gunboat" Smith Boston, Ma LK 10 1914 Jan 31 Battling Levinsky Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Feb 10 Jim Savage Philadelphia, Pa D 10 Feb 19 Jim Coffey New York, NY LK 6 Oct 26 Dan Daily Philadelphia, Pa W 10 Nov 27 Tom Kennedy New York, NY LF 1 -Some sources report "LF 4" 1915 Jan 1 "Fireman" Jim Flynn Rochester, NY ND 10 May 27 Terry Kellar Akron, Oh D 10 1916 May 23 "K.O." Bill Brennan Rochester, NY LK 8 Dec 4 Joe Jeannette Arlington, Pa LK 3
***** Prepared by Tracy Callis *****