Fred Russell
BORN	: June 25 1878; Northfield, Minnesota
DIED	:
HEIGHT	: 6-4 (Some sources report 6-2)
WEIGHT	: 200-225 lbs
RACE	: White
MANAGER: Charley Long

 

Russell was big and strong; He was a puncher and not much of a boxer type; He was considered to be the "Champion" of Colorado when he fought Tom Sharkey in 1901


1899
       Curly Carr               Cascade Tunnel, Wa                   KO  1
Oct 12 Theodore van Buskirk     San Francisco, Ca                    WF  5
1898-1900
       -Russell won many fight against local minor opponents
       Frank Smith                                                   KO 14
       Arthur Reed                                                   KO  2
       Denis "Ike" Hayes        Helena, Mt                            D 15
       Bob Hodge                Warden, Id                           TK  2
       Vic Langley              Missoula, Mt                          D  6
       W. Munroe                                                      W  8
       -Some sources report "D 8"

1900
Jun  8 Frank Childs             Chicago, Il                           L  6
Jun 15 Frank Childs             Chicago, Il                           L  6
Jul 20 Frank Childs             Denver, Co                            L 10
Oct 29 "Mexican" Pete Everett   Cripple Creek, Co                    KO   
Nov  2 Joe Choynski             Denver, Co                           LF  4

1901
Feb  1 Jim "Jack" McCormick     Denver, Co                           KO  1
May  3 "Sailor" Tom Sharkey     Denver, Co                           LK  4
Aug 13 "Denver" Ed Martin       Seattle, Wa                           L 10
       -Some sources report "LK 10";
        Some sources report 8/13/00

1902
Feb 14 Walter Johnson           Chicago, Il                           W  6
Mar  1 Klondike (John Haynes)   Chicago, Il                          KO  3
       -Some sources report 3/01/03
Apr  4 Joe Walcott              Chicago, Il                           D  6
May  2 Charles "Kid" McCoy      Philadelphia, Pa                   ND-L  6
Jun 10 Peter Maher              Philadelphia, Pa                   ND-L  6
Sep 12 Hank Griffin             Los Angeles, Ca                      KO 14
       -Some sources report 9/13/02
Nov  1 Sam McVey                Oxnard, Ca                           LK  5
       -Some sources report 11/04/02
Nov 13 Sam McVey                Oxnard, Ca                           LK  7
Dec  5 Jack Johnson             Los Angeles, Ca                      LF  8

1903
Mar    George McSwain           Newman, Ca                           KO  3

1905
Apr 28 Jack Burns               Butte, Mt                            TK  8
       -Police intervened;
        Some sources report "D 8"

1906
Feb 26 Jack Root                Kalamazoo, Mi                         L 10
Apr  4 Jim Barry                LaSalle, Il                          LK  3
       Terry Mustain                                                 LK  5

1907
       Jim Savage                                                    LK  3

1908
May 18 Victor McLaglen          Tacoma, Wa                           LK  2


***** Prepared By Tracy Callis *****

***** Data also provided by Luckett Davis, Chuck Johnston, and Bill Schutte *****