FIGHTING ZUNNER
(Henry F. Zunner)

Born: Fought out of Buffalo, New York
Died:
Height:
Weight: 142 lbs (138-146 lbs)
Race:
Career: 1910-1922
Best Year:
Manager:
Source: (a.) Buffalo Courier
Buffalo Times
Elvira (NY) Herald
Jamestown (NY) Evening journal
Rochester (NY) Herald
Tonawanda Evening News
(b.)Buffalo Boxing Record (Murray 1926)
Compiler: Paul Zabala, with additions & corrections from Jim Brown
Updated: November 13, 2004

 

 
1910
Apr 15 Jack Harris 			Tonawanda, NY 		ND    6
Jul  7 Joe Smith 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-D  6
Dec 22 Fred Foley 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W  6
1911
Mar 21 Kid Lefty 			Tonawanda, NY 		Result not given
Apr 11 Leo Fix 				Tonawanda, NY 		ND    8
Apr 24 Leo Fix 				Buffalo, NY 		W KO  7
May  9 Jack Brady 			Tonawanda, NY 		ND-D  8
Jun  6 Young Miller 			Tonawanda, NY 		W KO  3
Jul  3 Mart Coy 			Buffalo, NY 		W TKO 6
Jul  7 Joe Geismar 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-D  6
Aug 4 Jack Tuttle 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-D  6
Aug 18 Joe (Kid) Kansas 		Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
Oct 13 Land Hounds 			Buffalo, NY 		W TKO 3
Oct 18 Jimmy Duffy 			Buffalo, NY 		ND   10 
Nov  3 Jimmy (Lockport) Duffy 		Buffalo, NY 		ND-D 10
       (Some sources report this as ND-W 10)
Dec 15 Frank Ray 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W  6
1912
Jan  1 Joe Spero 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W 10
Jan 12 Charles Sterlo 			Buffalo, NY 		W TKO 3
Jan 22 Charles Lucca 			Tonawanda, NY 		ND-D 10
Feb  5 Jimmy (Lockport) Duffy 		Geneva, NY 		ND-L 10
Feb  6 Tom Yates 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W  6
Feb 14 Jack Tuttle 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W  6
Feb 22 Tom Callahan 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W 10
Mar  7 Joe Atwood 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-D 10
Mar 20 Joe Atwood 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-L  6
Apr 16 Joe Spero 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W  6
Apr 26 Kid Curley 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
May  2 Fred Johnson 			Hornell, NY 		NC    5
Jun 12 Dewey Devine 			Buffalo, NY 		W KO  3
Jun 17 Boyo Smith 			Buffalo, NY 		W KO  2
Jun 28 Joe Spero 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W  6
Jul  3 Terry Mitchell 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W  6
Aug 30 Kid Curley 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
Sep 16 Bill Miller 			Buffalo, NY 		W KO  4
Sep 25 Dan Ferns 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W  6
Oct  4 John Sylvia 			Buffalo, NY 		W KO  2
Oct 15 Mike Glover 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
Nov 20 Jack Wade 			Niagara Falls, NY 	W KO  4
1913
Jan 10 Tom Callahan 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W 10
Mar 25 Tom Callahan 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W 10
Apr  4 Bert Davidson 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-D 10
Apr 12 Billy Wagner 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W 10
Apr 28 Young Mattewson 			Butte, MT 		W KO  2
May 20 Joe (Kid) Kansas 		Buffalo, NY 		ND-D 10
       (Some sources report this as a ND-W 10)
Sep 19 Kid Curley 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
Oct 15 Billy Griffith 			Erie, PA 		ND-W 10
Nov  3 Al Dewey 			Wilkes-Barre, PA 	ND-W 10
Nov 12 Terry Mitchell 			Erie, PA 		ND-W 10 
Nov 28 Bert Davidson 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W 10
Dec 26 Jacob (Soldier) Bartfield 	Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
1914
Feb  3 Bert Davidson 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
Sep  7 Battling Kopin 			Erie, PA 		ND-L 10
1915
Feb 19 Special Delivery Hirsch 		Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
       (3 out of 5 newspapers gave decision to Hirsch)
Mar 26 Ray Campbell 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-D  6
May  3 Johnny Riley 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W  6
May 10 Ray Campbell 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W 10
Jun  7 Frank McCann 			Rochester, NY 		ND-D  8
Jun 21 Special Delivery Hirsch 		Buffalo, NY 		ND-W 10
Aug  9 Johnny Riley 			Rochester, NY 		ND-W 10
Aug 17 Ted (Kid) Lewis 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
Aug 31 Special Delivery Hirsch 		Buffalo, NY 		ND-W 10
Nov  2 Battling Kopin 			Bradford, PA 		ND-D 10
Nov 22 Battling Kopin 			Jamestown, NY 		ND-L 10
Dec  3 Jimmy O'Hagan 			Syracuse, NY 		ND-L  6
1916
Jan  4 Walter Mohr 			Albany, NY 		ND-L 10
Jan 18 Harry Pierce 			Albany, NY 		ND-L 10
Feb  9 Pete Scott 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
       (Broadway Auditorium - weights 143.5-139)
Feb 24 Pete Scott 			Niagara Falls 		ND-D 10
Mar 25 Pete Scott 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
       (Broadway Auditorium - weights 144-144)
Apr  4 Walter Mohr 			Albany, NY 		ND-L 10
Apr 14 Pete Scott 			Hamilton, Ont. Can. 	ND-W 10
May 29 Eddie Hanlon 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W 10
       (Majestic Theatre - weights 145-145)
Jun  2 Jimmy Hanna 			Rochester, NY 		ND-W  6
Jul  3 Ed Billings 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-D  6
Jul 17 Battling Gates 			Rochester, NY 		ND-L  8
1917
Jan 15 Kid Curley 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
       (Broadway Aud.-wts 142-150 - This bout was not held 1/17/17)
Feb 22 Johnny Riley 			Geneva, NY 		ND-L 10
1918
Feb  8 Young Kirk 			Buffalo, NY 		D     6
       (Referee's decision)
Apr  2 Kid Hamilton 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W  6 
       (Broadway Auditorium- weights 145.5-143-This was not ND-W 4)
Apr 17 Kid Black 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W  6 
       (Broadway Auditorium - Was this 'Eddie Black'?)
May  9 Ray Hoey (Eagles Hall)		Buffalo, NY  		ND-W  6
May 20 Harry Boyle 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-W 10
       (Broadway Auditorium - weights 141.25-137) 
May 27 Rocky Kansas 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
       (Broadway Auditorium - weights 137-133.5)
Jun  6 Jack Britton 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-L  4
       (Broadway Auditorium)
1919
Jan  8 Harry Thorpe 			Buffalo, NY (Oak.) 	ND-L 10
       (Weights - 138-135)
Mar 14 Jimmy (Lockport) Duffy 		Lockport, NY 		ND-L 10
Mar 24 Jack Loney 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-L  6
       (Broadway Auditorium - weights 145-156.5)
Mar 28 Elmer Hogan 			Detroit, MI 		ND-L  8 
Mar 31 Bobby Sullivan 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-D  6
       (Broadway Auditorium - weights 145-145) 
Apr 22 Jimmy (Lockport) Duffy 		Buffalo, NY 		ND-L 10
       (Broadway Auditorium - weights - 145-145)
Apr 25 Sammy Baker 			Auburn, NY 		ND-W 10
Jul  3 John Paske 			Elmira, NY 		W KO  7
Nov 14 Leo Johnson 			Sayre, PA 		ND-W 10
Dec 16 Bobby Sullivan 			Buffalo, NY 		ND-D 10
       (Broadway Auditorium - weights 143.5 -146) 
1920 
Jan 19 Alf Goodwine 			Buffalo, NY 		W TKO 4 
Feb  7 Young Sharon 			Buffalo, NY 		W KO  5 
Feb 22 Johnny Riley 			Auburn, NY 		ND-L 10 
Mar 26 Battling Allen 			Erie, PA 		ND-W 10
Apr  7 Al Wise 				Tonawanda, NY 		ND-W 10 
Jun  4 "Young" Leach Cross 		Buffalo, NY 		ND-W 10 
Jun 29 "Young" Leach Cross 		Syracuse, NY 		ND-D 10 
Dec 10 Frank Ernst 			Buffalo, NY 		W    10 
1921 
Jan  1 "Rochester" Johnny Griffith 	Rochester, NY 		W    10 
Feb  5 Kid Black 			Buffalo, NY 		L    10 
Feb    John Nichols 			Hibbing, Mn 		ND-W 10 
Mar  4 John Nichols 			Hibbing, Mn 		ND-W 10 
Dec 17 "Sailor" Max Hoffman 		Buffalo, NY 		L    10 
1922 
Feb 24 "Young" Leach Cross 		Buffalo, NY 		D    10 

Zunner claims that he had scored KO's over Eddie Madison, Sailor Laskey, 
Harry Forbes, and Frank Smithers. Also a second KO over Johnny Paske. 
These bouts could not be found.