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Gardiner" when handing out autographs. George
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Gardner's name is often misspelled "George Gardiner", which was an alias although some believe it was the correct spelling. He signed his name "George Gardner", though several newspapers of his era spelled his name "George Gardiner". However, his brother, Jimmy Gardner, signed his name "Jimmy
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Gardner defended his title later that year on November 25, 1903, at San Francisco, California, against Bob Fitzsimmons, who had killed two men in the ring and was the former Middleweight and Heavyweight Champion. After a questionable 20 round decision on points, Fitzsimmons knocked the young
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2856:
2832:
2788:Nov 5, 1897
2758:Mar 7, 1898
2629:Tom O'Brien
2426:May 9, 1899
2396:Jun 7, 1899
2372:interference
2331:Aug 5, 1899
2262:Jack Moffat
2241:Jan 9, 1900
2208:Feb 2, 1900
2198:George Byers
2130:George Byers
1973:May 2, 1900
1930:George Byers
1820:Jack Scales
1794:Apr 8, 1901
1758:Jul 4, 1901
1749:Jack Moffat
1618:Jan 1, 1902
1503:Jack Johnson
1469:Billy Stift
1412:Feb 9, 1903
1342:Apr 6, 1903
1263:Jul 4, 1903
1190:Jan 5, 1904
1155:Feb 8, 1904
1122:Feb 8, 1904
1113:Fred Cooley
1021:May 2, 1904
986:Jul 1, 1904
977:John Willie
953:Aug 5, 1904
810:Billy Stift
549:Sep 5, 1908
540:John Willie
486:
468:No contests
438:By decision
427:By knockout
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317:, the first
315:Jack Johnson
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183:Total fights
176:
128:
126:Middleweight
113:
84:(1954-07-08)
82:July 8, 1954
62:County Clare
58:Lisdoonvarna
18:
3009:1954 deaths
3004:1877 births
2927:25 November
2905:25 November
2840:until 1922.
2749:Matt Leary
2096:Jack Burke
2030:Dick Baker
1891:Kid Carter
1854:Frank Craig
1785:Tim Hurley
1713:Kid Carter
1642:Kid Carter
1436:Kid Carter
1332:Peter Maher
1294:Marvin Hart
1180:Marvin Hart
1080:Kid Carter
336:Marvin Hart
332:Peter Maher
300:Joe Walcott
285:Frank Craig
223:No contests
134:Heavyweight
105:Nationality
2998:Categories
2848:References
2659:Tom Moore
2352:Dick Sims
1366:Al Weinig
708:Al Kaufman
573:Tony Ross
422:11 losses
380:Later life
296:Kid Carter
289:Tommy Ryan
261:Background
199:Wins by KO
143:5 ft
114:Statistics
50:1877-03-17
2969:Jack Root
1608:Jack Root
1538:Jack Root
1253:Jack Root
1046:Jack Root
1011:Jack Root
520:Location
508:Opponent
370:Jim Flynn
304:Jack Root
246:Jack Root
121:Weight(s)
2901:. BoxRec
2802:See also
2719:J Young
2689:J Young
2328:17 (20)
2298:18 (25)
2137:14 (15)
1897:19 (25)
1719:18 (20)
1545:17 (20)
1301:12 (20)
1260:12 (20)
849:20 (20)
715:14 (20)
680:18 (20)
600:43β10β7
567:43β11β7
534:43β11β8
419:43 wins
166:Orthodox
94:Illinois
2474:10β0β1
2444:11β0β1
2423:7 (15)
2414:12β0β1
2384:13β0β1
2358:7 (15)
2349:13β0β2
2319:14β0β2
2289:14β1β2
2268:8 (25)
2259:15β1β2
2238:12 (?)
2229:16β1β2
2191:16β1β2
2170:3 (25)
2158:17β1β2
2123:18β1β2
2102:4 (15)
2090:19β1β2
2057:20β1β2
2024:21β1β2
2003:9 (15)
1991:22β1β2
1958:23β1β2
1923:23β1β2
1885:24β1β2
1861:4 (20)
1847:25β1β2
1814:25β1β2
1779:26β1β2
1755:3 (20)
1743:27β1β2
1707:28β1β2
1672:28β2β2
1648:8 (20)
1636:29β2β2
1615:7 (20)
1601:29β3β2
1566:30β3β2
1531:31β3β2
1496:31β4β2
1463:32β4β2
1430:33β4β2
1395:33β4β2
1360:34β4β2
1325:35β4β2
1287:36β4β2
1246:37β4β2
1208:37β5β2
1173:37β5β3
1140:38β5β3
1107:39β5β3
1074:40β5β3
1039:40β5β4
1004:40β6β4
971:40β6β5
938:41β6β5
917:3 (20)
905:42β6β5
870:42β6β6
837:42β7β6
816:5 (20)
804:43β7β6
771:43β7β6
750:2 (15)
738:43β7β6
701:43β8β6
666:43β9β6
633:43β9β7
612:8 (20)
579:7 (12)
505:Record
502:Result
403:Chicago
386:Chicago
343:Ontario
152:⁄
108:British
90:Chicago
67:Ireland
2950:BoxRec
2725:3 (?)
2695:2 (?)
2665:4 (?)
2635:1 (?)
2605:6 (?)
2575:3 (?)
2545:3 (?)
2515:7 (?)
2453:3 (?)
2393:9 (?)
2069:9 (?)
2036:4 (?)
1970:7 (?)
1791:5 (?)
1409:4 (6)
1372:6 (?)
1339:1 (6)
523:Notes
514:Round
460:Draws
347:Canada
252:Legacy
207:Losses
162:Stance
140:Height
2948:from
2824:Notes
2504:10β0
2471:Draw
2346:Draw
2286:Loss
2188:Draw
1669:Loss
1598:Loss
1493:Loss
1205:Loss
1170:Draw
1036:Draw
1001:Loss
968:Draw
867:Draw
834:Loss
698:Loss
663:Loss
630:Draw
597:Loss
564:Loss
531:Draw
517:Date
511:Type
241:Irish
215:Draws
2929:2017
2907:2016
2782:PTS
2776:1β0
2773:Win
2752:PTS
2746:2β0
2743:Win
2716:3β0
2713:Win
2686:4β0
2683:Win
2656:5β0
2653:Win
2626:6β0
2623:Win
2596:7β0
2593:Win
2566:8β0
2563:Win
2542:TKO
2536:9β0
2533:Win
2501:Win
2480:PTS
2441:Win
2420:TKO
2411:Win
2390:TKO
2381:Win
2355:PTS
2325:TKO
2316:Win
2295:TKO
2265:RTD
2256:Win
2235:TKO
2226:Win
2202:NWS
2167:TKO
2155:Win
2120:Win
2099:TKO
2087:Win
2066:TKO
2054:Win
2033:TKO
2021:Win
2000:TKO
1988:Win
1967:TKO
1955:Win
1882:Win
1844:Win
1788:TKO
1776:Win
1752:TKO
1740:Win
1716:TKO
1704:Win
1683:PTS
1633:Win
1577:PTS
1563:Win
1542:TKO
1528:Win
1507:PTS
1460:Win
1439:PTS
1427:Win
1369:TKO
1357:Win
1322:Win
1298:RTD
1284:Win
1272:Won
1257:TKO
1243:Win
1219:PTS
1184:PTS
1149:PTS
1137:Win
1116:PTS
1104:Win
1071:Win
1050:PTS
1015:PTS
980:PTS
947:PTS
935:Win
902:Win
881:PTS
846:TKO
801:Win
780:NWS
768:Win
712:TKO
642:PTS
576:TKO
543:PTS
487:All
191:Wins
98:U.S.
79:Died
71:U.K.
40:Born
2722:KO
2692:KO
2662:KO
2632:KO
2602:KO
2572:KO
2512:KO
2498:10
2483:10
2468:11
2450:KO
2438:12
2408:13
2378:14
2343:15
2313:16
2283:17
2253:18
2223:19
2205:15
2193:(1)
2185:20
2160:(1)
2152:21
2134:DQ
2125:(1)
2117:22
2092:(1)
2084:23
2059:(1)
2051:24
2026:(1)
2018:25
1993:(1)
1985:26
1960:(1)
1952:27
1937:15
1934:NC
1925:(2)
1915:28
1894:DQ
1887:(2)
1879:29
1858:DQ
1849:(2)
1841:30
1823:ND
1816:(3)
1806:31
1781:(3)
1773:32
1745:(3)
1737:33
1709:(3)
1701:34
1686:20
1674:(3)
1666:35
1645:KO
1638:(3)
1630:36
1612:DQ
1603:(3)
1595:37
1580:20
1568:(3)
1560:38
1533:(3)
1525:39
1510:20
1498:(3)
1490:40
1472:UD
1465:(3)
1457:41
1432:(3)
1424:42
1406:NC
1397:(4)
1387:43
1362:(4)
1354:44
1336:KO
1327:(4)
1319:45
1289:(4)
1281:46
1248:(4)
1240:47
1222:20
1210:(4)
1202:48
1187:15
1175:(4)
1167:49
1142:(4)
1134:50
1109:(4)
1101:51
1083:UD
1076:(4)
1068:52
1041:(4)
1033:53
1006:(4)
998:54
973:(4)
965:55
940:(4)
932:56
914:KO
907:(4)
899:57
884:10
872:(4)
864:58
839:(4)
831:59
813:KO
806:(4)
798:60
773:(5)
765:61
747:NC
740:(6)
730:62
703:(6)
695:63
677:KO
668:(6)
660:64
645:20
635:(6)
627:65
609:KO
602:(6)
594:66
569:(6)
561:67
546:10
536:(6)
528:68
498:No.
430:31
3000::
2870:^
2785:4
2770:1
2755:4
2740:2
2710:3
2680:4
2650:5
2620:6
2590:7
2560:8
2530:9
1919:NC
1826:3
1810:NC
1475:6
1442:6
1391:NC
1152:6
1119:6
1086:6
1053:6
1018:6
983:6
950:4
783:6
734:NC
481:2
471:4
463:8
455:1
452:3
444:4
441:9
433:6
345:,
210:11
202:31
194:45
186:68
145:11
96:,
92:,
69:,
64:,
60:,
2931:.
2909:.
226:1
218:9
154:2
150:1
147:+
52:)
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