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	Philadelphia Jack O'BRIEN
	Light-Heavyweight Male (James Francis Hagen) USA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Born: January 17, 1878, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Died: November 12, 1942, New York City, New York, USA Height: 5ft 10 1/2in, mt 1,78 Weight: 158 lbs (Irish-American)

No amateur results

Professional record


1896
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Dec. 14	Isadore Strauss	Philadelphia, USA	Draw 6
+ Dec. 19	George Russell	Philadelphia, USA	W 6
= Dec. 23	Bobby Dobbs	Chester, USA	Draw 4

1897
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 11	Bobby Dobbs	Conshohocken, USA	L 4
= Jan. 28	Martin Judge	Philadelphia, USA	Draw 6
+ Feb. 8	Isadore Strauss	Philadelphia, USA	Draw 6
+ Feb. 15	Dan McConnell	Philadelphia, USA	Draw 6
* Mar. 15	William Payne	Philadelphia, USA	NC 6
= Apr. 6	Bobby Dobbs	Philadelphia, USA	Draw 4
= Apr. 10	Young Smyrna	Chester, USA	Draw 4
+ June 3	Charles Kid McCarthy	Philadelphia, USA	W 6
= June 7	Barney Connors	Highlandtown, USA	Draw 15
= June 9	Paddy Sheehan	Reading, USA	Draw 4
+ June 25	Martin Judge	Reading, USA	W 6
+ June 27	Jack Hanlon	Reading, USA	W 6
+ Oct. 12	Joe Dougherty	Philadelphia, USA	KO 3

1898
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 1	Isadore Strauss	Philadelphia, USA	W 6
+ Jan. 10	Barney Connors	Baltimore, USA	W 8
+ Jan. 17	Paddy Sheehan	Reading, USA	W 6
+ Jan. 31	Young Smyrna	Philadelphia, USA	W 6
= Feb. 4	Wilmington Jack Daly	Philadelphia, USA	Draw 6
+ Feb. 14	Jack McCann	Philadelphia, USA	W 3
+ Apr. 1	William Payne	Philadelphia, USA	W 4
+ Apr. 10	Dick Kelly	Philadelphia, USA	W 4
= Nov. 6	Kid Carter	Brooklyn, USA	Draw 10
+ Nov. 26	Kid Carter	Brooklyn, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 17	Hugh McWinters	Brooklyn, USA	W 20

1899
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 7	Tom Cavanaugh	Philadelphia, USA	W 4
+ Jan. 7	Fred Stricker	Philadelphia, USA	W 4
+ Jan. 21	George Cole	Philadelphia, USA	W 6
+ Jan. 28	Jack Collier	Philadelphia, USA	W 6
* Feb. 11	William Payne	Philadelphia, USA	ND 4
* Feb. 11	Dick Kelly	Philadelphia, USA	ND 4
* Feb. 23	William Payne	Philadelphia, USA	ND 8
+ Mar. 20	George Cole	Trenton, USA	W 20
+ May 15	Tony Drew	Trenton, USA	KO 7
+ June 20	Kid Baxter	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ June 27	Walter Nolan	Chicago, USA	KO 4
+ July 21	Shorty Ahearn	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ Aug. 4	Tom McCune	Clinton, USA	KO 12
+ Aug. 29	Billy Murray	Dubuque, USA	KO 3
+ Sept. 15	Tom Tracey	Chicago, USA	W 6

1900
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 5	Al Neill	San Francisco, USA	Draw 15
- Feb. 14	Young Peter Jackson	San Francisco, USA	TKO by 13
+ Apr. 13	Bob Long	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ May 25	Jack Mahoney	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ June 7	Charley Bell	Iowa City, USA	KO 2
+ June 14	Jack Lewis	Des Moines, USA	KO 7
= June 18	Jim Adams	Des Moines, USA	Draw 5
= July 3	Jim Adams	Des Moines, USA	Draw 6
* Sept. 21	Andy Walsh	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Oct. 1	Jack Bonner	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ Oct. 8	George Cole	Trenton, USA	WDQ 10
* Oct. 15	Tommy West	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Oct. 29	Jimmy Handler	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Nov. 6	William Payne	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ Nov. 12	Jimmy Handler	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 6

1901
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 25	Harry Smith	Newcastle, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Mar. 20	Lachie Jack Thompson	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Mar. 24	Big Bourbon	Nice, France	TKO 9
+ May 20	George Chrisp	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO 11
+ June 25	Harry Neumeier	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO 6
+ Aug. 3	Jack Scales	Newcastle, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Aug. 19	Dido Plumb	Newcastle, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Sept. 3	Mike Lynch	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Sept. 23	Jack McDonald	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Sept. 23	Jasper White	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Sept. 30	Harry Smith	Leeds, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Sept. 30	Andy Robin	Leeds, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Nov. 7	Jack Scales	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Nov. 18	Frank Craig	Covent Garden, Great Britain	WDQ 7
+ Dec. 12	Yank Kenney	Liverpool, Great Britain	WDQ 12

1902
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 18	Frank Kelly	Edinburgh, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ Jan. 20	Pat McDonald	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Jan. 27	Charles McKeever	Leeds, Great Britain	WDQ 3
+ Feb. 1	Yank Kenney	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	WDQ 5
+ Mar. 3	Andy Walsh	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 3
* Mar. 10	Charles McKeever	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ Mar. 19	Ed Denfass	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 5
* Mar. 20	Rufus Graham	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
^ Mar. 26	Jack McCann	Reading, USA	Exh KO 2
^ Mar. 26	Morris Mahoney	Reading, USA	Exh 2
* Apr. 1	Charles McKeever	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Apr. 11	Joe Walcott	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Apr. 28	Young Peter Jackson	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* May 3	George Cole	Philadelphia, USA	ND 4
* May 10	Tom Lenihan	Philadelphia, USA	ND 2
* May 10	Jack Williams	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* May 23	Jack Bonner	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ June 2	Charles McKeever	Philadelphia, USA	KO 1
+ June 6	Al Neill	Chicago, USA	KO 3
* June 12	George Cole	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* June 16	Jack Bonner	Paterson, USA	ND 6
+ June 20	Yank Kenney	Philadelphia, USA	KO 3
+ June 30	Jim Driscoll	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ June 30	Jack Beauscholte	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ July 29	Jack Lewis	Mount Clemens, USA	KO 1
+ Sept. 12	Billy Stift	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ Sept. 29	Joe Choynski	Chicago, USA	W 6
* Oct. 3	Peter Maher	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Oct. 22	Jim Jeffords	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Oct. 30	Peter Maher	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Nov. 19	Marvin Hart	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Dec. 15	Charles McKeever	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ Dec. 18	Jim Watts	Philadelphia, USA	KO 4

1903
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 1	Al Weinig	Fort Erie, Canada	KO 12
* Jan. 8	Joe Grim	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ Feb. 26	Al Weinig	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 4
* Mar. 5	Jack Butler	Lancaster, USA	ND 6
* Mar. 9	Jim Jeffords	Allegheny, USA	ND 10
+ Mar. 19	William Payne	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 3
* Mar. 30	Joe Choynski	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
= Apr. 20	Joe Walcott	Boston, USA	Draw 10
* May 5	Marvin Hart	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ May 14	George Feeley	Philadelphia, USA	KO 3
* May 23	George Byers	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* May 26	Jack Williams	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
- June 11	Al Limerick	Shenandoah, USA	KO by 3
+ June 24	Jack Bonner	Mauch Chunk, USA	W 10
* July 1	Kid Carter	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* July 11	Jim Jeffords	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* July 21	Paddy Sheehan	Bethlehem, USA	ND 6
+ Sept. 21	Charlie Haghey	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Oct. 12	Jack Mullen	Newcastle, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 26	Bill Heveron	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO 5
* Nov. 18	Jack Twin Sullivan	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ Dec. 5	Jack Williams	Philadelphia, USA	KO 3
+ Dec. 12	Mike Schreck	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ Dec. 18	Diamond Dick Torpey	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ Dec. 22	Jack Twin Sullivan	Boston, USA	W 15
* Dec. 24	Jim Jeffords	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
= Dec. 29	Hugo Kelly	Kansas City, USA	Draw 10

1904
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Jan. 27	Tommy Ryan	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ Feb. 22	Charles Mack	Chicago, USA	TKO 3
+ Mar. 10	Mike Schreck	Saint Louis, USA	W 15
+ Mar. 18	Hugo Kelly	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ Apr. 14	Jack Twin Sullivan	Saint Louis, USA	KO 3
+ Apr. 26	Kid Carter	Webster, USA	TKO 3
* May 14	Charles Kid McCoy	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* May 25	George Cole	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* July 23	Bob Fitzsimmons	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
(For World Light-Heavyweight Title)
* Sept. 13	Hugo Kelly	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ Sept. 23	Billy Stift	Baltimore, USA	KO 2
+ Sept. 29	Joe Butler	Philadelphia, USA	KO 1
+ Oct. 7	Tommy Burns	Milwaukee, USA	W 6
+ Oct. 21	Jim Jeffords	Baltimore, USA	KO 3
* Nov. 9	John Wille	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Nov. 12	Dixie Kid	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Nov. 17	Black Bill	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Dec. 10	Larry Temple	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Dec. 19	Morris Harris	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6

1905
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 1	John Wille	Philadelphia, USA	WDQ 6
+ Mar. 24	Young Peter Jackson	Baltimore, USA	WDQ 2
+ Apr. 7	Young Peter Jackson	Baltimore, USA	W 10
- Apr. 25	Hugo Kelly	Indianapolis, USA	L 10
= July 4	Jack Twin Sullivan	Dawson City, Canada	Draw 20
+ Aug. 31	Bill Bates	Dawson City, Canada	W 10
+ Sept. 9	Bill Bates	Fairbanks, USA	WDQ 6
+ Oct. 27	Al Kaufmann	San Francisco, USA	KO 17
+ Dec. 20	Bob Fitzsimmons	San Francisco, USA	TKO 13
(Won World Light-Heavyweight Title)

1906
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* July 16	Samuel Berger	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ Aug. 20	Ted Beecham	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Oct. 16	Fred Cooley	Los Angeles, USA	KO 3
+ Oct. 16	Jim Tremble	Los Angeles, USA	KO 9
= Nov. 28	Tommy Burns	Los Angeles, USA	Draw 20
(For World Heavyweight Title)

1907
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 22	Abdul the Turk Malgan	Los Angeles, USA	WDQ 5
- May 8	Tommy Burns	Los Angeles, USA	L 20
(For World Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 13	Bill Heveron	Philadelphia, USA	KO 1

1908
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 11	Bob Ward	Charleston, USA	W 10
* Mar. 2	Jack Bonner	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
^ Apr. 4	Anthony J. Drexel Biddle	Philadelphia, USA	Exh 4
* June 10	Jack Blackburn	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ Aug. 29	Jack Rush	Clarksburg, USA	KO 7
* Sept. 7	Larry Temple	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
^ Sept. 23	Anthony J. Drexel Biddle	Philadelphia, USA	Exh 4
+ Sept. 25	Tom Lenihan	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 4
* Nov. 9	George Cole	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Nov. 25	Al Kubiak	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6

1909
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
^ Jan. 1	Jack Cooper	Philadelphia, USA	Exh 2
^ Jan. 4	Jack Reed	Philadelphia, USA	Exh 2
^ Jan. 4	Fred Cooley	Philadelphia, USA	Exh 2
^ Feb. 11	Anthony J. Drexel Biddle	Philadelphia, USA	Exh 4
* Mar. 26	Stanley Ketchel	New York, USA	ND 10
* May 19	Jack Johnson	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
(For World Heavyweight Title)
- June 9	Stanley Ketchel	Philadelphia, USA	TKO by 3
* July 30	Fireman Jim Flynn	Denver, USA	ND 6
* Nov. 25	Al Kubiak	Shamokin, USA	ND 6
* Nov. 29	Charley Stevenson	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6

1910
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Jan. 19	Al Kaufmann	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* Apr. 21	Al Kaufmann	Pittsburgh, USA	ND 6
(For World Heavyweight Title)
+ May 2	Mike Schreck	Lexington, USA	W 10

1911
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Aug. 15	Sam Langford	New York, USA	TKO by 5
* Nov. 27	Harry Ramsey	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6

1912
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 17	Ben Koch	Philadelphia, USA	6

Summary

Total bouts: 186, Won: 101 (51 inside the limit), Lost: 8 (4 inside the limit), Draw: 18, NC: 1, ND: 60

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