Jimmy Walsh (American boxer)
| Jimmy Walsh | |
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Walsh as a young boxer circa 1912
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| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Bantamweight |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Reach | 63.5 in (161 cm) |
| Nationality |
 American |
| Born | July 18, 1883 |
| Died | November 23, 1964 (aged 81) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 135 |
| Wins | 46 |
| Wins by KO | 14 |
| Losses | 19 |
| Draws | 27 |
| No contests | 1 |
Jimmy Walsh (July 18, 1883 – November 23, 1964) was an American boxer who claimed the World Bantamweight Championship on March 29, 1905, when he defeated Monte Attell, in a controversial six-round bout at the National Athletic Club in Philadelphia. His claim was recognized by the World Boxing Association, at the time the National Boxing Association. The fight ended in a disqualification called by the referee when Walsh sent a low right hook that landed below the belt of Attell. Most sources believed Walsh had led throughout the fight and that the blow should have been considered legal, which may be why Walsh was credited with the title by the National Boxing Association.
He fought Abe Attell unsuccessfully three times in World Featherweight Title matches, and Johnny Kilbane in one. He was managed through most of his career by Eddie E. Keevin, who also managed Sam Langford.
Boxing as an amateur as early as 1901, Walsh began boxing professionally around 1902 in the Boston area, winning all but one of his better publicized fights between April 1902 and March 1904.
Walsh fought Albert "Al" Delmont eleven times, winning seven, losing once, and drawing three times. At least five of these meetings were early in his career in 1902, and six of these bouts are recorded in his BoxRec record.
He fought Patsy McKenna twice in November and December 1902 in Boston and then Salem, Massachusetts, drawing in six rounds both times.
His victory against Johnny Sheehan on February 20, 1903, in Boston was booked as the "105 pound championship of the East" and was one of his first eight-round bouts, in an early career that took place almost exclusively at Boston boxing clubs and almost always in six-round bouts.
His bout against Willie Shumaker on March 26, 1903 at the Essex Athletic Club in Boston was billed as the American 105 pound title and ended in a ten-round points decision in his favor, though he was down in the first round.
Walsh's boxing dominance was becoming more apparent by 1904. On March 3, 1904, in a twelve-round bout at the Riverview Athletic Club with Jack Desmond in Lowell, Massachusetts, Walsh's opponent was in a dazed condition by the third round, and it became apparent to those present, Desmond "was not in Walsh's class." The draw ruling, in the opinion of the Boston Post, was a clear victory for Walsh as they wrote Desmond "nearly collapsed" by the final round.
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