Billy McCarthy
Middleweight · United Kingdom

Billy McCarthy

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Billy McCarthy was a middleweight boxer from United Kingdom, born 1854. Billy McCarthy last fought Tommy Ryan on Dec 21, 1896 and lost by TKO in round 7 of 20.

Also: William Patrick McCarthy
Born1854
Died1931
Country🇬🇧 United Kingdom
StanceOrthodox
NicknameBluey · Professor
DebutAug 25, 1886
Career1886–1896
Rounds boxed71
Born inPoplar, London, England
Boxerbook ratinginactive since Dec 1896Why here ›
Confirmed bouts0 of 9

Career record

Record
No record compiled yet

Last result

L
Tommy Ryan 🇺🇸
TKO 7/20 · Empire A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
1896-12-21 ›
✓ one source

The record

Known bouts: 9, 1886–1896

Record not yet compiled — only bouts reported from opponents' records are shown

Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 9, Wikipedia (ru) · 1

L
Tommy Ryan 🇺🇸
TKO 7/20 · Empire A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
McCarthy — · Ryan 37-1-9
1896-12-21 ›
✓ one source
D
Nonpareil Dempsey 🇮🇪
PTS 20/20 · Auditorium Club, New Orleans
McCarthy — · Dempsey 52-3-10
1895-09-05 ›
✓ one source
NC
Solly Smith 🇺🇸
4 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
McCarthy — · Smith 18-4-8
1895-03-16 ›
✓ one source
L
Mysterious Billy Smith 🇨🇦
PTS 6/6 · 2nd Regiment Armory, Chicago, 🇺🇸
McCarthy — · Smith 8-3-4
1893-09-20 ›
✓ one source
L
Bob Fitzsimmons 🇺🇸
RTD 10 · California Athletic Club, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
McCarthy — · Fitzsimmons 21-6-14
1890-05-29 ›
✓ one source
L
Nonpareil Dempsey 🇮🇪
For world middleweight title
TKO 28 · California A.C., San Francisco
McCarthy — · Dempsey 50-1-10
1890-02-18 ›
✓ one source
NC
Joe Choynski 🇺🇸
4 · California A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
McCarthy — · Choynski 3-3-0
1889-08-27 ›
✓ one source
D
Bob Fitzsimmons 🇺🇸
4 · Foley's Hall, Sydney, 🇦🇺
McCarthy — · Fitzsimmons 11-5-7
1888-02-11 ›
✓ one source
D
Peter Jackson 🇺🇸
4 · Foley's Hall, Sydney, 🇦🇺
McCarthy — · Jackson 11-2-3
1886-08-25 ›
✓ one source

Ratings now

Not in any current ranking.

World titles

No world title reigns recorded.

Facts

Who did Billy McCarthy fight last?
Billy McCarthy last fought Tommy Ryan on Dec 21, 1896 and lost by TKO in round 7 of 20.

Sources

Boxerbook ID 2643 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/2643. Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.

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