What is Harris Martin's record?

Harris Martin's professional record is 55-12-15, 2 NC with 41 knockouts.

Middleweight · United States

Harris Martin

55-12-15, 2 NC 41 KO · 1886–1900

Harris Martin was a middleweight boxer from United States, born 1865. Record 55-12-15, 2 NC with 41 knockouts over 1886–1900. Harris Martin last fought Mr. Thomas on Dec 15, 1900 and won by TKO in round 4.

Also: هاريس مارتن

Born1865

Died1903

Country🇺🇸 United States

NicknameThe Black Pearl

DebutMar 19, 1886

Career1886–1900

Rounds boxed598

KO share75%

Born inWashington, D.C., U.S.

TitlesNorthwest middleweight title 1890

Boxerbook ratinginactive since Dec 1900Why here ›

Confirmed bouts5 of 84

Career record

Record

55-12-15, 2 NC, 41 KOs · 1886–1900

Last result

Mr. Thomas

TKO 4 · Clark and Langes Clubroom, Salt Lake City, 🇺🇸

1900-12-15 ›
✓ one source

The record

84 bouts, 1886–1900, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.

Mr. Thomas

TKO 4 · Clark and Langes Clubroom, Salt Lake City, 🇺🇸

Martin 54-12-15 · Thomas —

1900-12-15 ›
✓ one source

Young Peter Jackson 🇺🇸

KO 2 · Germania Hall, Seattle, 🇺🇸

Martin 54-11-15 · Jackson 31-3-6

1899-12-20 ›
✓✓ two sources

Jim Sellars

PTS 8/8 · Sioux City A.C., Sioux City, 🇺🇸

Martin 54-11-14 · Sellars —

1899-10-20 ›
✓ one source

Con Jacobus

TKO 4 · Woodland Park, Sioux City, 🇺🇸

Martin 54-10-14 · Jacobus —

1899-09-18 ›
✓ one source

Jim Sellars

PTS 10/10 · Opera House, Sioux City, 🇺🇸

Martin 54-10-13 · Sellars —

1899-09-13 ›
✓ one source

Charley Holcombe

6 · Nonpareil A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

Martin 54-9-13 · Holcombe —

1897-02-06 ›
✓ one source

Andy Watson

PTS 4/4 · Nonpareil A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

Martin 54-8-13 · Watson —

1897-01-16 ›
✓ one source

Jack Ramsey

PTS 20/20 · Fort Collins, Colorado, 🇺🇸

Martin 54-8-12 · Ramsey —

1894-03-03 ›
✓ one source

Bobby Dobbs

KO 19 · Armory, San Francisco, 🇺🇸

Martin 54-7-12 · Dobbs —

1893-01-30 ›
✓ one source

Joe King

KO 36 · California A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸

Martin 54-6-12 · King —

1892-10-21 ›
✓ one source

Tom Harrington

KO 2 · Pacific A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸

Martin 53-6-12 · Harrington —

1892-05-31 ›
✓ one source

Jimmy Lawler

PTS 10/10 · California A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸

Martin 53-6-11 · Lawler —

1892-04-18 ›
✓ one source

Ed Moehler

KO 2 · San Francisco, California, 🇺🇸

Martin 52-6-11 · Moehler —

1892-04-07 ›
✓ one source

Hank Griffin 🇺🇸

KO 4 · Location unknown

Martin 52-5-11 · Griffin —

1892-04-01 ›
✓ one source

Charley Turner 🇺🇸

KO 19 · Occidental A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸

Martin 52-4-11 · Turner —

1892-02-29 ›
✓ one source

Ed Binney 🇺🇸

Lost world colored middleweight title

RTD 25 · California A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸

Martin 52-3-11 · Binney —

1891-11-30 ›
✓ one source

Paddy Gorman

KO 4 · Pacific A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸

Martin 51-3-11 · Gorman —

1891-10-26 ›
✓ one source

Spike Trainor

4 · Arion Hall, Great Falls, 🇺🇸

Martin 51-3-11 · Trainor —

1891-09-05 ›
✓ one source

George Gannon

KO 3 · Falke's Garden, Butte, 🇺🇸

Martin 50-3-11 · Gannon —

1891-08-23 ›
✓ one source

Joe Ellingsworth

KO 5 · Twin City A.C., Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 49-3-11 · Ellingsworth —

1891-07-21 ›
✓ one source

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Tom Murray

KO 7 · Twin City A.C., Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 48-3-11 · Murray —

1891-05-29 ›
✓ one source

Mike Sullivan

KO 1 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 47-3-11 · Sullivan —

1891-05-16 ›
✓ one source

Jerry Heggerty

PTS 5/5 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 47-2-11 · Heggerty —

1891-05-12 ›
✓ one source

Frank Lewis

TKO 5/6 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 46-2-11 · Lewis —

1891-05-07 ›
✓ one source

Bob Fitzsimmons 🇺🇸

4 · Washington Rink, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 46-2-11 · Fitzsimmons 27-6-14

1891-05-01 ›
✓✓ two sources

Denny Kelliher

For Northwest middleweight title

PTS 10/10 · Newmarket Theatre, Saint Paul, 🇺🇸

Martin 46-2-10 · Kelliher —

1891-02-10 ›
✓ one source

Jim Hightower

KO 3 · Omaha, Nebraska, 🇺🇸

Martin 45-2-10 · Hightower —

1890-11-20 ›
✓ one source

Denny Kelliher

Retained Northwest middleweight title

PTS 20/20 · Twin City A.C., Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 44-2-10 · Kelliher —

1890-11-03 ›
✓ one source

Jim Hightower

PTS 8/8 · Saint Joseph, Missouri, 🇺🇸

Martin 43-2-10 · Hightower —

1890-09-09 ›
✓ one source

Frank Lewis

PTS 8/8 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 43-2-9 · Lewis —

1890-06-27 ›
✓ one source

Dick Moore

Retained Northwest middleweight title

TKO 4/6 · Olympic Theater, Saint Paul, 🇺🇸

Martin 42-2-9 · Moore —

1890-05-23 ›
✓ one source

Dick Moore

Won vacant Northwest middleweight title

KO 7 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 41-2-9 · Moore —

1890-02-03 ›
✓ one source

Ed Moehler

KO 8 · Comique Theater, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 40-2-9 · Moehler —

1888-12-09 ›
✓ one source

James Aster

KO 1 · Comique Theater, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 39-2-9 · Aster —

1888-10-05 ›
✓ one source

Charles Hadley 🇺🇸

KO 1/6 · Theatre Comique, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 38-2-9 · Hadley 21-13-5

1888-08-31 ›
✓ one source

Charles Hadley 🇺🇸

PTS 8/8 · Theatre Comique, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 38-2-8 · Hadley 21-13-4

1888-08-10 ›
✓✓ two sources

James Legger

PTS 10/10 · Comique Theater, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 38-2-7 · Legger —

1888-08-03 ›
✓ one source

J.P. Smith

KO 4 · Lake City, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 37-2-7 · Smith —

1888-07-14 ›
✓ one source

Dick Haley

PTS 4/4 · Cominique Theater, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 36-2-7 · Haley —

1888-06-15 ›
✓ one source

J.P. Donner

PTS 10/10 · Theatre Comique, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 35-2-7 · Donner —

1888-06-01 ›
✓ one source

John Dwyer

KO 2 · Theatre Comique, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 34-2-7 · Dwyer —

1888-05-25 ›
✓ one source

Charles Gleason

PTS 6/6 · Cominique Theater, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 33-2-7 · Gleason —

1888-05-18 ›
✓ one source

Ed Harris

PTS 4/4 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 32-2-7 · Harris —

1888-04-08 ›
✓ one source

Hunter Briscoe

KO 6/8 · Comique Theater, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 31-2-7 · Briscoe —

1888-03-02 ›
✓ one source

Ed Moehler

PTS 8/8 · Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸

Martin 30-2-7 · Moehler —

1887-12-30 ›
✓ one source

Frank Taylor

PTS 10/10 · Ashland, Wisconsin, 🇺🇸

Martin 30-2-6 · Taylor —

1887-12-10 ›
✓ one source

James Legger

DQ 13/15 · Theatre Comique, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 29-2-6 · Legger —

1887-11-11 ›
✓ one source

James Legger

TKO 5/10 · Theatre Comique, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 28-2-6 · Legger —

1887-11-01 ›
✓ one source

Paddy Norton

KO 3 · Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 27-2-6 · Norton —

1887-09-06 ›
✓ one source

OH Smith

PTS 4/4 · Washington Roller Rink, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 26-2-6 · Smith —

1887-08-05 ›
✓ one source

Tom Jackson

KO 5 · Comique Theater, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 25-2-6 · Jackson —

1887-07-15 ›
✓ one source

Frank Taylor

Won inaugural world colored middleweight title

KO 38 · Woods outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 24-2-6 · Taylor —

1887-05-02 ›
✓ one source

Desperate Coon

TKO 3/4 · Olympic Theater, Saint Paul, 🇺🇸

Martin 23-2-6 · Coon —

1887-04-22 ›
✓ one source

Charles Hadley 🇺🇸

PTS 10/10 · Olympic Theater, Saint Paul, 🇺🇸

Martin 22-2-6 · Hadley 20-12-4

1887-04-15 ›
✓✓ two sources

Frank Taylor

PTS 12/12 · Olympic Theater, Saint Paul, 🇺🇸

Martin 22-2-5 · Taylor —

1887-04-01 ›
✓ one source

Charles Hadley 🇺🇸

PTS 8/8 · Comique Theater, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 21-2-5 · Hadley 20-10-4

1887-03-25 ›
✓✓ two sources

Frank Taylor

PTS 10/10 · Comique Theater, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 21-2-4 · Taylor —

1887-03-18 ›
✓ one source

Dan Sommers

KO 4 · Comique Theater, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 20-2-4 · Sommers —

1887-03-11 ›
✓ one source

Tom Devine

KO 5/5 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 19-2-4 · Devine —

1887-03-03 ›
✓ one source

Will Young

KO 2 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 18-2-4 · Young —

1887-02-27 ›
✓ one source

Black Strap

KO 4/10 · Comique Theater, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 17-2-4 · Strap —

1887-02-18 ›
✓ one source

Jim O'Brien

KO 4 · Exposition Hall, Saint Paul, 🇺🇸

Martin 16-2-4 · O'Brien —

1887-02-07 ›
✓ one source

Dan Manning

PTS 10/10 · Comique Theater, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 16-2-3 · Manning —

1887-01-28 ›
✓ one source

Frank Taylor

PTS 15/15 · Comique Theater, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 15-2-3 · Taylor —

1887-01-21 ›
✓ one source

Dan Sommers

KO 3 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 14-2-3 · Sommers —

1887-01-07 ›
✓ one source

George Gannon

KO 11 · Cribbe Club Room, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸

Martin 13-2-3 · Gannon —

1887-01-03 ›
✓ one source

Frank Taylor

PTS 10/10 · Olympic Theater, Saint Paul, 🇺🇸

Martin 13-1-3 · Taylor —

1886-12-22 ›
✓ one source

Young McKay

KO 4/8 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 12-1-3 · McKay —

1886-12-21 ›
✓ one source

Dan Sommers

TKO 7 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 11-1-3 · Sommers —

1886-12-05 ›
✓ one source

Black Strap

PTS 4/4 · Clarks Club, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

Martin 10-1-3 · Strap —

1886-12-03 ›
✓ one source

Jim O'Brien

PTS 4/4 · Exposition Rink, Saint Paul, 🇺🇸

Martin 10-1-2 · O'Brien —

1886-12-02 ›
✓ one source

Cass Brown

PTS 8/8 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸

Martin 9-1-2 · Brown —

1886-11-14 ›
✓ one source

Billy Young

KO 9 · Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

Martin 8-1-2 · Young —

1886-09-27 ›
✓ one source

Jack Murphy

KO 3 · Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

Martin 7-1-2 · Murphy —

1886-09-07 ›
✓ one source

Billy Young

KO 9 · Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

Martin 6-1-2 · Young —

1886-09-06 ›
✓ one source

Joe Butler 🇺🇸

PTS 4/4 · Clark's Club, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

Martin 6-0-2 · Butler —

1886-08-07 ›
✓ one source

Tom Henderson

KO 3 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

Martin 5-0-2 · Henderson —

1886-07-03 ›
✓ one source

Mike Highland

PTS 4/4 · Clark's Club, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

Martin 5-0-1 · Highland —

1886-06-22 ›
✓ one source

Charles Johnson

KO 3/4 · Clark's Club, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

Martin 4-0-1 · Johnson —

1886-06-16 ›
✓ one source

Bill Boughbly

KO 3 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

Martin 3-0-1 · Boughbly —

1886-06-11 ›
✓ one source

Bill Travers

KO 1/4 · Clark's Club, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

Martin 2-0-1 · Travers —

1886-06-04 ›
✓ one source

Bill Davis

KO 3/4 · Clark's Club, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

Martin 1-0-1 · Davis —

1886-05-18 ›
✓ one source

Tom Henderson

KO 5 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

Martin 0-0-1 · Henderson —

1886-05-08 ›
✓ one source

Jack Burke

PTS 4/4 · Cincinnati, Ohio, 🇺🇸

Martin 0-0-0 · Burke —

1886-03-19 ›
✓ one source

Ratings now

Not in any current ranking.

World titles

No world title reigns recorded.

Facts

What is Harris Martin's record?: Harris Martin's professional record is 55-12-15, 2 NC with 41 knockouts.
Who did Harris Martin fight last?: Harris Martin last fought Mr. Thomas on Dec 15, 1900 and won by TKO in round 4.

Sources

Boxerbook ID 13862 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/13862. Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Last fetched: 2026-10-11. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.

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