Welterweight · United States
Honey Mellody 51-33-23 30 KO · 1902–1913
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Updated Oct 12, 2026 · Sources: Wikidata, English Wikipedia
Honey Mellody was a welterweight boxer from United States, born Jan 15, 1884. Record 51-33-23 with 30 knockouts over 1902–1913. Honey Mellody last fought Harry Price on Feb 25, 1913 and lost by PTS over 10 rounds.
Also: ハニー・メロディ · William "Honey" Mellody · William J. Mellody
Born Jan 15, 1884
Died Mar 2, 1919
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Nickname Honey
Debut Apr 29, 1902
Career 1902–1913
Rounds boxed 773
KO share 59%
Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Titles World welterweight title 1907
Confirmed bouts 4 of 107
Career record Record
51-33-23, 30 KOs · 1902–1913
Last result L
Harry Price
PTS 10/10 · Brooklyn Beach A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
The record 107 bouts, 1902–1913, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
L
Harry Price
PTS 10/10 · Brooklyn Beach A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Mellody 51-32-23 · Price —
W
Dave Powers
PTS 10/10 · Unity Cycle Club, Lawrence, 🇺🇸
Mellody 50-32-23 · Powers —
L
12 · Hammond Hall, Putnam, 🇺🇸
Mellody 50-31-23 · Burns 45-4-9
L
Terry Mitchell
10 · Clermont Avenue Rink, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Mellody 50-30-23 · Mitchell —
L
Terry Martin
PTS 12/12 · Manchester, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸
Mellody 50-29-23 · Martin —
L
Al Rogers
PTS 15/15 · Momumental Theater, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Mellody 50-28-23 · Rogers —
W
Billy West
DQ 7/10 · Sharkey A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Mellody 49-28-23 · West —
D
Tommy Furey
PTS 10/10 · Lake Shore A.C., Worcester, 🇺🇸
Mellody 49-28-22 · Furey —
D
PTS 12/12 · New Bedford, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸
Mellody 49-28-21 · Burns 44-4-8
W
Billy West
10 · Long Acre A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Mellody 48-28-21 · West —
D
Frank Perron
PTS 12/12 · New Bedford A.A., New Bedford, 🇺🇸
Mellody 48-28-20 · Perron —
L
Joe Heffernan
6 · American A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Mellody 48-27-20 · Heffernan —
D
Jimmy Moriarty
PTS 12/12 · Higgins Hall, Lowell, 🇺🇸
Mellody 48-27-19 · Moriarty —
D
Kid Fleming
6 · Auditorium Annex, Bangor, 🇺🇸
Mellody 48-27-18 · Fleming —
D
Young Nitchie
PTS 8/8 · Northern Berkshire A.C., Adams, 🇺🇸
Mellody 48-27-17 · Nitchie —
W
Ellis Sanborn
TKO 3 · Auditorium Annex, Bangor, 🇺🇸
Mellody 47-27-17 · Sanborn —
L
Terry Martin
6 · Exposition Building, Portland, 🇺🇸
Mellody 47-26-17 · Martin —
W
Jim Mitchen
TKO 4 · Johnstown Flood Building, Coney Island, 🇺🇸
Mellody 46-26-17 · Mitchen —
D
6 · American A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Mellody 46-26-16 · Griffo 118-12-67
L
Charley Lawrence
10 · National S.C., White Plains, 🇺🇸
Mellody 46-25-16 · Lawrence —
Show all 107 bouts W
Joe Stein
10 · Brooklyn Beach A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Mellody 45-25-16 · Stein —
W
Joe Stein
10 · Brown's Gym A.A., Far Rockaway, 🇺🇸
Mellody 44-25-16 · Stein —
L
Willie KO Brennan
PTS 10/10 · Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Mellody 44-24-16 · Brennan —
L
Joe Stein
10 · Brown's Gym A.A., Far Rockaway, 🇺🇸
Mellody 44-23-16 · Stein —
L
Frank Perron
10 · Perry A.C., Newport, 🇺🇸
Mellody 44-22-16 · Perron —
L
Bill Hurley
10 · Casino A.C., Glens Falls, 🇺🇸
Mellody 44-21-16 · Hurley —
L
Paddy Lavin
10 · International A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Mellody 44-20-16 · Lavin —
L
Jimmy Perry
6 · Old City Hall, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Mellody 44-19-16 · Perry —
D
Maurice Lemoine
PTS 12/12 · Lakeside A.C., Webster, 🇺🇸
Mellody 44-19-15 · Lemoine —
L
Kid Shea
12 · City Hall, Augusta, 🇺🇸
Mellody 44-18-15 · Shea —
D
Frank Perron
PTS 12/12 · Fairview A.C., Southbridge, 🇺🇸
Mellody 44-18-14 · Perron —
D
Frank Perron
PTS 12/12 · Southbridge, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸
Mellody 44-18-13 · Perron —
W
Maurice Lemoine
KO 10/12 · Lakeside A.C., Webster, 🇺🇸
Mellody 43-18-13 · Lemoine —
L
Kid Shea
6 · Opera House, Houlton, 🇺🇸
Mellody 43-17-13 · Shea —
L
Jimmy Moriarty
PTS 12/12 · Washington Park, Lowell, 🇺🇸
Mellody 43-16-13 · Moriarty —
D
Terry Martin
PTS 15/15 · Rhode Island A.C., Thornton, 🇺🇸
Mellody 43-16-12 · Martin —
L
Young Loughrey
PTS 10/10 · Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 43-15-12 · Loughrey —
W
Jimmy Moriarty
PTS 8/8 · Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 42-15-12 · Moriarty —
W
Unk Russell
PTS 8/8 · Armory A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 41-15-12 · Russell —
D
Jimmy Moriarty
PTS 12/12 · Associate Hall, Lowell, 🇺🇸
Mellody 41-15-11 · Moriarty —
W
Young Jack Johnson
PTS 12/12 · Union A.C., Brockton, 🇺🇸
Mellody 40-15-11 · Johnson —
W
Frank Perron
PTS 10/10 · Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 39-15-11 · Perron —
L
Kyle Whitney
10 · National A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 39-14-11 · Whitney —
W
Billy Rolfe
PTS 12/12 · National A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 38-14-11 · Rolfe —
L
Terry Martin
PTS 15/15 · Queen City A.C., Manchester, 🇺🇸
Mellody 38-13-11 · Martin —
D
Billy Rolfe
PTS 12/12 · Armory A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 38-13-10 · Rolfe —
W
Curly Watson
KO 5/10 · Tivoli Boxing-Hall, Paris, 🇫🇷
Mellody 37-13-10 · Watson —
L
KO 4/20 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Mellody 37-12-10 · Lewis —
L
For world welterweight title claim KO 4/12 · Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 37-11-10 · Lewis 66-24-18
L
Unk Russell
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Mellody 37-10-10 · Russell —
L
Frank Mantell
Promoted as a world welterweight title bout KO 15/20 · Gymnastic Club, Dayton, 🇺🇸
Mellody 37-9-10 · Mantell —
W
Jim Donovan
TKO 7/10 · Brown's Gym A.A., Far Rockaway, 🇺🇸
Mellody 36-9-10 · Donovan —
L
Lost world welterweight title PTS 20/20 · Naud Junction Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Mellody 36-8-10 · Sullivan 18-5-13
L
Joe Thomas
6 · Valley Falls A.C., Valley Falls, 🇺🇸
Mellody 36-7-10 · Thomas —
W
TKO 4/15 · Valley Falls A.C., Valley Falls, 🇺🇸
Mellody 35-7-10 · Lewis —
W
Terry Martin
Retained world welterweight title PTS 15/15 · City Hall, Augusta, 🇺🇸
Mellody 34-7-10 · Martin —
W
For world welterweight title TKO 12/15 · Lincoln A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Mellody 33-7-10 · Walcott 83-16-18
W
Won world welterweight title PTS 15/15 · Lincoln A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Mellody 32-7-10 · Walcott 83-15-18
L
Joe Thomas
TKO 11/15 · Lincoln A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Mellody 32-6-10 · Thomas —
W
KO 3/15 · Lincoln A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Mellody 31-6-10 · Lewis —
D
Jack Dougherty
PTS 8/8 · Panorama Building, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mellody 31-6-9 · Dougherty —
W
Charlie McKeever
KO 6/15 · Lincoln A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Mellody 30-6-9 · McKeever —
W
Charlie McKeever
KO 11/15 · Lincoln A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Mellody 29-6-9 · McKeever —
W
Terry Martin
KO 11/15 · Lincoln A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Mellody 28-6-9 · Martin —
W
Terry Martin
KO 12/15 · Lincoln A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Mellody 27-6-9 · Martin —
W
Jack O'Keefe
KO 14 · Spokane Amateur A.C., Spokane, 🇺🇸
Mellody 26-6-9 · O'Keefe —
W
George Peterson
KO 10/20 · Spokane Amateur A.C., Spokane, 🇺🇸
Mellody 25-6-9 · Peterson —
D
Dick Fitzpatrick
PTS 6/6 · Chicago A.A., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Mellody 25-6-8 · Fitzpatrick —
W
Martin Duffy
KO 1/20 · Spokane Amateur A.C., Spokane, 🇺🇸
Mellody 24-6-8 · Duffy —
W
Jerry McCarthy
KO 11 · Spokane Amateur A.C., Spokane, 🇺🇸
Mellody 23-6-8 · McCarthy —
W
Jerry McCarthy
KO 15/20 · Silver Bow A.C., Butte, 🇺🇸
Mellody 22-6-8 · McCarthy —
D
Tommy Sullivan
PTS 12/12 · West End A.C., Lawrence, 🇺🇸
Mellody 22-6-7 · Sullivan —
W
Fred Douglas
KO 7 · Highland A.C., Marlborough, 🇺🇸
Mellody 21-6-7 · Douglas —
L
Buddy Ryan
Lost world white welterweight title claim KO 1/10 · Harlem A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Mellody 21-5-7 · Ryan —
D
Dick Fitzpatrick
PTS 6/6 · Chicago A.A., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Mellody 21-5-6 · Fitzpatrick —
W
Jack O'Keefe
Retained world white welterweight title claim PTS 10/10 · Blue Island A.C., Blue Island, 🇺🇸
Mellody 20-5-6 · O'Keefe —
D
Jack O'Keefe
For world white welterweight title claim PTS 20/20 · Broadway Theater, Butte, 🇺🇸
Mellody 20-5-5 · O'Keefe —
W
George Memsic
PTS 6/6 · Chicago A.A., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Mellody 19-5-5 · Memsic —
W
Martin Duffy
Won world white welterweight title claim KO 4/6 · Battery D Armory, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Mellody 18-5-5 · Duffy —
L
Jack O'Keefe
PTS 6/6 · American A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Mellody 18-4-5 · O'Keefe —
W
KO 9/10 · Auditorium, Portland, 🇺🇸
Mellody 17-4-5 · Sweeney —
L
Buddy Ryan
DQ 5/6 · Battery D Armory, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Mellody 17-3-5 · Ryan —
D
Dick Fitzpatrick
PTS 6/6 · Chicago A.A., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Mellody 17-3-4 · Fitzpatrick —
W
Otto Sieloff
KO 4/6 · Battery D Armory, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Mellody 16-3-4 · Sieloff —
L
Buddy Ryan
PTS 6/6 · Battery D Armory, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Mellody 16-2-4 · Ryan —
W
PTS 12/12 · West End A.C., Lawrence, 🇺🇸
Mellody 15-2-4 · Sweeney —
W
TKO 1/15 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 14-2-4 · Connolly —
W
PTS 12/12 · Central A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 13-2-4 · Matthews —
W
PTS 12/12 · West End A.C., Lawrence, 🇺🇸
Mellody 12-2-4 · Sweeney —
D
Jig Stone
PTS 15/15 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 12-2-3 · Stone —
W
Belfield Walcott
PTS 12/12 · Central A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 11-2-3 · Walcott —
L
George Ashley
DQ 2/15 · Metropole A.C., Fall River, 🇺🇸
Mellody 11-1-3 · Ashley —
W
Billy Gardner
KO 11/12 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 10-1-3 · Gardner —
D
Jig Stone
PTS 12/12 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 10-1-2 · Stone —
W
Joe Nelson
KO 6 · Sarsfield A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 9-1-2 · Nelson —
L
Jig Stone
KO 13 · Health & Physical Culture A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 9-0-2 · Stone —
W
Jerry Callahan
KO 2 · Tammany A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 8-0-2 · Callahan —
W
Jimmy Domino
TKO 3/8 · Sarsfield A.C., Roxbury, 🇺🇸
Mellody 7-0-2 · Domino —
W
Charles Sullivan
KO 3 · Cambridge A.C., Cambridge, 🇺🇸
Mellody 6-0-2 · Sullivan —
W
PTS 8/8 · Criterion A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 5-0-2 · King —
W
Fred Dinsdale
KO 2 · Criterion A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 4-0-2 · Dinsdale —
W
Billy Griffin
TKO 1 · University A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 3-0-2 · Griffin —
W
Fred Sidney
PTS 6/6 · Atlantic Yacht Club, Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 2-0-2 · Sidney —
W
Peter Ring
KO 3 · Walpole A.C., Roxbury, 🇺🇸
Mellody 1-0-2 · Ring —
W
Fred Sidney
PTS 6/6 · Health & Physical Culture A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 0-0-2 · Sidney —
D
Joe Nelson
PTS 6/6 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 0-0-1 · Nelson —
D
Martin Canole
PTS 6/6 · Bowdoin Square A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Mellody 0-0-0 · Canole —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Honey Mellody's record? Honey Mellody's professional record is 51-33-23 with 30 knockouts.
Who did Honey Mellody fight last? Honey Mellody last fought Harry Price on Feb 25, 1913 and lost by PTS over 10 rounds. Sources Boxerbook ID 10480 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/10480 . 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.
