Professor Mike Donovan
Welterweight · United States

Professor Mike Donovan

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Professor Mike Donovan was a welterweight boxer from United States, born Sep 27, 1847. Professor Mike Donovan last fought Barbados Joe Walcott on Apr 15, 1903 and lost by PTS over 10 rounds.

Also: البروفيسور مايك دونوفان · マイク・ドノバン · 邁克·多諾萬教授
+3 moreMichael O'Donovan · Mike Donovan · Professor
BornSep 27, 1847
DiedMar 24, 1918
Country🇺🇸 United States
Reach170 cm
DebutJan 15, 1886
Career1886–1903
Rounds boxed94
Born inChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Lived inNew York City, New York, U.S.
Boxerbook ratinginactive since Apr 1903Why here ›
Confirmed bouts0 of 9

Career record

Record
No record compiled yet

Last result

L
Barbados Joe Walcott 🇧🇧
PTS 10/10 · Health & Physical Culture A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
1903-04-15 ›
✓ one source

The record

Known bouts: 9, 1886–1903

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

L
Barbados Joe Walcott 🇧🇧
PTS 10/10 · Health & Physical Culture A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Donovan — · Walcott 71-12-11
1903-04-15 ›
✓ one source
L
Barbados Joe Walcott 🇧🇧
PTS 10/10 · Masonic Hall, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Donovan — · Walcott 68-12-10
1903-03-09 ›
✓ one source
L
Young Peter Jackson 🇺🇸
PTS 20/20 · Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Donovan — · Jackson 55-12-14
1902-07-22 ›
✓ one source
D
Mysterious Billy Smith 🇨🇦
PTS 20/20 · Metropolitan A.C., Wheeling, 🇺🇸
Donovan — · Smith 37-21-22
1900-11-22 ›
✓ one source
L
Rube Ferns 🇺🇸
For world welterweight title claim
PTS 20/20 · Hawthorne A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Donovan — · Ferns 24-6-5
1900-02-22 ›
✓ one source
D
Jem Mace 🇬🇧
PTS 4/4 · Olympic Club, Birmingham, 🇬🇧
Donovan — · Mace 26-5-6
1897-09-03 ›
✓ one source
D
Jem Mace 🇬🇧
PTS 4/4 · Broadway Athletic Club, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Donovan — · Mace 26-5-5
1896-12-14 ›
✓ one source
D
Nonpareil Dempsey 🇮🇪
PTS 6/6 · Palace Rink, Williamsburg
Donovan — · Dempsey 49-0-9
1888-11-15 ›
✓ one source
NC
Nonpareil Dempsey 🇮🇪
NC 4 · Germania Assembly Rooms, New York
Donovan — · Dempsey 25-0-7
1886-01-15 ›
✓ one source

Ratings now

Not in any current ranking.

World titles

No world title reigns recorded.

Facts

Who did Professor Mike Donovan fight last?
Professor Mike Donovan last fought Barbados Joe Walcott on Apr 15, 1903 and lost by PTS over 10 rounds.

Sources

Boxerbook ID 10836 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/10836. 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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