Heavyweight · United States
Joe Choynski 60-20-6, 4 NC 39 KO · 1884–1904
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Updated Oct 12, 2026 · Sources: Wikidata, English Wikipedia, Wikipedia (ru)
Joe Choynski was a heavyweight boxer from United States, born Nov 8, 1868. Record 60-20-6, 4 NC with 39 knockouts over 1884–1904. Joe Choynski last fought Jack Williams on Nov 21, 1904 and won.
Also: جو كينسكى · جو كينسكي · ジョー・コインスキー +2 more Joseph Bartlett Choynski · ジョー・チョインスキー
Born Nov 8, 1868
Died Jan 24, 1943
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 180 cm
Nickname The California Terror · Little Joe · Chrysanthemum" Joe
Debut 1884
Career 1884–1904
Rounds boxed 469
KO share 65%
Born in San Francisco, California, United States
Titles American light-heavyweight title 1901
Confirmed bouts 22 of 90
Career record Record
60-20-6, 4 NC, 39 KOs · 1884–1904
Last result W
Jack Williams
6 · Washington S.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
The record 90 bouts, 1884–1904, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in. Wikidata: 50-14-6
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 90, Wikipedia (ru) · 3
W
Jack Williams
6 · Washington S.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Choynski 59-20-6 · Williams —
L
Kid Carter
KO 1/15 · Criterion A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Choynski 59-19-6 · Carter —
L
6 · Washington S.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Choynski 59-18-6 · Hart 20-4-0
W
KO 7/10 · D.A.A.A. Rink, Dawson City, 🇨🇦
Choynski 58-18-6 · Burley —
L
KO 2/10 · D.A.A.A. Rink, Dawson City, 🇨🇦
Choynski 58-17-6 · Burley —
L
6 · Washington S.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Choynski 58-16-6 · O'Brien 93-5-15
W
KO 2/6 · Washington S.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Choynski 57-16-6 · Maher 6-9-2
W
PTS 6/6 · Lyceum A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 56-16-6 · Childs 38-7-7
L
PTS 6/6 · America A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 56-15-6 · O'Brien 80-5-15
W
PTS 6/6 · Lyceum A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 55-15-6 · Childs 34-4-7
L
PTS 6/6 · America A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 55-14-6 · O'Brien 51-5-15
W
Al Weinig
KO 6/20 · Music Hall, Louisville, 🇺🇸
Choynski 54-14-6 · Weinig —
L
Kid Carter
Lost American light-heavyweight title KO 1/6 · American A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 54-13-6 · Carter —
W
Wild Bill Hanrahan
Won vacant American light-heavyweight title KO 5/20 · Music Hall, Louisville, 🇺🇸
Choynski 53-13-6 · Hanrahan —
W
KO 3/20 · Harmony Hall, Galveston, 🇺🇸
Choynski 52-13-6 · Johnson 5-1-2
W
Fred Russell
DQ 4/10 · Colorado A.C., Denver, 🇺🇸
Choynski 51-13-6 · Russell —
W
Jimmy Smith
KO 2 · Dayton, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Choynski 49-13-6 · Smith —
W
John Matthews
PTS 3/3 · Dayton, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Choynski 49-13-6 · Matthews —
L
TKO 3/6 · Tattersall's, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 49-12-6 · Sharkey 34-4-6
L
TKO 7/25 · Broadway A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Choynski 49-11-6 · Walcott 53-6-8
Show all 90 bouts W
PTS 6/6 · 2nd Regiment Armory, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 48-11-6 · Maher 5-6-2
W
M Woods
RTD 2 · Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Choynski 47-11-6 · Woods —
L
RTD 4/25 · Broadway A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Choynski 47-10-6 · McCoy 59-4-8
W
Tom Carey
KO 2/15 · Olympic A.C., Cincinnati, 🇺🇸
Choynski 46-10-6 · Carey —
W
Steve O'Donnell
KO 6/6 · Star Theatre, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 45-10-6 · O'Donnell —
W
Dick Moore
KO 3/20 · St. Louis A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Choynski 44-10-6 · Moore —
W
Australian Jim Ryan
KO 7/20 · Broadway A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Choynski 43-10-6 · Ryan —
D
PTS 6/6 · Star Theatre, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 43-10-5 · McCoy 56-4-7
NC
Ed Dunkhorst
NC · Colorado A.A., Denver, 🇺🇸
Choynski 43-10-5 · Dunkhorst —
W
Retained world light-heavyweight title KO 3/20 · Nonpareil A.C., Louisville, 🇺🇸
Choynski 42-10-5 · Hall —
W
Australian Jim Ryan
Won inaugural world light-heavyweight title PTS 20/20 · Auditorium for fistic carnival, Dubuque, 🇺🇸
Choynski 41-10-5 · Ryan —
W
Mexican Pete Everett
DQ 7/25 · Colorado A.A., Denver, 🇺🇸
Choynski 40-10-5 · Everett —
W
Jack McCormick
PTS 6/6 · Dearborn A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 39-10-5 · McCormick —
NC
10 · New Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City, 🇺🇸
Choynski 39-10-5 · Bean —
L
PTS 20/20 · Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Choynski 39-9-5 · McCoy 49-3-7
W
Ed Dunkhorst
PTS 6/6 · Fort Dearborn A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 38-9-5 · Dunkhorst —
L
PTS 6/6 · Arena A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Choynski 38-8-5 · Ruhlin —
W
6 · Arena A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Choynski 37-8-5 · Goddard 33-8-10
D
PTS 8/20 · Woodward's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Choynski 37-8-4 · Sharkey 26-2-5
D
PTS 20/20 · National A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Choynski 37-8-3 · Jeffries 5-0-1
W
Herman Bernau
TKO 4/6 · Grand Opera House, Galveston, 🇺🇸
Choynski 36-8-3 · Bernau —
W
Denver Ed Smith
DQ 4/20 · Broadway A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Choynski 35-8-3 · Smith —
W
Frank Dwyer
PTS 4/4 · Allegheny Theater, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Choynski 34-8-3 · Dwyer —
L
KO 6/20 · Broadway A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Choynski 34-7-3 · Maher 1-4-1
W
Joe McAuliffe
KO 4/10 · Woodward's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Choynski 33-7-3 · McAuliffe —
L
PTS 8/8 · People's Palace Theater, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Choynski 33-6-3 · Sharkey 18-1-2
W
KO 13/20 · Empire A.C., Maspeth, 🇺🇸
Choynski 32-6-3 · Hall —
W
KO 3/3 · Sam T. Jack's Opera House, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 31-6-3 · Childs 9-2-1
W
Dick Wilson
KO 2 · Louisville, Kentucky, 🇺🇸
Choynski 30-6-3 · Wilson —
W
Jack Cattanach
KO 2/10 · Front Street Theater, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Choynski 29-6-3 · Cattanach —
D
PTS 6/6 · Tattersall's, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 29-6-2 · Creedon —
W
Mike Madden
PTS 4/4 · Auditorium, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Choynski 28-6-2 · Madden —
W
Jim Douglass
PTS 3/3 · Triangle AC, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 27-6-2 · Douglass —
D
PTS 6/6 · Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Choynski 27-6-1 · Armstrong 0-0-0
W
Mike Boden
KO 3/4 · Tattersall's, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Choynski 26-6-1 · Boden —
W
Harry Miller
RTD 3/6 · People's Theater, Cincinnati, 🇺🇸
Choynski 25-6-1 · Miller —
D
PTS 5/8 · Boston Theater, Boston, 🇺🇸
Choynski 25-6-0 · Fitzsimmons 50-6-15
W
Tommy West
PTS 3/3 · Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸
Choynski 24-6-0 · West —
W
Bob Ferguson
PTS 4/4 · Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Choynski 22-6-0 · Ferguson —
W
Mike Boden
KO 4 · Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Choynski 22-6-0 · Boden —
W
Jack Fallon
KO 4 · Ariel A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Choynski 21-6-0 · Fallon —
W
Denny Kelliher
PTS 2/2 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Choynski 20-6-0 · Kelliher —
W
KO 4 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Choynski 19-6-0 · Smith 26-6-4
W
KO 15 · Coney Island A.C., Coney Island, 🇺🇸
Choynski 18-6-0 · Godfrey —
W
Jack Hart
PTS 3/3 · London, England, 🇬🇧
Choynski 17-6-0 · Hart —
W
William Patmore
KO 1 · London, England, 🇬🇧
Choynski 16-6-0 · Patmore —
W
Mike Horrigan
KO 1 · London, England, 🇬🇧
Choynski 15-6-0 · Horrigan —
W
Denver Ed Smith
PTS 4/4 · Ariel A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Choynski 14-6-0 · Smith —
W
Philadelphia Tommy Ryan
KO 2 · Niblo's Theatre, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Choynski 13-6-0 · Ryan —
W
Charles Bull McCarthy
KO 2 · Clermont Rink, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Choynski 12-6-0 · McCarthy —
W
Jerry Slattery
KO 2 · Niblo's Theatre, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Choynski 11-6-0 · Slattery —
W
Joe Godfrey
KO 1 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Choynski 10-6-0 · Godfrey —
L
4 · Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Choynski 10-5-0 · Hall —
W
Billy Woods
KO 34 · Pacific A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Choynski 9-5-0 · Woods —
L
For Australian heavyweight title KO 4/20 · Melbourne Athletic Club, Melbourne, 🇦🇺
Choynski 9-4-0 · Goddard 17-1-4
W
Owen Sullivan
KO 2/8 · Melbourne Athletic Club, Melbourne, 🇦🇺
Choynski 8-4-0 · Sullivan —
W
Mick Dooley
KO 2 · Melbourne Athletic Club, Melbourne, 🇦🇺
Choynski 7-4-0 · Dooley —
L
For Australian heavyweight title RTD 4/20 · Sydney Amateur Gymnastic Club, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Choynski 7-3-0 · Goddard 14-1-3
W
Jim Fogarty
RTD 10 · Australian AC, Darlinghurst, 🇦🇺
Choynski 6-3-0 · Fogarty —
W
Jack Davies
KO 9 · Occidental A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Choynski 5-3-0 · Davies —
W
Billy Wilson
KO 2 · Golden Gate A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Choynski 4-3-0 · Wilson —
W
Frank McLarney
KO 2 · Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸
Choynski 3-3-0 · McLarney —
NC
4 · California A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Choynski 3-3-0 · McCarthy —
L
PTS 4/4 · San Francisco, California, 🇺🇸
Choynski 3-2-0 · Corbett 16-0-4
L
KO 27 · Benicia Harbor, California, 🇺🇸
Choynski 3-1-0 · Corbett 14-0-4
NC
NC 4 · San Francisco, California, 🇺🇸
Choynski 3-1-0 · Corbett 14-0-4
W
Frank Glover
KO 14 · San Francisco, California, 🇺🇸
Choynski 2-1-0 · Glover —
W
H McDonald
PTS 3/3 · San Francisco, California, 🇺🇸
Choynski 1-1-0 · McDonald —
W
George Bush
KO 2 · San Francisco, California, 🇺🇸
Choynski 0-1-0 · Bush —
L
KO 1 · San Francisco, California, 🇺🇸
Choynski 0-0-0 · Corbett 0-0-0
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Joe Choynski's record? Joe Choynski's professional record is 60-20-6, 4 NC with 39 knockouts.
Who did Joe Choynski fight last? Joe Choynski last fought Jack Williams on Nov 21, 1904 and won. Sources Boxerbook ID 6773 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/6773 . 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.
