Jul 1918
St James Hall, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Jun 1918
St James Hall, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Apr 1918
Hoxton Baths, Hoxton, London
Mar 1918
The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London
The Sportsman - Monday 25 March 1918 p 3
Feb 1918
Queen's Hall, Cardiff, Wales
Western Mail - Tuesday 26 February 1918 P 3
Feb 1918
The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 19 February 1918 P 10
Jan 1918
Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton, London
Oct 1916
The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London
Daily Mirror - Tuesday 24 October 1916 P 11
Oct 1916
Central Baths, Bradford, Yorkshire
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 10 October 1916 P 10
Sep 1916
The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London
Daily Mirror - Tuesday 19 September 1916 P 11
Mar 1916
Hoxton Baths, Hoxton, London
The Sportsman - Tuesday 14 March 1916 p 4
Dec 1915
Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth, Devon
Nov 1915
Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside
Eliminator British bantamweight title
Liverpool Echo - Friday 12 November 1915 P 5
Sep 1915
Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside
Liverpool Echo - Friday 17 September 1915 P 6
Mar 1915
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
A British bantamweight title eliminator.-Sporting Life - Tuesday 30 March 1915 p 4
Dec 1914
Acton Baths, Acton, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 08 December 1914 p 4
Nov 1914
West London Stadium, Church Street, Edgware Road, London
Sporting Life - Friday 20 November 1914 p 4
Sep 1914
Premierland, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 08 September 1914 p 4
Apr 1914
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 21 April 1914 p 5
Oct 1913
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Stanley won the Lonsdale Belt outright by virtue of this victory.-Sporting Life - Tuesday 28 October 1913 p 6
Jun 1913
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Oct 1912
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
The Sportsman - Tuesday 22 October 1912 p 6
Aug 1912
Skating Rink, Chelmsford, Essex
Essex Newsman - Saturday 07 September 1912 p 3
Jun 1912
Grand Hall des Magasins Généraux, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime
Billed "Worlds" British and European Bantamweight titles.
Apr 1912
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Billed "Worlds" British and European Bantamweight titles.
The Sportsman - Tuesday 23 April 1912 p 6
Feb 1912
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
The Sportsman - Tuesday 27 February 1912 p 8
Dec 1911
Drill Hall, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
The Sportsman - Tuesday 12 December 1911 p 3
Sep 1911
Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside
Billed "Worlds" British and European Bantamweight title. The Lonsdale Belt was not at stake as the contest was held away from the National Sporting Club
The Sportsman - Saturday 16 September 1911 p 3
Mar 1911
Guards Theatre,Chelsea Barracks, Westminster, London
Sporting Life - Saturday 01 April 1911 p 7
Feb 1911
American A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Record gave its newspaper decision to Stanley, but the Item preferred O'Toole.
Jan 1911
National Sporting Club, New York, New York
Decision given as a draw in the majority of newspapers. The NY Eveneing Tribune had it for Burns, the NY Tribune had it a draw, and the NY Sun had it for Stanley. This program was promoted by the National S.C. of New York. Bout did not take place on Jan 20 as previously listed per NY Evening World.
Dec 1910
The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London
Billed as the "Worlds" European and British Bantamweight titles. The Lonsdale belt though was not at stake as the contest was held away from the National Sporting Club.
Oct 1910
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Recognized by the National Sporting Club as the British version World 118lbs Bantamweight title
The first Lonsdale Belt match at bantamweight
The Sportsman - Tuesday 18 October 1910 p 3
Feb 1910
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Billed World 118lbs title, though this billing was withdrawn as Pierce was not the American champion
The Sportsman - Tuesday 15 February 1910 p 6
Dec 1909
The Queens Theatre, Poplar, London
Nov 1909
The Athenaeum Club, Angel Court, Throgmorton Street, City of London, London
Jun 1909
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
May 1909
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
For a purse of ?350
Sporting Life - Tuesday 25 May 1909 p 8
Mar 1909
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 23 March 1909 p 8
Nov 1908
Cromwell Hall, Putney, London
Oct 1908
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 20 October 1908 p 2
Apr 1908
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 06 April 1908
Mar 1908
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 31 March 1908 p 4
Mar 1908
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
The Sportsman - Monday 09 March 1908
Feb 1908
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 24 February 1908
Nov 1907
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Nov 1907
Marlborough Lines Gymnasium, Aldershot, Hampshire
Sporting Life - Saturday 30 November 1907 p 7
Sep 1907
Liverpool Gymnastic Club, Liverpool, Merseyside
For ?50 a side and a purse. Stanley disqualified for biting. Source: Harold Alderman.
Jun 1907
Liverpool Gymnastic Club, Liverpool, Merseyside
Stanley loses his disputed claim to World 116lbs Bantam title. Stanley disqualified for a low blow
Sporting Life - Friday 07 June 1907 p 2
Dec 1906
Liverpool Gymnastic Club, Liverpool, Merseyside
Billed World & English 112lbs Bantamweight Titles. For ?190 purse
Sporting Life - Saturday 15 December 1906 p 3
May 1906
Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
billed English 112lbs title
BBBC Boxing Yearbook 2000
Feb 1906
Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Jan 1906
Liverpool Gymnastic Club, Liverpool, Merseyside
Billed World & English 112lbs Bantamweight titles
BBBC Boxing Yearbook 2000
Dec 1905
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 19 December 1905 p 4
Oct 1905
Pythian Rink, Chelsea, Massachusetts
Billed for Walsh's World 116lbs Bantamweight title claim
BBBC Boxing Yearbook 2000
Jul 1905
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Jun 1905
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 26 June 1905 p 6
Apr 1905
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 18 April 1905 p 4
D'Or, who was really English jockey Wally Pickard (then riding in France) retired with an injured shoulder.
Mar 1905
Hounslow Town Gymnasium, Hounslow, London
Sporting Life - Monday 27 March 1905 p 7
Feb 1905
Olympia, Kensington, London
Sporting Life - Wednesday 01 March 1905 p 3
Jan 1905
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
billed World 114lbs title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 24 January 1905 p 4
Jan 1905
Temple of Varities, Hounslow, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 17 January 1905 p 4
No decision trial bout
Nov 1904
Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
billed British Imperial Empire 114lbs title
BBC Boxing Yearbook 2000
Oct 1904
Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
billed World and English 108lbs titles
Sporting Life - Wednesday 19 October 1904 p 2
Jul 1904
Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Stanley down four times in the 5th round
Sporting Life - Tuesday 12 July 1904 p 4
Jun 1904
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
billed World title 112lbs title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 07 June 1904 p 4
Apr 1904
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Billed World 8st title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 19 April 1904 p 4
Dec 1903
Drill Hall, West Ealing, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 22 December 1903 p 4
No decision trial bout
Dec 1903
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Billed English 8st title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 15 December 1903 p 4
For ?150 purse
Nov 1903
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 10 November 1903 p 4
Although no title billing Stanley claimed the English title at the weight.
Oct 1903
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 13 October 1903 p 4
Aug 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 03 August 1903 p 3
Jul 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 13 July 1903 p 7
May 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 12 May 1903 p 4
Mar 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 30 March 1903 p 3
Mar 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 16 March 1903 p 2
Mar 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
billed World and English 110lbs titles
Fight not a recognised championship as bout over 12 rounds
Sporting Life - Tuesday 03 March 1903 p 4
For ?25 each and a ?50 purse
Feb 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 23 February 1903 p 2
Feb 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 16 February 1903 P 2
Feb 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 09 February 1903 p 2
Jan 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 19 January 1903 p 2
Jan 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 13 January 1903 p 4
Dec 1902
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 02 December 1902 p 4
No decision trial bout
Nov 1902
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Monday 17 November 1902 p 2
No decision trial bout
Nov 1902
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 11 November 1902 p 4
Oct 1902
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 21 October 1902 p 4
No decision trial bout
Oct 1902
Fairground, Le Neves Booth, Leicester, Leicestershire
Sporting Life - Wednesday 15 October 1902 p 8
Oct 1902
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 07 October 1902 p 4
No decision trial bout
Sep 1902
Tee to Tum Club, Stamford Hill, London
Sporting Life - Wednesday 24 September 1902 p 7
Sep 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 22 September 1902 p 2
Sep 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 15 September 1902 p 2
Sep 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 08 September 1902 p 2
Aug 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 01 September 1902 p 1
Jun 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 17 June 1902 p 4
May 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 26 May 1902 p 2
May 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 19 May 1902 p 7
May 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Wednesday 14 May 1902 p 8
May 1902
Railway Arch Gym, Cambridge Road, Hammersmith, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 06 May 1902 p 4
May 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 05 May 1902 p 8
Apr 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 15 April 1902 p 4
Apr 1902
Hammersmith Gymnasium, Cambridge Road, Hammersmith, London
1st series 6st 10lns Competition Bye
No decision bye bout
Sporting Life - Saturday 12 April 1902 p 8
Apr 1902
Hammersmith Gymnasium, Cambridge Road, Hammersmith, London
1st series 8st 4lbs Competition Bye
No decision bye bout
Sporting Life - Friday 04 April 1902 p 4
Mar 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 31 March 1902 p 2
Mar 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 24 March 1902 P 3
Mar 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 17 March 1902 P 2
Mar 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 04 March 1902 p 4
Feb 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 18 February 1902 p 4
Feb 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 03 February 1902 p 1
Jan 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Friday 24 January 1902 p 4
Dec 1901
The Atheneum Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, London
Sporting Life - Thursday 19 December 1901 p 4
No decision trial bout
Dec 1901
The Crown Gym, Lille Road, Fulham, London
Sporting Life - Friday 13 December 1901 p 4
No decision trial bout
Jun 1901
Slaney Street Assembly Rooms, Birmingham, West Midlands
Sporting Life - Tuesday 18 June 1901 p 3
Apr 1901
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 02 April 1901 p 4
Dec 1900
The Crown Gym, Lille Road, Fulham, London
Sporting Life - Friday 14 December 1900 p 4
Dec 1899
Paddington Baths,Queen's Road, Bayswater, London
Sporting Life - Thursday 14 December 1899 p 1
No decision trial bout
Jul 1899
Lillie Hall, West Brompton, London
Jun 1899
Lillie Hall, West Brompton, London
Sporting Life - Wednesday 14 June 1899 p 8
Mar 1899
Beresford Street Drill Hall, Woolwich, London
Billed as the English / World 5st 8lbs (78lbs) title. ?5 a side and a ?10 purse
Sporting Life - Monday 27 March 1899 p 6
