Mar 1919
Hoxton Music Hall, Hoxton, London
Palmer down twice in the second round and down again in the fourth when the referee stopped the bout.
Nov 1914
West London Stadium, Church Street, Edgware Road, London
Sporting Life - Friday 20 November 1914 p 4
Oct 1913
Newmarket Baths, Newmarket, Suffolk
Sporting Life - Thursday 16 October 1913 p 5
Aug 1912
Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside
Sporting Life - Saturday 03 August 1912 p 8
Jul 1912
Premierland, Whitechapel, London
The Sportsman - Monday 29 July 1912 p 3
Mar 1912
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
The Sportsman - Wednesday 27 March 1912 p 8
Mar 1912
Premierland, Whitechapel, London
With 10 seconds remainig in rd.4 Moore asked one of his attendants for the smelling salts and in his anxiety splashed Ammonia in his eye.Suffering terrible agony the fight resumed only for one of Moore's seconds to enter the ring.The referee had no option than to disgualify him
. The Sportsman - Monday 04 March 1912 p 7
Jan 1912
South London Music Hall, Walworth, London
The Sportsman - Thursday 25 January 1912 p 3
Jan 1912
Hippodrome, Poplar, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 09 January 1912 p 4
Dec 1911
Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton, London
The Sportsman - Saturday 09 December 1911 p 8
May 1906
Drill Hall, Plymouth, Devon
Sporting Life - Friday 01 June 1906 p 2
Apr 1906
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 30 April 1906 p 8
Mar 1906
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 27 March 1906 p 7
Feb 1906
Sporting and Dramatic Club, Charing Cross, London
Sporting Life - Thursday 01 March 1906
Nov 1905
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Cohen claims English 122 lbs title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 14 November 1905 p 4
Sep 1905
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 26 September 1905 p 4
Aug 1905
The Circus, West Hartlepool, County Durham
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 07 August 1905 P 12
Jun 1905
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
The Sportsman - Monday 19 June 1905 p 1
May 1905
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Billed English 122lbs title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 30 May 1905 p 6
Mar 1905
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Billed vacant British version World & English 124lbs Featherweight title
Title vacated by Ben Jordan
Sheffield Independent - Tuesday 21 March 1905 P 10
Dec 1904
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Billed English 124lbs featherweight title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 13 December 1904 p 4
Oct 1904
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 18 October 1904 p 4
Aug 1904
Camps Bay Pavilion, Cape Town, Western Cape
Jul 1904
Camps Bay Pavilion, Cape Town, Western Cape
Sporting Life - Wednesday 31 August 1904 p 2
May 1904
Wanderers Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Sporting Life - Monday 20 June 1904 p 6
Mar 1904
Britannia Theatre, Hoxton, London
Sheffield Independent - Saturday 26 March 1904 P 11
Mar 1904
Boulevard Football Ground, Hull, Yorkshire
Sporting Life - Tuesday 15 March 1904 p 4
Nov 1903
Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Billed World 120lbs title
Palmer overweight and Dixon took over his claim by forfeit
Sporting Life - Tuesday 10 November 1903 p 4
Oct 1903
New National Athletic Club, Marylebone, London
Sep 1903
Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Billed English 124 lbs title
Not generally recognised as over 2-minute rounds
Sporting Life - Tuesday 15 September 1903 p 4
Jun 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Monday 29 June 1903 p 1
May 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 12 May 1903 p 4
Apr 1903
Barking Public Hall, Barking Road, Canning Town, London
Sporting Life - Saturday 04 April 1903 p 2
Feb 1903
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Billed English 8st 8lbs Title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 17 February 1903 p 4
Dec 1902
Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Sporting Life - Tuesday 16 December 1902 p 4
Oct 1902
The National AC, Marylebone, London
Sporting Life - Friday 24 October 1902 p 4
Sep 1902
New National Athletic Club, Marylebone, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 09 September 1902 p 4
Jun 1902
Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 17 June 1902 p 4
Jan 1902
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Billed English 8st 4lbs Title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 28 January 1902 p 4
Mar 1901
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
World Bantamweight Title, 116 lbs
Harris later abandons the title, unable to make the weight limit. Danny Dougherty would claim the vacant title on May 26, 1902.
Sporting Life - Tuesday 19 March 1901 p 4
Nov 1900
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Billed English 116lbs Bantamweight Title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 13 November 1900 p 4
May 1900
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
billed World and English 114lbs titles
Sporting Life - Tuesday 29 May 1900 p 4
Sep 1899
Westchester A.C., Tuckahoe, New York
World 116lbs Bantamweight Title
First world championship bout, Queensberry Rules, to end by a one-round KO. McGovern would abandon the title in 1900. Harry Harris would then claim it, but his claim was disputed until he defeated Thomas Pedlar Palmer. Then Harris, too, would abandon the title.
Danny Dougherty would win the vacant title on May 26, 1900.
Attendance: 10, 000
Apr 1899
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
World 116lbs Bantamweight Title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 18 April 1899 p 4
Dec 1898
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
World 116lbs Bantamweight Title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 13 December 1898 p 4
Oct 1897
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Billed World 116lbs Bantamweight Title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 19 October 1897 P 4
Jan 1897
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Billed World 118lbs Bantamweight Title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 26 January 1897 P 4
Oct 1896
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
World 116lbs Bantamweight Title
According to the British National Sporting Club the bantamweight limit was now accepted as 116lbs
Sporting Life - Tuesday 13 October 1896 P 4
Apr 1896
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 14 April 1896 p 4
Mar 1896
Ned Donnelly's Rooms (over a saddlers shop), Panton Street, Haymarket, London
Sporting Life - Wednesday 01 April 1896 p 7
Jan 1896
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Nov 1895
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
World 112lbs Title
According to the British National Sporting Club the bantamweight limit was now accepted as 112lbs
Plimmer's brother stepped into the ring after Plimmer was dazed in the fourteenth and the referee awarded the fight to Palmer.
Sporting Life - Tuesday 26 November 1895 P 4
Oct 1894
Bermondsey School of Arms, Bermondsey, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 30 October 1894 p 4
Oct 1894
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
billed English 108lbs title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 16 October 1894 p 4
Jun 1894
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
billed English 106lbs title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 26 June 1894 p 4
Apr 1894
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 17 April 1894 p 4
Feb 1894
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 20 February 1894 p 4
Dec 1893
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 12 December 1893 p 4
Dec 1893
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 28 November 1893 p 4
May 1893
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
Sporting Life - Tuesday 30 May 1893 p 4
May 1893
National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London
billed English 102lbs title
Sporting Life - Tuesday 02 May 1893 p 4
Mar 1892
Plaistow, London
Final 8st competition. Exact date unknown.
Feb 1892
Date Unknown; attrib Arthur Wigg
Jan 1891
Date Unknown
Old style boxing
