Luther McCarty vs Harry Hollinger

[HomicideHenry]

Sidney, Ohio August of 1911

Harry Hollinger kayos Luther McCarty

http://www.shelbycountyhistory.org/schs ... ortp2a.htm

^^^Historical evidence provided

[artmaxx]

might want to re-read the article. Looks like that wasn't a professional bout. Didn't fight his 1st pro fight until Adams(which is listed).

[HomicideHenry]

BUT...thing is, this bout with Hollinger happened in August of 1911, while the Watt Adams bout happened seven month earlier. So either McCarty was jumping back and forth between pro bouts and amateur bouts, or this is a missing pro bout altogether.

[John]

BUT...thing is, this bout with Hollinger happened in August of 1911, while the Watt Adams bout happened seven month earlier. So either McCarty was jumping back and forth between pro bouts and amateur bouts, or this is a missing pro bout altogether.

Switching between am and pro happened a lot and is still happening.

[HomicideHenry]

But the article never quite said if it was an amateur bout or not. All it stated was "the first boxing match Luther McCarty had in Sidney was..."