official johnny kelly should be honest john francis kelly from paterson, new jersey, born: 3/3/1859, died 4/13/1908
also a major league baseball player and an umpire
he also refereed james j. corbett v. charley mitchell bout on 1/25/1894 for the heavyweight title - confirmed this from a 1/26/1894 issue of Chicago Daily Tribune and other newspapers
he is listed as refereeing three bouts from 1950 but he was long since dead