Mike Shallow

Name: Mike Shallow
Alias: Champion of the Grand Banks
Hometown: Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Birthplace: Fermeuse, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Height: 182cm
Pro Boxer: Record

• Mike's record also included a 13th round knock out of Harry Fellows the Derbyshire light-heavyweight.

November 4, 1904 Shallow reportedly fought England's Ben Taylor at the National Sporting Club and knocked him out in 8 rounds. On November 14, 1904, he kayoed Private Hann, Champion of the Essex Regiment, in the second round. On December 15, 1904, he fought the British Heavyweight Champion, Jack Scales in Wales. After 10 gruelling rounds the fight was declared a draw. He next met Mike Flynn in a fight that was halted after 13 rounds with both fighters out on their feet. Later, at Eckington, Derbyshire in a fight that went 15 rounds, he won over Flynn. On April 10, 1905, at the Olympic Club in Sheffield, he knocked out Bill Johnson, also contender for the British Heavyweight crown. In a rematch with Scales he scored an 8th round knock out. [NfL Sports Hall of Fame]