Tom McAlpine

Name: Tom McAlpine
Alias: Soap
Birth Name: Thomas McAlphine
Hometown: New York, New York, USA
Died: 1891-08-09 (Age:46)
Height: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record


Early, non-Queensberry bouts, include:

1863 Nov Barney Harris Virginia City, Nv (14:00) KO 10

      -Some sources report "KO 14"

1865 Aug 21 George Barnes Idaho City, Id (18:00) KO 9

      -Some sources report "KO 13"

1866 Jun 20 Johnny (Chicken) Devine San Francisco, Ca (1:48:00) KO 105

      -Devine was also known as the "Shanghai Chicken";
       Some sources report the time as 1:45:00

      Burns                      Sacramento, Ca            (22:00) KO  16
      -Burns was a local blacksmith

1882 Apr 24 Professor McCarthy New York, NY EX 2 Nov 10 Harry Monroe New York, NY EX 3 Nov 16 Fred Connors New York, NY EX 3 Nov 30 Jimmy Murray New York, NY EX

1883 Apr 18 C.C. Smith Schenectady, NY EX 3 Sep 17 Jack Dempsey New York, NY EX 6

1884 Jul George Taylor New York, NY (Madden's Ath Hall) EX

      -This bout was probably held during Jul-Aug 1884

Oct W.H. Butt Minneapolis, Mn EX

1885 Feb 1 Young Kerrigan Milwaukee, Wi EX 3 Feb 1 Chris Murphy Milwaukee, Wi EX 3

      -The previous 2 bouts were held the same date

1886 Sep 16 Mike Gainey Terre Haute, In EX

     -McAlpine was boxing instructor at the Royal Gym
      in Detroit, Mi as of 1886