Mysterious Billy Smith - Revision history

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	He fought from 1891 to 1915, mostly out of Portland, Oregon. He is generally regarded as one of the dirtiest fighters in boxing history. (~~An article entitled~~ "Mysterious Billy Smith: The Dirtiest Fighter of All Time" ~~was published in the~~ [[Ring Magazine: January 1992\|January 1992]] ''The Ring'' magazine.)		He fought from 1891 to 1915, mostly out of Portland, Oregon. He is generally regarded as one of the dirtiest fighters in boxing history. ("Mysterious Billy Smith: The Dirtiest Fighter of All Time" [[Ring Magazine: January 1992\|January 1992]] ''The Ring'' magazine.)

	After his boxing career ended, he conducted a saloon and later a beer parlor in Portland. Smith died there after a long illness of uremia.		After his boxing career ended, he conducted a saloon and later a beer parlor in Portland. Smith died there after a long illness of uremia.

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	'''Trainer''': [[Billy Hennessey]]<br>		'''Trainer''': [[Billy Hennessey]]<br>
	'''Managers''': [[St.Clair Smith]], [[Frank Dunn]], [[Jack Fahie]], [[Billy Roche]]		'''Managers''': [[St.Clair Smith]], [[Frank Dunn]], [[Jack Fahie]], [[Billy Roche]]<br>
	[[:Image:Smith.Billy.Mysterious.jpg\|Photo #2]]; [[:Image:SmithMys.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:Smith.Mysterious.Billy2.jpg\|Photo #4]]		[[:Image:Smith.Billy.Mysterious.jpg\|Photo #2]]; [[:Image:SmithMys.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:Smith.Mysterious.Billy2.jpg\|Photo #4]]


	'''Mysterious Billy Smith''' was born in either Little River, Nova Scotia, or East Port, Missouri--depending on the source. (Reported by the ''Everett Daily Herald'', October 15, 1937, as having been born in East Port, Missouri (not Canada).) He was the father of boxer [[Mysterious Billy Smith Jr.]] of Portland, OR, USA.		'''Mysterious Billy Smith''' was born in either Little River, Nova Scotia, or East Port, Missouri--depending on the source. (Reported by the ''Everett Daily Herald'' (Everett, WA, USA), October 15, 1937, as having been born in East Port, Missouri (not Canada).)

			He was the father of boxer [[Mysterious Billy Smith Jr.]] of Portland, OR, USA.
	[[File:MysBSYkMg.jpg\|right\|280px\|thumb\|]]		[[File:MysBSYkMg.jpg\|right\|280px\|thumb\|]]
	He boxed from 1891 from 1915, mostly out of Portland, Oregon. He is generally regarded as one of the dirtiest fighters in boxing history. (An article entitled "Mysterious Billy Smith: The Dirtiest Fighter of All Time" was published in the [[Ring Magazine: January 1992\|January 1992]] ''The Ring'' magazine.)

	After his boxing career, he conducted a saloon and later a beer parlor in Portland~~, Oregon~~. Smith died ~~in Portland, OR (of uremia,~~ after a long illness).		He fought from 1891 to 1915, mostly out of Portland, Oregon. He is generally regarded as one of the dirtiest fighters in boxing history. (An article entitled "Mysterious Billy Smith: The Dirtiest Fighter of All Time" was published in the [[Ring Magazine: January 1992\|January 1992]] ''The Ring'' magazine.)

			After his boxing career ended, he conducted a saloon and later a beer parlor in Portland. Smith died there after a long illness of uremia.

	~~[[:File:IBROA3.9-13.pdf\|See also]], "Mysterious Billy Smith (A Selection of Quaint and Curious Facts Not to be Found in Any Record Book)"~~

	== Career Highlights ==		== Career Highlights ==
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	*Lost all claims on the Welterweight Title on April 17, 1900, when he was knocked out in 19 rounds by Matty Matthews		*Lost all claims on the Welterweight Title on April 17, 1900, when he was knocked out in 19 rounds by Matty Matthews

	== ~~Newspaper Factoids~~ ==
			==Miscellaneous ==
	*On Dec. 17, 1911, at Portland, Oregon, he was shot three times by the husband of his divorced wife--Capt. A.B. Loomis. Although seriously wounded, he recovered. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1911-12-18/ed-1/seq-9/][http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1911-12-19/ed-1/seq-11/]		*On Dec. 17, 1911, at Portland, Oregon, he was shot three times by the husband of his divorced wife--Capt. A.B. Loomis. Although seriously wounded, he recovered. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1911-12-18/ed-1/seq-9/][http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1911-12-19/ed-1/seq-11/]
	*The Dec. 21 ''Tacoma Daily News'' reported that his debut bout had been a L-10 to "Brocky" Frank Purcell of Salt Lake City at the California A. C., San Francisco.		*The Dec. 21 ''Tacoma Daily News'' reported that his debut bout had been a L-10 to "Brocky" Frank Purcell of Salt Lake City at the California A. C., San Francisco.
	*The August 26, 1927 ''Daily News Searchlight'' of Bremerton, WA, USA, reported that Smith ran a Tacoma hotel business. It also reported that he was near death on Sept. 10.		*The August 26, 1927 ''Daily News Searchlight'' of Bremerton, WA, USA, reported that Smith ran a Tacoma hotel business. It also reported that he was near death on Sept. 10.
	* January 11, 1916 ''Tacoma Times'' article [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1916-01-11/ed-1/seq-2/]		* January 11, 1916 ''Tacoma Times'' article [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1916-01-11/ed-1/seq-2/]
			*"Mysterious Billy Smith (A Selection of Quaint and Curious Facts Not to be Found in Any Record Book)" [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO3A.9-13.pdf]

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	[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 2009<br>Old Timer Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/smith.html click]]]		[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 2009<br>Old Timer Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/smith.html click]]]
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	'''Trainer''': [[Billy Hennessey]]<br>		'''Trainer''': [[Billy Hennessey]]<br>
	'''Managers''': [[St.Clair Smith]], [[Frank Dunn]], [[Jack Fahie]], [[Billy Roche]]		'''Managers''': [[St.Clair Smith]], [[Frank Dunn]], [[Jack Fahie]], [[Billy Roche]]

	[[:Image:Smith.Billy.Mysterious.jpg\|Photo #2]]; [[:Image:SmithMys.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:Smith.Mysterious.Billy2.jpg\|Photo #4]]		[[:Image:Smith.Billy.Mysterious.jpg\|Photo #2]]; [[:Image:SmithMys.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:Smith.Mysterious.Billy2.jpg\|Photo #4]]


	'''Mysterious Billy Smith''' was born in either Little River, Nova Scotia, or East Port, Missouri--depending on the source. (Reported by the ''Everett Daily Herald'', October 15, 1937, as having been born in East Port, Missouri (not Canada).) He was the father of boxer [[Mysterious Billy Smith Jr.]] of Portland, OR, USA.		'''Mysterious Billy Smith''' was born in either Little River, Nova Scotia, or East Port, Missouri--depending on the source. (Reported by the ''Everett Daily Herald'', October 15, 1937, as having been born in East Port, Missouri (not Canada).) He was the father of boxer [[Mysterious Billy Smith Jr.]] of Portland, OR, USA.
			[[File:MysBSYkMg.jpg\|right\|280px\|thumb\|]]
	He boxed from 1891 from 1915, mostly out of Portland, Oregon. He is generally regarded as one of the dirtiest fighters in boxing history. (An article entitled "Mysterious Billy Smith: The Dirtiest Fighter of All Time" was published in the [[Ring Magazine: January 1992\|January 1992]] ''The Ring'' magazine.)		He boxed from 1891 from 1915, mostly out of Portland, Oregon. He is generally regarded as one of the dirtiest fighters in boxing history. (An article entitled "Mysterious Billy Smith: The Dirtiest Fighter of All Time" was published in the [[Ring Magazine: January 1992\|January 1992]] ''The Ring'' magazine.)

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	After his boxing career, he conducted a saloon and later a beer parlor in Portland, Oregon. Smith died in Portland, OR (of uremia, after a long illness).		After his boxing career, he conducted a saloon and later a beer parlor in Portland, Oregon. Smith died in Portland, OR (of uremia, after a long illness).

			[[:File:IBROA3.9-13.pdf\|See also]], "Mysterious Billy Smith (A Selection of Quaint and Curious Facts Not to be Found in Any Record Book)"

	== Career Highlights ==		== Career Highlights ==

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	'''Trainer''': [[Billy Hennessey]]<br>		'''Trainer''': [[Billy Hennessey]]<br>
	'''Managers''': [[St.Clair Smith]], [[Frank Dunn]], [[Jack Fahie]], [[Billy Roche]]~~Br>~~		'''Managers''': [[St.Clair Smith]], [[Frank Dunn]], [[Jack Fahie]], [[Billy Roche]]

	[[:Image:Smith.Billy.Mysterious.jpg\|Photo #2]]; [[:Image:SmithMys.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:Smith.Mysterious.Billy2.jpg\|Photo #4]]		[[:Image:Smith.Billy.Mysterious.jpg\|Photo #2]]; [[:Image:SmithMys.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:Smith.Mysterious.Billy2.jpg\|Photo #4]]

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	== Newspaper Factoids ==		== Newspaper Factoids ==
	*On Dec. 17, 1911, at Portland, Oregon, he was shot three times by the husband of his divorced wife--Capt. A.B. Loomis. Although seriously wounded, he recovered. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1911-12-18/ed-1/seq-9/]		*On Dec. 17, 1911, at Portland, Oregon, he was shot three times by the husband of his divorced wife--Capt. A.B. Loomis. Although seriously wounded, he recovered. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1911-12-18/ed-1/seq-9/][http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1911-12-19/ed-1/seq-11/]
	*The Dec. 21 ''Tacoma Daily News'' reported that his debut bout had been a L-10 to "Brocky" Frank Purcell of Salt Lake City at the California A. C., San Francisco.		*The Dec. 21 ''Tacoma Daily News'' reported that his debut bout had been a L-10 to "Brocky" Frank Purcell of Salt Lake City at the California A. C., San Francisco.
	*The August 26, 1927 ''Daily News Searchlight'' of Bremerton, WA, USA, reported that Smith ran a Tacoma hotel business. It also reported that he was near death on Sept. 10.		*The August 26, 1927 ''Daily News Searchlight'' of Bremerton, WA, USA, reported that Smith ran a Tacoma hotel business. It also reported that he was near death on Sept. 10.

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	== Newspaper Factoids ==		== Newspaper Factoids ==
	*On Dec. 17, 1911, at Portland, Oregon, he was shot three times by the husband of his divorced wife--Capt. A.B. Loomis. Although seriously wounded, he recovered.		*On Dec. 17, 1911, at Portland, Oregon, he was shot three times by the husband of his divorced wife--Capt. A.B. Loomis. Although seriously wounded, he recovered. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1911-12-18/ed-1/seq-9/]
	*The Dec. 21 ''Tacoma Daily News'' reported that his debut bout had been a L-10 to "Brocky" Frank Purcell of Salt Lake City at the California A. C., San Francisco.		*The Dec. 21 ''Tacoma Daily News'' reported that his debut bout had been a L-10 to "Brocky" Frank Purcell of Salt Lake City at the California A. C., San Francisco.
	*The August 26, 1927 ''Daily News Searchlight'' of Bremerton, WA, USA, reported that Smith ran a Tacoma hotel business. It also reported that he was near death on Sept. 10.		*The August 26, 1927 ''Daily News Searchlight'' of Bremerton, WA, USA, reported that Smith ran a Tacoma hotel business. It also reported that he was near death on Sept. 10.

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	'''Trainer''': [[Billy Hennessey]]<br>		'''Trainer''': [[Billy Hennessey]]<br>
	'''Managers''': [[St.Clair Smith]], [[Frank Dunn]], [[Jack Fahie]], [[Billy Roche]]		'''Managers''': [[St.Clair Smith]], [[Frank Dunn]], [[Jack Fahie]], [[Billy Roche]]Br>
			[[:Image:Smith.Billy.Mysterious.jpg\|Photo #2]]; [[:Image:SmithMys.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:Smith.Mysterious.Billy2.jpg\|Photo #4]]


	*Born in either Little River, Nova Scotia or East Port, Missouri		'''Mysterious Billy Smith''' was born in either Little River, Nova Scotia, or East Port, Missouri--depending on the source. (Reported by the ''Everett Daily Herald'', October 15, 1937, as having been born in East Port, Missouri (not Canada).) He was the father of boxer [[Mysterious Billy Smith Jr.]] of Portland, OR, USA.
	*Died in Portland, OR ~~(of uremia~~, ~~after a long illness)~~
	*Boxed from 1891 from 1915, mostly out of Portland, Oregon		He boxed from 1891 from 1915, mostly out of Portland, Oregon. He is generally regarded as one of the dirtiest fighters in boxing history. (An article entitled "Mysterious Billy Smith: The Dirtiest Fighter of All Time" was published in the [[Ring Magazine: January 1992\|January 1992]] ''The Ring'' magazine.)
	*Generally regarded as one of the dirtiest fighters in boxing history. (An article entitled "Mysterious Billy Smith: The Dirtiest Fighter of All Time" was published in the [[Ring Magazine: January 1992\|January 1992]] ''The Ring'' magazine.)
	*Father of boxer [[Mysterious Billy Smith ~~Jr.]] of~~ Portland, OR, ~~USA~~		After his boxing career, he conducted a saloon and later a beer parlor in Portland, Oregon. Smith died in Portland, OR (of uremia, after a long illness).
	*[[:Image:Smith.Billy.Mysterious.jpg\|Photo #2]]; [[:Image:SmithMys.~~jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:Smith.Mysterious.Billy2.jpg\|Photo #4]]~~

	== Career Highlights ==		== Career Highlights ==
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	== Newspaper Factoids ==		== Newspaper Factoids ==
	*Reported by the ''Everett Daily Herald'', October 15, 1937, as having been born in East Port, Missouri (not Canada).
	*After his boxing career, he conducted a saloon and later a beer parlor in Portland, Oregon.
	*On Dec. 17, 1911, at Portland, Oregon, he was shot three times by the husband of his divorced wife--Capt. A.B. Loomis. Although seriously wounded, he recovered.		*On Dec. 17, 1911, at Portland, Oregon, he was shot three times by the husband of his divorced wife--Capt. A.B. Loomis. Although seriously wounded, he recovered.
	*The Dec. 21 ''Tacoma Daily News'' reported that his debut bout had been a L-10 to "Brocky" Frank Purcell of Salt Lake City at the California A. C., San Francisco.		*The Dec. 21 ''Tacoma Daily News'' reported that his debut bout had been a L-10 to "Brocky" Frank Purcell of Salt Lake City at the California A. C., San Francisco.
	*The August 26, 1927 ''Daily News Searchlight'' of Bremerton, WA, USA, reported that Smith ran a Tacoma hotel business. It also reported that he was near death on Sept. 10.		*The August 26, 1927 ''Daily News Searchlight'' of Bremerton, WA, USA, reported that Smith ran a Tacoma hotel business. It also reported that he was near death on Sept. 10.
			* January 11, 1916 ''Tacoma Times'' article [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1916-01-11/ed-1/seq-2/]

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	[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 2009<br>Old Timer Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/smith.html click]]]		[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 2009<br>Old Timer Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/smith.html click]]]
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	*Generally regarded as one of the dirtiest fighters in boxing history. (An article entitled "Mysterious Billy Smith: The Dirtiest Fighter of All Time" was published in the [[Ring Magazine: January 1992\|January 1992]] ''The Ring'' magazine.)		*Generally regarded as one of the dirtiest fighters in boxing history. (An article entitled "Mysterious Billy Smith: The Dirtiest Fighter of All Time" was published in the [[Ring Magazine: January 1992\|January 1992]] ''The Ring'' magazine.)
	*Father of boxer [[Mysterious Billy Smith Jr.]] of Portland, OR, USA		*Father of boxer [[Mysterious Billy Smith Jr.]] of Portland, OR, USA
	*[[:Image:Smith.Billy.Mysterious.jpg\|Photo #2]]; [[:Image:SmithMys.jpg\|Photo #3]]		*[[:Image:Smith.Billy.Mysterious.jpg\|Photo #2]]; [[:Image:SmithMys.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:Smith.Mysterious.Billy2.jpg\|Photo #4]]

	== Career Highlights ==		== Career Highlights ==

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	'''Managers''': [[St.Clair Smith]], [[Frank Dunn]], [[Jack Fahie]], [[Billy Roche]]		'''Managers''': [[St.Clair Smith]], [[Frank Dunn]], [[Jack Fahie]], [[Billy Roche]]

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	*Born in either Little River, Nova Scotia or East Port, Missouri		*Born in either Little River, Nova Scotia or East Port, Missouri
	*Died in Portland, OR (of uremia, after a long illness)		*Died in Portland, OR (of uremia, after a long illness)
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	*Father of boxer [[Mysterious Billy Smith Jr.]] of Portland, OR, USA		*Father of boxer [[Mysterious Billy Smith Jr.]] of Portland, OR, USA
	*[[:Image:Smith.Billy.Mysterious.jpg\|Photo #2]]; [[:Image:SmithMys.jpg\|Photo #3]]		*[[:Image:Smith.Billy.Mysterious.jpg\|Photo #2]]; [[:Image:SmithMys.jpg\|Photo #3]]


	== Career Highlights ==		== Career Highlights ==
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	*He then lost the Welterweight Title to [[James (Rube) Ferns\|Rube Ferns]] on January 15, 1900 on a foul, after knocking him down fifteen times in the bout. Due to the controversial manner of the outcome, he still claimed the title.		*He then lost the Welterweight Title to [[James (Rube) Ferns\|Rube Ferns]] on January 15, 1900 on a foul, after knocking him down fifteen times in the bout. Due to the controversial manner of the outcome, he still claimed the title.
	*Lost all claims on the Welterweight Title on April 17, 1900, when he was knocked out in 19 rounds by Matty Matthews		*Lost all claims on the Welterweight Title on April 17, 1900, when he was knocked out in 19 rounds by Matty Matthews


	== Newspaper Factoids ==		== Newspaper Factoids ==