| Joe Goddard | |
| Realname: | Joseph John Goddard |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Nickname: | The Wild Man The Barrier Champion |
| Height: | 183cm (72inches) |
| Weight: | Heavyweight |
| Reach: | 720NaN0 |
| Birth Date: | 25 November 1857 |
| Birth Place: | Pyramul, Colony of New South Wales |
| Death Date: | 21 January 1903 |
| Death Place: | Philadelphia, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 58 |
| Wins: | 32 |
| Ko: | 30 |
| Losses: | 15 |
| Draws: | 7 |
Joe Goddard (25 November 1857 – 21 January 1903) was an Australian boxer known for his great strength, durability, and punching power. He stood 6' 0" (185 cm) and weighed 12 stone 12 lbs to 14 stone 4 lbs (180–200 pounds, 82–91 kg).
He was one of the first reported Heavyweight Champions of Australia. Among the men he defeated were Joe Choynski, Peter Maher, and "Denver" Ed Smith. His (incomplete) record comes out to: 28 wins (22 by knockout), 12 losses, 8 draws, and 6 no decisions.
Goddard was shot in the head by a police constable whom he had attacked with a baseball bat during a fight at the Republican primaries in Pennsauken Township, Philadelphia, New Jersey in July 1902. After spending two months in hospital he recovered sufficiently to be released with the bullet still in his head, only to be arrested for having assaulted the constable and imprisoned when unable to put up $1,000 bail. He was said to have lost his sanity a few days later and transferred to Blackwood Insane Asylum, residing there until December, when he was taken to Cooper Hospital, where he died on 21 January 1903.[1] His body was donated to the Philadelphia Medical College for scientific research.[2]
Goddard was the 2006 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Pioneers category.
| 33 Wins (27 Knockouts), 18 Defeats (7 Knockouts), 12 Draws, 2 No Contests[3] | ||||||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes | |||
| Win | debut | align=left | Australia Ned Ryan | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 0-1-0 | align=left | Australia Burridge | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | debut | align=left | Australia Harry Mullins | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 1-0-1 | align=left | Australia Owen Sullivan | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 7-5-7 | align=left | Australia Jim Fogarty | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 1-2-0 | align=left | Australia Billy Buck | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 2-1-1 | align=left | Australia Charlie Dunn | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Draw | 1-1-1 | align=left | Australia Owen Sullivan | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 4-2-3 | align=left | Australia Jack Morris | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 1-2-0 | align=left | Australia Jim Church | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | debut | align=left | Australia Arthur Hayes | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 2-3-2 | align=left | Australia Luke Keegan | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 15-5-3 | align=left | Australia Mick Dooley | align=left | align=left | vacant Australian heavyweight title | ||||
| Loss | debut | align=left | Australia W.H. Watson | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Draw | 40-3-2 | align=left | Australia Peter Jackson | align=left | align=left | Australian heavyweight title Commonwealth (British Empire) heavyweight title | ||||
| Win | 15-6-3 | align=left | Australia Mick Dooley | align=left | align=left | Australian heavyweight title | ||||
| Draw | 15-7-3 | align=left | Australia Mick Dooley | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | debut | align=left | Australia Bill Curran | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 5-1-0 | align=left | USA Joe Choynski | align=left | align=left | Australian heavyweight title | ||||
| Draw | 15-7-3 | align=left | Australia Mick Dooley | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 10-4-8 | align=left | Australia Bill McCarthy | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 14-7-2 | align=left | Australia Tom Lees | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 7-2-0 | align=left | USA Joe Choynski | align=left | align=left | Australian heavyweight title | ||||
| Draw | 14-8-2 | align=left | Australia Tom Lees | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 18-2-8 | align=left | Australia Jack Ashton | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 3-1-0 | align=left | Australia Ned Ryan | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 13-3-0 | align=left | USA Joe McAuliffe | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Draw | 16-11-9 | align=left | USA Billy Smith | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | debut | align=left | USA Tom Moore | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | debut | align=left | USA Dick Wiley | align=left | align=left | |||||
| NC | 9-0-0 | align=left | USA Joe Butler | align=left | align=left | |||||
| NC | 1-3-1 | align=left | USA Mike Brennan | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 50-3-0 | align=left | USA Peter Maher | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 30-5-3 | align=left | Denver Ed Smith | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | debut | align=left | USA Willis Kennedy | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 31-1-5 | align=left | New Zealand Harry Laing | align=left | align=left | Australian heavyweight title | ||||
| Win | 5-4-1 | align=left | Australia Jim Quigley | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 6-0-0 | align=left | Australia Peter Felix | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Draw | 15-3-10 | align=left | Australia Tut Ryan | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 4-3-4 | align=left | Australia Dan Keely | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 0-1-0 | align=left | Australia Bill Curran | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 22-14"-7 | align=left | Australia Edward Starlight Rollins | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 5-4-2 | align=left | Australia Owen Sullivan | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Draw | 15-3-11 | align=left | Australia Tut Ryan | align=left | align=left | South African heavyweight title | ||||
| Win | 35-5-4 | align=left | USA Denver Ed Smith | align=left | align=left | South African heavyweight title | ||||
| Win | 18-11-3 | align=left | Australia Mick Dooley | align=left | align=left | South African heavyweight title | ||||
| Draw | 15-3-12 | align=left | Australia Tut Ryan | align=left | align=left | South African heavyweight title | ||||
| Loss | 25-1-5 | align=left | USA Tom Sharkey | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 4-1-2 | align=left | USA Theodore Van Buskirk | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 5-0-2 | align=left | USA James J. Jeffries | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Win | 112-5-3 | align=left | USA Peter Meher | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 112-6-3 | align=left | USA Peter Meyer | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Draw | 10-6-4 | align=left | USA Bob Armstrong | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 35-6-4 | align=left | USA Joe Choynski | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 15-4-1 | align=left | USA Gus Ruhlin | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Draw | 5-7-1 | align=left | USA Jack McCormick | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 46-2-7 | align=left | USA Kid McCoy | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 16-4-1 | align=left | USA Gus Ruhlin | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 9-2-0 | align=left | USA Klondike Haynes | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 14-5-0 | align=left | USA Charley Stevenson | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 8-11-2 | align=left | USA Jack McCormick | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 30-3-6 | align=left | USA Tom Sharkey | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Draw | 16-5-1 | align=left | USA Klondike Haynes | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 10-5-0 | align=left | USA Jim Jeffords | align=left | align=left | |||||
| Loss | 25-8-6 | align=left | USA George Cole | align=left | align=left | |||||