Mike O'Dowd explained

Mike O'Dowd
Realname:	Michael Joseph O'Dowd
Nickname:	The St. Paul Cyclone
Weight:	Middleweight
Height:	5feet
Reach:	700NaN0
Nationality:	American
Birth Date:	April 5, 1895
Birth Place:	St. Paul, Minnesota
Total:	117;^[1] with the inclusion of newspaper decisions
Wins:	93
Ko:	39
Losses:	16
Draws:	7
No Contests:	1

Michael Joseph O'Dowd (April 5, 1895, in St. Paul, Minnesota  - July 28, 1957) was an American boxer who held the World Middleweight Championship from 1917 to 1920.

Biography

O'Dowd won the title on November 14, 1917, by knocking out Al McCoy in the sixth round after dropping him six times.^[2] O'Dowd was the only active boxing champion to fight at the front during World War I (1918, while serving in the U.S. Army).^[3] During his career he claimed victories over Hall of Famers Jack Britton, Mike Gibbons, Kid Lewis and Jeff Smith. On February 25, 1918, he held the legendary Harry Greb to a draw.^[2] O'Dowd was knocked out just once in his career, his last fight on March 16, 1923.^[4]

O'Dowd died on July 28, 1957, from a heart attack at a Veteran's hospital, aged 62.^[5] He was inducted into the Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2014.^[6]

Professional boxing record

All information in this section is derived from BoxRec,^[7] unless otherwise stated.

Official record

All newspaper decisions are officially regarded as "no decision" bouts and are not counted in the win/loss/draw column.

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Age	Location	Notes
117	Loss	52–7–3	Jock Malone	KO	1 (10)	Mar 16, 1923
116	Win	52–6–3	Dave Rosenberg	DQ	8 (12)	Nov 30, 1922
115	Loss	51–6–3	Brian Downey	PTS	12	May 15, 1922
114	Win	51–5–3	Mike Gibbons	PTS	12	May 6, 1922
113	Win	50–5–3	Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield	PTS	12	Mar 18, 1922
112	Loss	49–5–3	Mike Gibbons	NWS	10	Dec 16, 1921
111	Draw	49–5–3	Lou Bogash	PTS	12	Dec 6, 1921
110	Win	49–5–2	Johnny Paske	PTS	12	Nov 14, 1921
109	Loss	48–5–2	Phil Krug	NWS	12	Sep 1, 1921
108	Loss	48–5–2	Young Fisher	PTS	12	Aug 26, 1921
107	Win	48–4–2	Silent Martin	TKO	9 (12)	Aug 20, 1921
106	Loss	47–4–2	Johnny Wilson	SD	15	Mar 17, 1921
105	Win	47–3–2	Len Rowlands	NWS	8	Dec 6, 1920
104	Win	47–3–2	Jeff Smith	SD	15	Nov 9, 1920
103	Win	46–3–2	Frank Carbone	NWS	10	Oct 22, 1920
102	Win	46–3–2	Frank Carbone	PTS	12	Oct 4, 1920
101	Win	45–3–2	Ted "Kid" Lewis	NWS	12	Sep 23, 1920
100	Win	45–3–2	Sailor Ed Petroskey	NWS	8	Sep 15, 1920
99	Win	45–3–2	Tommy Robson	PTS	12	Aug 21, 1920
98	Win	44–3–2	Gordon McKay	TKO	12 (15)	Jul 5, 1920
97	Draw	43–3–2	Battling Ortega	PTS	10	Jun 24, 1920
96	Win	43–3–1	George K.O. Brown	KO	6 (8)	May 19, 1920
95	Win	42–3–1	Jack Britton	NWS	12	May 17, 1920
94	Win	42–3–1	Jackie Clark	NWS	10	May 11, 1920
93	Loss	42–3–1	Johnny Wilson	PTS	12	May 6, 1920
92	Win	42–2–1	K.O. Samson	TKO	4 (6)	Apr 26, 1920
91	Win	41–2–1	Walter Laurette	TKO	6 (12)	Apr 15, 1920
90	Win	40–2–1	Frankie Maguire	NWS	6	Apr 3, 1920
89	Win	40–2–1	Joe Eagan	KO	5 (12)	Mar 30, 1920
88	Win	39–2–1	Augie Ratner	NWS	10	Mar 17, 1920
87	Win	39–2–1	Tommy Madden	KO	4 (12)	Mar 12, 1920
86	Win	38–2–1	Stockyards Tommy Murphy	TKO	9 (10)	Mar 5, 1920
85	Win	37–2–1	Jack McCarron	TKO	2 (6)	Mar 1, 1920
84	Win	36–2–1	Young Fisher	KO	3 (10)	Jan 26, 1920
83	Win	35–2–1	Stockyards Tommy Murphy	TKO	3 (12)	Jan 20, 1920
82	Win	34–2–1	Frank Carbone	NWS	10	Jan 14, 1920
81	Win	34–2–1	Mike Gibbons	NWS	10	Nov 21, 1919
80	Win	34–2–1	Jimmy O'Hagan	KO	2 (10)	Nov 10, 1919
79	Win	33–2–1	Billy Kramer	KO	2 (8)	Nov 6, 1919
78	Win	32–2–1	Jack Connors	KO	2 (12)	Oct 30, 1919
77	Win	31–2–1	Steve Latzo	NWS	6	Oct 18, 1919
76	Win	31–2–1	Augie Ratner	NWS	8	Sep 29, 1919
75	Win	31–2–1	Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield	NWS	10	Sep 19, 1919
74	Win	31–2–1	Ted "Kid" Lewis	NWS	10	Sep 1, 1919
73	Loss	31–2–1	Jack Britton	NWS	8	Aug 22, 1919
72	Win	31–2–1	Jackie Clark	NWS	10	Aug 11, 1919
71	Win	31–2–1	Young Fisher	KO	5 (10)	Jul 21, 1919
70	Win	30–2–1	Al McCoy	KO	3 (10)	Jul 17, 1919
69	Draw	29–2–1	Harry Greb	NWS	10	Feb 25, 1918
68	Win	29–2–1	Joe Welsh	NWS	6	Dec 19, 1917
67	Win	29–2–1	Billy Kramer	NWS	6	Dec 15, 1917
66	Win	29–2–1	Jack McCarron	NWS	6	Nov 24, 1917
65	Win	29–2–1	Al McCoy	KO	6 (10)	Nov 14, 1917
64	Win	28–2–1	Frank Carbone	NWS	10	Nov 1, 1917
63	Win	28–2–1	Jerry Cole	TKO	3 (10)	Oct 27, 1917
62	Win	27–2–1	K.O. Willie Loughlin	KO	2 (10)	Oct 4, 1917
61	Win	26–2–1	Joe Connolly	TKO	4 (12)	Sep 25, 1917
60	Win	25–2–1	Italian Joe Gans	NWS	10	Sep 6, 1917
59	Win	25–2–1	Ted "Kid" Lewis	PTS	12	Aug 28, 1917
58	Loss	24–2–1	Ted "Kid" Lewis	NWS	10	Aug 17, 1917
57	Win	24–2–1	Frank Carbone	NWS	10	Aug 11, 1917
56	Win	24–2–1	Tommy Madden	KO	3 (10)	Aug 9, 1917
55	Win	23–2–1	Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield	NWS	10	Jun 28, 1917
54	Loss	23–2–1	Zulu Kid	NWS	10	Jun 16, 1917
53	Loss	23–2–1	Ted "Kid" Lewis	NWS	10	May 24, 1917
52	Win	23–2–1	Silent Martin	NWS	10	May 22, 1917
51	Win	23–2–1	Italian Joe Gans	NWS	10	May 17, 1917
50	Win	23–2–1	Jack Britton	NWS	10	May 8, 1917
49	Win	23–2–1	Silent Martin	PTS	15	May 4, 1917
48	Win	22–2–1	Frank Carbone	PTS	12	Apr 17, 1917
47	Win	21–2–1	Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield	NWS	10	Apr 12, 1917
46	Win	21–2–1	Frank Carbone	NWS	10	Mar 31, 1917
45	Loss	21–2–1	Joe Eagan	PTS	12	Mar 20, 1917
44	Loss	21–1–1	Jack Britton	NWS	10	Jan 25, 1917
43	Win	21–1–1	Frank Carbone	PTS	15	Jan 3, 1917
42	Win	20–1–1	Johnny 'Kid' Alberts	NWS	10	Jan 1, 1917
41	Win	20–1–1	Jack Toland	TKO	2 (12)	Dec 20, 1916
40	Win	19–1–1	Eddie Moha	NWS	10	Nov 30, 1916
39	Win	19–1–1	Frank Carbone	PTS	15	Nov 15, 1916
38	Win	18–1–1	Frank Barrieau	KO	6 (15)	Oct 23, 1916
37	Win	17–1–1	Mickey Sheridan	NWS	10	Aug 18, 1916
36	Win	17–1–1	Willie Adams	KO	4 (10)	Jun 14, 1916
35	Loss	16–1–1	Jack Britton	PTS	12	Jun 6, 1916
34	Win	16–0–1	Joe Eagan	TKO	9 (12)	Apr 25, 1916
33	Win	15–0–1	Jack Toland	NWS	10	Apr 6, 1916
32	Win	15–0–1	Terry Mitchell	TKO	8 (10)	Mar 25, 1916
31	Win	14–0–1	Young Erne	NWS	6	Mar 18, 1916
30	Draw	14–0–1	Willie Schaeffer	PTS	10	Mar 13, 1916
29	Draw	14–0	Perry Graves	NWS	10	Dec 21, 1915
28	Win	14–0	Frankie Brennan	NWS	10	Dec 3, 1915
27	Win	14–0	Billy Kramer	NWS	10	Nov 29, 1915
26	Win	14–0	Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield	NWS	10	Nov 12, 1915
25	Draw	14–0	Silent Martin	NWS	10	Oct 22, 1915
24	Win	14–0	Walter Monaghan	NWS	10	Sep 23, 1915
23	Win	14–0	Freddie Gilmore	KO	5 (10)	Aug 20, 1915
22	Draw	13–0	Willie Schaeffer	NWS	10	Jul 12, 1915
21	Win	13–0	Billy Perkins	KO	3 (10)	Jun 4, 1915
20	Loss	12–0	Billy Miske	NWS	10	Apr 6, 1915
19	Win	12–0	Stockyards Tommy Murphy	TKO	9 (10)	Mar 23, 1915
18	Win	11–0	Walter Monaghan	NWS	10	Mar 2, 1915
17	Loss	11–0	Willie Schaeffer	NWS	10	Feb 2, 1915
16	Win	11–0	Danny Hayes	NWS	8	Jan 15, 1915
15	Win	11–0	Young Pinky	KO	1 (8)	Jan 8, 1915
14	Win	10–0	Billy Perkins	NWS	10	Dec 4, 1914
13	Win	10–0	Mike Graham	TKO	8 (10)	Oct 9, 1914
12	Win	9–0	Labe Safro	KO	4 (8)	Sep 2, 1914
11	Win	8–0	Cyclone Smith	TKO	3 (6)	Jun 15, 1914
10	Win	7–0	Charles Fuhrman	TKO	3 (8)	May 22, 1914
9	Win	6–0	Harold Jensen	KO	3 (8)	Feb 6, 1914
8	Win	5–0	Charles Fuhrman	NWS	6	Nov 10, 1913
7	Win	5–0	Jack Pleunbush	KO	2 (?)	Aug 15, 1913
6		4–0	Billy Miske	ND	10	Jul 6, 1913
5	Win	4–0	Al Johnson	KO	1 (?)	May 10, 1913
4	Win	4–0	Henry Gardner	KO	1 (?)	Apr 5, 1913
3	Win	3–0	Mike Brown	KO	1 (?)	Mar 5, 1913
2	Win	2–0	Al Johnson	KO	1 (?)	Feb 10, 1913
1	Win	1–0	Harry Olsen	KO	1 (?)	Jan 13, 1913

Unofficial record

Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions in the win/loss/draw column.

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Age	Location	Notes
117	Loss	93–16–7	Jock Malone	KO	1 (10)	Mar 16, 1923
116	Win	93–15–7	Dave Rosenberg	DQ	8 (12)	Nov 30, 1922
115	Loss	92–15–7	Brian Downey	PTS	12	May 15, 1922
114	Win	92–14–7	Mike Gibbons	PTS	12	May 6, 1922
113	Win	91–14–7	Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield	PTS	12	Mar 18, 1922
112	Loss	90–14–7	Mike Gibbons	NWS	10	Dec 16, 1921
111	Draw	90–13–7	Lou Bogash	PTS	12	Dec 6, 1921
110	Win	90–13–6	Johnny Paske	PTS	12	Nov 14, 1921
109	Loss	89–13–6	Phil Krug	NWS	12	Sep 1, 1921
108	Loss	89–12–6	Young Fisher	PTS	12	Aug 26, 1921
107	Win	89–11–6	Silent Martin	TKO	9 (12)	Aug 20, 1921
106	Loss	88–11–6	Johnny Wilson	SD	15	Mar 17, 1921
105	Win	88–10–6	Len Rowlands	NWS	8	Dec 6, 1920
104	Win	87–10–6	Jeff Smith	SD	15	Nov 9, 1920
103	Win	86–10–6	Frank Carbone	NWS	10	Oct 22, 1920
102	Win	85–10–6	Frank Carbone	PTS	12	Oct 4, 1920
101	Win	84–10–6	Ted "Kid" Lewis	NWS	12	Sep 23, 1920
100	Win	83–10–6	Sailor Ed Petroskey	NWS	8	Sep 15, 1920
99	Win	82–10–6	Tommy Robson	PTS	12	Aug 21, 1920
98	Win	81–10–6	Gordon McKay	TKO	12 (15)	Jul 5, 1920
97	Draw	80–10–6	Battling Ortega	PTS	10	Jun 24, 1920
96	Win	80–10–5	George K.O. Brown	KO	6 (8)	May 19, 1920
95	Win	79–10–5	Jack Britton	NWS	12	May 17, 1920
94	Win	78–10–5	Jackie Clark	NWS	10	May 11, 1920
93	Loss	77–10–5	Johnny Wilson	PTS	12	May 6, 1920
92	Win	77–9–5	K.O. Samson	TKO	4 (6)	Apr 26, 1920
91	Win	76–9–5	Walter Laurette	TKO	6 (12)	Apr 15, 1920
90	Win	75–9–5	Frankie Maguire	NWS	6	Apr 3, 1920
89	Win	74–9–5	Joe Eagan	KO	5 (12)	Mar 30, 1920
88	Win	73–9–5	Augie Ratner	NWS	10	Mar 17, 1920
87	Win	72–9–5	Tommy Madden	KO	4 (12)	Mar 12, 1920
86	Win	71–9–5	Stockyards Tommy Murphy	TKO	9 (10)	Mar 5, 1920
85	Win	70–9–5	Jack McCarron	TKO	2 (6)	Mar 1, 1920
84	Win	69–9–5	Young Fisher	KO	3 (10)	Jan 26, 1920
83	Win	68–9–5	Stockyards Tommy Murphy	TKO	3 (12)	Jan 20, 1920
82	Win	67–9–5	Frank Carbone	NWS	10	Jan 14, 1920
81	Win	66–9–5	Mike Gibbons	NWS	10	Nov 21, 1919
80	Win	65–9–5	Jimmy O'Hagan	KO	2 (10)	Nov 10, 1919
79	Win	64–9–5	Billy Kramer	KO	2 (8)	Nov 6, 1919
78	Win	63–9–5	Jack Connors	KO	2 (12)	Oct 30, 1919
77	Win	62–9–5	Steve Latzo	NWS	6	Oct 18, 1919
76	Win	61–9–5	Augie Ratner	NWS	8	Sep 29, 1919
75	Win	60–9–5	Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield	NWS	10	Sep 19, 1919
74	Win	59–9–5	Ted "Kid" Lewis	NWS	10	Sep 1, 1919
73	Loss	58–9–5	Jack Britton	NWS	8	Aug 22, 1919
72	Win	58–8–5	Jackie Clark	NWS	10	Aug 11, 1919
71	Win	57–8–5	Young Fisher	KO	5 (10)	Jul 21, 1919
70	Win	56–8–5	Al McCoy	KO	3 (10)	Jul 17, 1919
69	Draw	55–8–5	Harry Greb	NWS	10	Feb 25, 1918
68	Win	55–8–4	Joe Welsh	NWS	6	Dec 19, 1917
67	Win	54–8–4	Billy Kramer	NWS	6	Dec 15, 1917
66	Win	53–8–4	Jack McCarron	NWS	6	Nov 24, 1917
65	Win	52–8–4	Al McCoy	KO	6 (10)	Nov 14, 1917
64	Win	51–8–4	Frank Carbone	NWS	10	Nov 1, 1917
63	Win	50–8–4	Jerry Cole	TKO	3 (10)	Oct 27, 1917
62	Win	49–8–4	K.O. Willie Loughlin	KO	2 (10)	Oct 4, 1917
61	Win	48–8–4	Joe Connolly	TKO	4 (12)	Sep 25, 1917
60	Win	47–8–4	Italian Joe Gans	NWS	10	Sep 6, 1917
59	Win	46–8–4	Ted "Kid" Lewis	PTS	12	Aug 28, 1917
58	Loss	45–8–4	Ted "Kid" Lewis	NWS	10	Aug 17, 1917
57	Win	45–7–4	Frank Carbone	NWS	10	Aug 11, 1917
56	Win	44–7–4	Tommy Madden	KO	3 (10)	Aug 9, 1917
55	Win	43–7–4	Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield	NWS	10	Jun 28, 1917
54	Loss	42–7–4	Zulu Kid	NWS	10	Jun 16, 1917
53	Loss	42–6–4	Ted "Kid" Lewis	NWS	10	May 24, 1917
52	Win	42–5–4	Silent Martin	NWS	10	May 22, 1917
51	Win	41–5–4	Italian Joe Gans	NWS	10	May 17, 1917
50	Win	40–5–4	Jack Britton	NWS	10	May 8, 1917
49	Win	39–5–4	Silent Martin	PTS	15	May 4, 1917
48	Win	38–5–4	Frank Carbone	PTS	12	Apr 17, 1917
47	Win	37–5–4	Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield	NWS	10	Apr 12, 1917
46	Win	36–5–4	Frank Carbone	NWS	10	Mar 31, 1917
45	Loss	35–5–4	Joe Eagan	PTS	12	Mar 20, 1917
44	Loss	35–4–4	Jack Britton	NWS	10	Jan 25, 1917
43	Win	35–3–4	Frank Carbone	PTS	15	Jan 3, 1917
42	Win	34–3–4	Johnny 'Kid' Alberts	NWS	10	Jan 1, 1917
41	Win	33–3–4	Jack Toland	TKO	2 (12)	Dec 20, 1916
40	Win	32–3–4	Eddie Moha	NWS	10	Nov 30, 1916
39	Win	31–3–4	Frank Carbone	PTS	15	Nov 15, 1916
38	Win	30–3–4	Frank Barrieau	KO	6 (15)	Oct 23, 1916
37	Win	29–3–4	Mickey Sheridan	NWS	10	Aug 18, 1916
36	Win	28–3–4	Willie Adams	KO	4 (10)	Jun 14, 1916
35	Loss	27–3–4	Jack Britton	PTS	12	Jun 6, 1916
34	Win	27–2–4	Joe Eagan	TKO	9 (12)	Apr 25, 1916
33	Win	26–2–4	Jack Toland	NWS	10	Apr 6, 1916
32	Win	25–2–4	Terry Mitchell	TKO	8 (10)	Mar 25, 1916
31	Win	24–2–4	Young Erne	NWS	6	Mar 18, 1916
30	Draw	23–2–4	Willie Schaeffer	PTS	10	Mar 13, 1916
29	Draw	23–2–3	Perry Graves	NWS	10	Dec 21, 1915
28	Win	23–2–2	Frankie Brennan	NWS	10	Dec 3, 1915
27	Win	22–2–2	Billy Kramer	NWS	10	Nov 29, 1915
26	Win	21–2–2	Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield	NWS	10	Nov 12, 1915
25	Draw	20–2–2	Silent Martin	NWS	10	Oct 22, 1915
24	Win	20–2–1	Walter Monaghan	NWS	10	Sep 23, 1915
23	Win	19–2–1	Freddie Gilmore	KO	5 (10)	Aug 20, 1915
22	Draw	18–2–1	Willie Schaeffer	NWS	10	Jul 12, 1915
21	Win	18–2	Billy Perkins	KO	3 (10)	Jun 4, 1915
20	Loss	17–2	Billy Miske	NWS	10	Apr 6, 1915
19	Win	17–1	Stockyards Tommy Murphy	TKO	9 (10)	Mar 23, 1915
18	Win	16–1	Walter Monaghan	NWS	10	Mar 2, 1915
17	Loss	15–1	Willie Schaeffer	NWS	10	Feb 2, 1915
16	Win	15–0	Danny Hayes	NWS	8	Jan 15, 1915
15	Win	14–0	Young Pinky	KO	1 (8)	Jan 8, 1915
14	Win	13–0	Billy Perkins	NWS	10	Dec 4, 1914
13	Win	12–0	Mike Graham	TKO	8 (10)	Oct 9, 1914
12	Win	11–0	Labe Safro	KO	4 (8)	Sep 2, 1914
11	Win	10–0	Cyclone Smith	TKO	3 (6)	Jun 15, 1914
10	Win	9–0	Charles Fuhrman	TKO	3 (8)	May 22, 1914
9	Win	8–0	Harold Jensen	KO	3 (8)	Feb 6, 1914
8	Win	7–0	Charles Fuhrman	NWS	6	Nov 10, 1913
7	Win	6–0	Jack Pleunbush	KO	2 (?)	Aug 15, 1913
6		5–0	Billy Miske	ND	10	Jul 6, 1913
5	Win	5–0	Al Johnson	KO	1 (?)	May 10, 1913
4	Win	4–0	Henry Gardner	KO	1 (?)	Apr 5, 1913
3	Win	3–0	Mike Brown	KO	1 (?)	Mar 5, 1913
2	Win	2–0	Al Johnson	KO	1 (?)	Feb 10, 1913
1	Win	1–0	Harry Olsen	KO	1 (?)	Jan 13, 1913

See also

• List of middleweight boxing champions

External links

• O'Dowd's Record at Cyber Boxing Zone

Notes and References

1. Web site: BoxRec: Mike O'Dowd.
2. http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=011286&cat=boxer&pageID=2 Mike O'Dowds's Professional Boxing Record
3. http://www.mnbhof.org/2011_inductees/odowd_mike.html Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame - Mike O'Dowd
4. http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/odowd-m.htm Cyber Boxing Encyclopedia - Mike O'Dowd
5. News: Mike O'Dowd, Former Boxer, Dies at 62; Held Middleweight Title, 1917 to 1920; Rushing Fighter. The New York Times. 30 July 1957.
6. http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/odowd.html International Boxing Hall of Fame - Mike O'Dowd
7. Web site: BoxRec: Mike O'Dowd.