Boxing
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- 10 May — Jem Mace returns to competitive boxing and fights Tom Allen, nominally for the now-defunct English Championship, at Kennerville, Louisiana. Mace wins with a tenth round knockout which confirms that he is still the best English fighter. However, claims are made on behalf of Mace that he is now the holder of the American Championship also. Not having fought either Elliott or McCoole, this is an invalid claim.
- 12 December — American Championship claimant Jimmy Elliott is arrested and convicted of highway robbery and assault with intent to kill. He is sentenced to 16 years and 10 months at the Eastern Penitentiary in Philadelphia, eventually serving more than eight years.
- Elliott's rival Mike McCoole is inactive this year but, with Elliott out of contention, McCoole has the strongest claim to the American Championship with Mace now his main rival.
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