05/12/1879 - New York, NY - Gilmore's Garden (2,000)
Catch-as-catch-can (w/ jackets): John McMahon (2-1) William Miller
1: McMahon (2:17)
2: Miller (7:39)
3: McMahon ("very short")

05/14/1879 - New York, NY - Gilmore's Garden (renamed Madison Square Garden 16 days later)
William Muldoon def Thiebaud Bauer

08/06/1879 - New York, NY - St. James Opera House (450)
American Collar-and-Elbow Heavyweight Title*: John McMahon def James Owens

10/04/1879 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [original; formerly Gilmore's Garden] (1,500)
John McMahon (2-2 curfew draw) William Miller

10/22/1879 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [original]
Edwin Bibby (dec) Andre Cristol

12/04/1879 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [original]
Edwin Bibby vs Andre Cristol