Last updated on 06/01/2016

01/05/1881 - New York, NY - Terrace Garden
Graeco-Roman: Clarence Whistler vs Prof. Kimball

01/19/1881 - Brooklyn, NY - Turn Hall (500)
Edwin Bibby (3-2) Duncan C. Ross

01/21/1881 - Brooklyn, NY - Olympic Theater (boxing & wrestling)

01/26/1881 - New York - Terrace Garden (2,000)
Graeco-Roman: William Muldoon (1-1 6h, theatre closed around 4am) Clarence Whistler

02/09/1881 Metropolitan Rowing Club - New York, NY - Lyric Hall
Graeco-Roman: James Pilkington vs James Quigley
Graeco-Roman: Clarence Whistler vs Sam Berry
Lancashire Style Exhibition: Sam Berry vs "one of his pupils"

02/17/1881 - Brooklyn, NY - Turn Hall (500)
American Catch-as-catch-can Heavyweight Title: Edwin Bibby* (3-2) James C. Daly

03/02/1881 - New York, NY - Old Post Office Building (300)
William Muldoon (2-0) Edwin Bibby

03/22/1881 - New York - Terrace Garden Theatre (300-400)
William Muldoon vs John McMahon
   1: Graeco-Roman: Muldoon (5min)
   2: Collar-And-Elbow: McMahon
   3: Ccatch-As-Catch-Can: draw (ref called it off because Muldoon's jacket was torn)

03/31/1881 - Brooklyn, NY - Turn Hall (200)
Clarence Whistler (3-1) Henry M. Dufur

04/30/1881 - Jericho, NY
George Ryerson (215lb) def Thomas Donohue (160lb)

12/10/1881 Metropolitan Rowing Club (part of an entertainment event) - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [original]

 

Researches by Hisaharu Tanabe, with additional information from Don Luce and Jimmy Wheeler