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Henry Baker

62 KOs

74 KOs

4Draws

No contest: 4

Last six: ?-L-W-W-L-L

Career

division

Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

21

rounds

117

KO %

33.3%

KO wins

2

KO losses

4

career

1890–1899

debut

1890-06-06

last fight

1899-03-31

Profile

alias

Slaughterhouse

sex

M

nationality

United States

origin

United States

city / state / zip

Chicago, Illinois

dob

0000-00-00

Latest news

Boxer Henry Baker's legend persists from beyond the grave

2011-12-17 · OnMilwaukee.com

By Pete Ehrmann Henry Baker lived to fight another day after future heavyweight boxing champion James J. Jeffries figuratively handed him his head in the most important match of Baker's career in 1897. The mystery is, how did the Milwaukee boxer manage…

Slaughterhouse Henry Baker: The Heavyweight Champion of Halloween

2006-10-09 · TheSweetScience.com

Under the headline "Heine Baker Dead," it was reported that “The headless body of Henry Baker, one of the best known heavyweight boxers in the country at one time, was found on the railroad tracks near the Union depot.”…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

3 2 0

L-PTS

Chicago, Illinois, United States

6 of 6

17 4 2

L-KO

Chicago, Illinois, United States

3

3 1 3

W-DQ

Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco, California, United States

6 of 10

Referee: Lou Agnew

0 1 0

W-KO

San Francisco, California, United States

8

3 0 0

L-TKO

Olympic A.C., San Francisco, California, United States

9 of 20

27 6 2

?-ND

6 of 6

26 6 2

L-KO

Nonpareil A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

1 · 1:45

Referee: McDonald

25 1 7

L-PTS

Maspeth, Queens, New York, United States

20 of 20

Frank Paddy Slavin

32 3 5

D-PTS

Caledonian A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

6 of 6 · 170 / 185 lbs

24 2 2

W-KO

Unique A.C., Brooklyn, New York, United States

1

3 2 2

D-PTS

Unique Theater, Brooklyn, New York, United States

8 of 8

30 2 7

L-PTS

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

3 of 3

20 1 6

D-PTS

Chicago, Illinois, United States

6 of 6

43 9 4

W-PTS

Chicago, Illinois, United States

4 of 4

3 3 3

W-PTS

Chicago, Illinois, United States

8

1 2 3

W-PTS

McGurn's Handball Court, Chicago, Illinois, United States

6

1 1 0

D-PTS

Chicago, Illinois, United States

4 of 4

26 8 4

?-ND

Standard Theater, Chicago, Illinois, United States

3 of 3

26 8 4

?-ND

Standard Theater, Chicago, Illinois, United States

3 of 3

26 8 4

?-ND

Standard Theater, Chicago, Illinois, United States

3 of 3

8 1 1

L-KO

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

3 · 150 / 140 lbs