# Joe Goddard (boxer)

Joe Goddard (25 November 1857 – 21 January 1903) was an Australian boxer known for his great strength, durability, and punching power. He stood 6' 0" (185 cm) and weighed 12 stone 12 lbs to 14 stone 4 lbs (180–200 pounds, 82–91 kg).
He was one of the first reported Heavyweight Champions of Australia. Among the men he defeated were Joe Choynski, Peter Maher, and "Denver" Ed Smith. His (incomplete) record comes out to: 28 wins (22 by knockout), 12 losses, 8 draws, and 6 no decisions.
Goddard was shot in the head by a police constable whom he had attacked with a baseball bat during a fight at the Republican primaries in Pennsauken Township, Philadelphia, New Jersey in July 1902. After spending two months in hospital he recovered sufficiently to be released with the bullet still in his head, only to be arrested for having assaulted the constable and imprisoned when unable to put up $1,000 bail. He was said to have lost his sanity a few days later and transferred to Blackwood Insane Asylum, residing there until December, when he was taken to Cooper Hospital, where he died on 21 January 1903. His body was donated to the Philadelphia Medical College for scientific research.
Goddard was the 2006 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Pioneers category.

## Professional boxing record

33 Wins (27 Knockouts), 18 Defeats (7 Knockouts), 12 Draws, 2 No Contests :
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| Win | debut | Australia Ned Ryan | KO | 3 | 1889-04-04 | Australia Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 0-1-0 | Australia Burridge | NWS | | 1889-04-13 | Australia Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Win | debut | Australia Harry Mullins | KO | 1 | 1889-08-31 | Australia Apollo Athletics Hall, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 1-0-1 | Australia Owen Sullivan | KO | 11 | 1889-09-30 | Australia Hamilton Hall, Broken Hill, New South Wales | |
| Win | 7-5-7 | Australia Jim Fogarty | TKO | 4 | 1889-11-09 | Australia Apollo Athletics Hall, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 1-2-0 | Australia Billy Buck | TKO | 4 | 1889-11-09 | Australia Apollo Athletics Hall, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 2-1-1 | Australia Charlie Dunn | KO | 14 | 1889-11-25 | Australia Athletic Hall, Broken Hill, New South Wales | |
| Draw | 1-1-1 | Australia Owen Sullivan | PTS | 10 | 1889-12-23 | Australia Stewart's Athletic Hall, Adelaide, South Australia | |
| Win | 4-2-3 | Australia Jack Morris | KO | 2 | 1890-03-01 | Australia Apollo Athletic Hall, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 1-2-0 | Australia Jim Church | KO | | 1890-05-17 | Australia Crystal Palace, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | debut | Australia Arthur Hayes | KO | | 1890-05-19 | Australia Crystal Palace, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 2-3-2 | Australia Luke Keegan | PTS | 8 | 1890-06-02 | Australia Crystal Palace, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 15-5-3 | Australia Mick Dooley | RTD | 21 | 1890-06-24 | Australia Sydney Amateur Gymnastic Club, Sydney, New South Wales | vacant Australian heavyweight title |
| Loss | debut | Australia W.H. Watson | PTS | 3 | 1890-08-23 | Australia Melbourne Athletic Club, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Draw | 40-3-2 | Australia Peter Jackson | PTS | 8 | 1890-10-20 | Australia Crystal Palace, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria | Australian heavyweight title Commonwealth (British Empire) heavyweight title |
| Win | 15-6-3 | Australia Mick Dooley | KO | 7 | 1890-11-01 | Australia Melbourne Athletic Club, Melbourne, Victoria | Australian heavyweight title |
| Draw | 15-7-3 | Australia Mick Dooley | NWS | | 1890-11-11 | Australia Apollo Athletic Hall, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | debut | Australia Bill Curran | KO | 3 | 1890-11-15 | Australia Melbourne Athletic Club, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 5-1-0 | USA Joe Choynski | KO | 4 | 1891-02-10 | Australia Sydney Amateur Gymnastic Club, Sydney, New South Wales | Australian heavyweight title |
| Draw | 15-7-3 | Australia Mick Dooley | NWS | | 1891-04-11 | Australia Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Win | 10-4-8 | Australia Bill McCarthy | RTD | 6 | 1891-05-04 | Australia O'Bierne's Athletic Hall, Broken Hill, New South Wales | |
| Win | 14-7-2 | Australia Tom Lees | TKO | 9 | 1891-05-26 | Australia Skating Rink, Charters Towers, Queensland | |
| Win | 7-2-0 | USA Joe Choynski | KO | 4 | 1891-07-20 | Australia Melbourne Athletic Club, Melbourne, Victoria | Australian heavyweight title |
| Draw | 14-8-2 | Australia Tom Lees | PTS | 8 | 1891-09-21 | Australia Crystal Palace, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 18-2-8 | Australia Jack Ashton | PTS | 8 | 1891-10-02 | Australia Crystal Palace, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 3-1-0 | Australia Ned Ryan | KO | 5 | 1892-01-02 | Australia Melbourne Athletic Club, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 13-3-0 | USA Joe McAuliffe | KO | 15 | 1892-06-30 | USA Pacific A.C., San Francisco, California | |
| Draw | 16-11-9 | USA Billy Smith | PTS | 8 | 1892-08-25 | USA California A.C., San Francisco, California | |
| Win | debut | USA Tom Moore | KO | 2 | 1892-09-13 | USA Miner's Bowery Theatre, New York | |
| Win | debut | USA Dick Wiley | TKO | 1 | 1892-09-19 | USA Ariel A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| NC | 9-0-0 | USA Joe Butler | NC | 3 | 1892-09-21 | USA Ariel A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| NC | 1-3-1 | USA Mike Brennan | ND | 4 | 1892-09-24 | USA Ariel A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Win | 50-3-0 | USA Peter Maher | KO | 3 | 1892-12-08 | USA Coney Island A.C., Brooklyn, New York | |
| Loss | 30-5-3 | Denver Ed Smith | KO | 18 | 1893-03-03 | USA Olympic A.C., New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Win | debut | USA Willis Kennedy | KO | 2 | 1893-06-12 | USA Columbian A.C., Roby, Indiana | |
| Loss | 31-1-5 | New Zealand Harry Laing | TKO | 12 | 1894-01-01 | Australia Athletic Hall, Melbourne, Victoria | Australian heavyweight title |
| Win | 5-4-1 | Australia Jim Quigley | KO | 2 | 1894-10-22 | Australia Cumberland Athletic Club, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Loss | 6-0-0 | Australia Peter Felix | PTS | 10 | 1895-03-04 | Australia Victoria Hall, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Draw | 15-3-10 | Australia Tut Ryan | PTS | 15 | 1895-05-06 | Australia Victoria Hall, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 4-3-4 | Australia Dan Keely | KO | 2 | 1895-05-25 | Australia Mick Nathan's Athletic Hall, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 0-1-0 | Australia Bill Curran | KO | 3 | 1895-06-08 | Australia Mick Nathan's Athletic Hall, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 22-14"-7 | Australia Edward Starlight Rollins | TKO | 5 | 1895-06-22 | Australia Mick Nathan's Athletic Hall, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Win | 5-4-2 | Australia Owen Sullivan | KO | 9 | 1895-08-31 | South Africa The Amphitheatre, Johannesburg, Gauteng | |
| Draw | 15-3-11 | Australia Tut Ryan | PTS | 13 | 1895-11-23 | South Africa The Amphitheatre, Johannesburg, Gauteng | South African heavyweight title |
| Win | 35-5-4 | USA Denver Ed Smith | KO | 4 | 1896-11-07 | South Africa The Amphitheatre, Johannesburg, Gauteng | South African heavyweight title |
| Win | 18-11-3 | Australia Mick Dooley | KO | 2 | 1897-02-06 | South Africa The Amphitheatre, Johannesburg, Gauteng | South African heavyweight title |
| Draw | 15-3-12 | Australia Tut Ryan | PTS | 20 | 1897-06-05 | South Africa The Amphitheatre, Johannesburg, Gauteng | South African heavyweight title |
| Loss | 25-1-5 | USA Tom Sharkey | KO | 6 | 1897-11-18 | USA Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco, California | |
| Loss | 4-1-2 | USA Theodore Van Buskirk | PTS | 8 | 1898-01-08 | USA Marysville, California | |
| Loss | 5-0-2 | USA James J. Jeffries | TKO | 3 | 1898-02-28 | USA Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, California | |
| Win | 112-5-3 | USA Peter Meher | KO | 1 | 1898-05-13 | USA Arena A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Loss | 112-6-3 | USA Peter Meyer | RTD | 8 | 1898-07-08 | USA Lenox A.C., New York, New York | |
| Draw | 10-6-4 | USA Bob Armstrong | NWS | 6 | 1898-08-29 | USA Arena A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Loss | 35-6-4 | USA Joe Choynski | NWS | 6 | 1898-09-12 | USA Arena A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Loss | 15-4-1 | USA Gus Ruhlin | NWS | 6 | 1898-10-14 | USA Arena A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Draw | 5-7-1 | USA Jack McCormick | NWS | 6 | 1898-11-12 | USA Nonpareil A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Loss | 46-2-7 | USA Kid McCoy | DQ | 5 | 1898-12-16 | USA Arena A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Loss | 16-4-1 | USA Gus Ruhlin | DQ | 5 | 1899-03-07 | USA Lenox A.C., New York, New York | |
| Loss | 9-2-0 | USA Klondike Haynes | DQ | 5 | 1899-06-21 | USA Adelphi Theater, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Loss | 14-5-0 | USA Charley Stevenson | TKO | 4 | 1899-11-07 | USA Nonpareil A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Loss | 8-11-2 | USA Jack McCormick | KO | 2 | 1899-11-25 | Canada Crescent A.C., Toronto, Ontario | |
| Loss | 30-3-6 | USA Tom Sharkey | TKO | 4 | 1900-02-13 | USA Industrial Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Draw | 16-5-1 | USA Klondike Haynes | NWS | 6 | 1900-11-06 | USA Star Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Loss | 10-5-0 | USA Jim Jeffords | NWS | 6 | 1901-07-04 | USA Lancaster, Pennsylvania | |
| Loss | 25-8-6 | USA George Cole | DQ | 5 | 1902-04-24 | USA Broadway A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |