Heavyweight · Bare-Knuckle & Gloves (1880–1919)
Peter Jackson
"The Black Prince"
45
Wins
4
Losses
4
Draws
30
KOs
67%
KO %
- Born
- 1861
- Died
- 1901
- Nationality
- Australia
- Career
- 1882–1899
A gifted heavyweight whose 61-round draw with Corbett showed a skill level the colour line kept from a world title.
Titles & Honours
- Australian Heavyweight Champion
- World Colored Heavyweight Champion
Career Timeline
1882–1899- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Jack Hayes · D PTS
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Jem Smith · DQ. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Jim Jeffords · L TKO. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
1 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882-01-01 | D | Jack Hayes | PTS | 5 | Queen's Hotel, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1884-01-28 | W | George Cave | KO | 1 | Academy of Music, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1884-01-31 | W | Tom Lees | PTS | 4 | Academy of Music, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1884-06-25 | W | Mick Dooley | NWS | 4 | Sydney Gymnastic Club, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1884-07-26 | L | Bill Farnan | TKO | 4 | Victoria Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| 1884-09-23 | D | Bill Farnan | PTS | 6 | Haymarket, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1885-05-28 | W | Mick Dooley | NWS | 4 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1886-03-13 | D | Jack Thompson | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1886-03-27 | W | Mick Dooley | KO | 3 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1886-04-03 | W | Bob Berbs | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1886-04-03 | W | Herbert Goddard | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1886-05-22 | L | Pablo Fanque | PTS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1886-07-12 | W | Tom Taylor | NWS | 3 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1886-07-17 | W | Dan Hickey | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1886-08-07 | W | Riley | NWS | 3 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1886-08-25 | D | Billy McCarthy | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1886-09-25 | W | Tom Lees | TKO | 30 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1887-04-06 | W | Pat Kiely | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1887-04-23 | W | Mick O'Brien | KO | 1 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1887-06-04 | W | Jim Nolan | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1887-06-11 | D | George Seale | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1887-06-25 | W | Jim Nolan | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1887-07-16 | W | Steve O'Donnell | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1887-08-27 | W | Harry Stanley | NWS | 4 | Athletic Hall, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| 1887-09-24 | W | Jim Nolan | KO | 1 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1888-01-14 | L | Martin Costello | PTS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1888-02-04 | D | Mick Dooley | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1888-02-11 | W | Tom Taylor | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1888-03-17 | D | Mick Dooley | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1888-04-17 | D | Larry Foley | NWS | 4 | Foley's Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1888-06-20 | W | M.J. Sullivan | KO | 2 | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| 1888-08-24 | W | George Godfrey | TKO | 19 | California A.C., San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| 1888-12-28 | W | Joe McAuliffe | KO | 24 | California A.C., San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| 1889-04-26 | W | Patsy Cardiff | TKO | 10 | California A.C., San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| 1889-05-11 | W | Shorty Kincaid | TKO | 2 | Virginia City, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1889-07-11 | W | Charles Brown | TKO | 4 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1889-07-25 | W | George Peters | TKO | 3 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1889-07-29 | W | Billy Baker | PTS | 4 | Genesee Hall, Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| 1889-07-30 | W | Tom Lynch | DQ | 2 | Genesee Hall, Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| 1889-08-05 | W | Paddy Brennan | TKO | 1 | Genesee Hall, Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| 1889-08-08 | W | Billy Baker | RTD | 3 | Cronheim's Theatre, Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1889-08-09 | W | James Ginger McCormick | KO | 2 | Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1889-08-19 | W | Jack Fallon | PTS | 4 | Mike Shines' Circus, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1889-10-07 | W | Jack Partridge | KO | 3 | Astleys Amphitheatre, Westminster, London, England |
| 1889-10-14 | W | Jem Young | PTS | 4 | Astleys Amphitheatre, Westminster, London, England |
| 1889-10-15 | W | Alf Mitchell | PTS | 4 | Astleys Amphitheatre, Westminster, London, England |
| 1889-10-15 | W | Alf Ball | KO | 2 | Astleys Amphitheatre, Westminster, London, England |
| 1889-11-07 | W | Skinner | DQ | 2 | Plymouth, Devon, England |
| 1889-11-11 | W | Jem Smith | DQ | 2 | New Pelican Club Gym, Soho, London, England |
| 1889-11-21 | W | Horace Horrigan | TKO | 2 | Astleys Amphitheatre, Westminster, London, England |
| 1889-11-23 | W | Charles Burgin | TKO | 2 | Royal Aquarium Theatre, Westminster, London, England |
| 1889-11-29 | W | Sailor White | TKO | 3 | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| 1889-11-29 | W | Woolf Bendoff | TKO | 2 | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| 1889-12-02 | W | Scotchy Gunn | PTS | 4 | Aquarium, Brighton, Sussex, England |
| 1889-12-02 | W | W Woodhams | TKO | 3 | Aquarium, Brighton, Sussex, England |
| 1889-12-24 | W | Peter Maher | RTD | 3 | Leinster Hall, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1890-02-20 | W | James J. Walker | KO | 1 | Kernan's Theatre, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| 1890-02-21 | W | The Gypsy | KO | 2 | Kernan's Theatre, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| 1890-04-01 | W | Dick Keating | KO | 1 | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| 1890-05-19 | W | Denver Ed Smith | PTS | 5 | Battery D Armory, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1890-07-22 | W | Tom Johnson | PTS | 4 | Marysville A.C., Marysville, California, U.S. |
| 1890-08-30 | D | Mick Dooley | NWS | 4 | Olympic Hall, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1890-09-02 | D | Mick Dooley | NWS | 3 | Sydney Amateur Gymnastic Club, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1890-09-08 | D | Martin Costello | NWS | 4 | Apollo Athletic Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| 1890-09-09 | D | Martin Costello | NWS | 4 | Apollo Athletic Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| 1890-09-13 | W | Mick O'Brien | NWS | 4 | Apollo Athletic Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| 1890-09-18 | D | Martin Costello | NWS | 4 | McLaughlin's Athletic Hall, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| 1890-10-20 | D | Joe Goddard | PTS | 8 | Crystal Palace, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| 1890-11-19 | D | Mick Dooley | NWS | 4 | Sydney Amateur Gymnastic Club, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1892-01-12 | W | James Dalton | KO | 3 | Battery D Armory, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1892-01-12 | W | Jack King | TKO | 2 | Battery D Armory, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1892-02-17 | W | Joe Butler | PTS | 3 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1892-05-30 | W | Frank Slavin | KO | 10 | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, England |
| 1892-11-28 | W | Denny Kelliher | NWS | 3 | Lyceum Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1898-03-22 | L | James J. Jeffries | TKO | 3 | Woodward's Pavilion, San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| 1899-08-23 | L | Jim Jeffords | TKO | 4 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Showing 76 of 76 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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