 He was the ABA Heavyweight Champion in 1899, 1901, 1902, 1905 and 1906.In 1911 he and Reuben Charles Warnes went to the United States with the Amateur Boxing Association of England to fight in Madison Square Garden in a series of exhibition bouts.In one of the 1911 matches in the United States he lost to William Spengler in three rounds on a referee's decision.