Joe Walcott, aka “The Barbados Demon” because of his strength and ferocity, had been born in Guyana, South America, but spent part of his youth in the Caribbean. Dick O’Brien was originally from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada but lived in Lewiston, Maine, at the time of this match.

Walcott knocked O’Brien down four times in the first round of 25 scheduled. As a result, he won on a TKO in minute 2:23.

Two nights after their fight, another scheduled match between Choynski and Godfrey was cancelled. According to a report of the time, this was a direct result of the O'Brien-Walcott match. (See Boston Post link, below.)

Dick O'Brien was actually arrested and "charged with participating in a prize fight with Joe Walcott".  Walcott had not yet been arrested because he had left town to go to his trainer’s place. The sentence for being convicted of engaging "in a fight with another person" was up to ten years or $5000.

The Farragut Athletic Club, sponsor of the O’Brien-Walcott match, insisted that it was not a "prize fight". They said that the matches the offered "were purely in keeping with scientific boxing" and were "the same that have been held in this city in the past". Their leaders contended that it was “not the intention of the club to conduct prize fights, but boxing bouts..... There is certainly no objections [sic] to a scientific sparring contest."  At that time in Massachusetts, it also was “contrary to the statute law to promote, second or aid a prize fight", so more arrests were supposedly going to be made in relation to O’Brien and Walcott’s meeting.

Joe Walcott, the “Barbados Demon”, inspired the boxing name of “Jersey” Joe Walcott (Arnold Raymond Cream) in the mid-20th century.

The other fight that evening was between Mike Sears and James Kaveny.Their meeting was declared a draw after six rounds. Sears was also from Lewiston, Maine.

Reference: "Police Snag | Choynski-Godfrey Contest Indefinitely Postponed | Dick O'Brien Arrested...Warrant out for Walcott" from the Boston Post, Friday, August 30, 1895, page 7.