Sullivan-Kilrain Fight Collection

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Sullivan-Kilrain Fight Collection

circa 1938-1990

https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/3/resources/293

Notes, news clippings, recollections, photographs of the last professional bare-knuckle boxing match held in the United States near Hattiesburg, Mississippi on July 8, 1889.

0.35 Cubic Feet

eng, Latn

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11677402

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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Sullivan, John Lawrence, 1858-1918

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John Lawrence Sullivan was born on October 15, 1858 in Roxbury, Massachusetts to Irish immigrant parents. Nicknamed the “Boston Strong Boy”, Sullivan began to box professionally in 1878. He was a heavyweight champion whose boxing style was reliant on brute strength, fighting under the London Prize Ring Rules (bare-knuckle boxing). In 1882, Sullivan won one of his most famous fights, beating Irish-born Paddy Ryan for the bareknuckle championship of the world in Mississippi. By the 1890s, Sulli...