Sullivan-Kilrain Fight Collection 1889-1990.

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Sullivan-Kilrain Fight Collection 1889-1990.

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Notes, newspaper articles, copies of photographs and recollections documenting the last professional bare-knuckle boxing match held in America on July 8, 1889 at Richburg (near Hattiesburg), Mississippi between heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan and challenger Jake Kilrain. Bare-knuckle boxing was illegal in America by that date and the site of Richburg was chosen for its obscurity.

0.35 cu. ft.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7334177

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

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Sullivan, John Lawrence, 1858-1918

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American boxer. From the description of John Lawrence Sullivan letters, ca. 1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122322737 From the guide to the John Lawrence Sullivan letters, 1890, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Kilrain, Jake (1859-1937)

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