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8 de dic. de 2013 · Documentary focusing on heavyweight boxing champions from 1882 to 1929
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15 de dic. de 2020 · John L Sullivan was born in Boston, Mass., to Irish-immigrant parents in 1858. Initially known as a baseball player, Sullivan had success on semiprofessional teams in the Boston area. He was eventually offered a contract to play professionally in Cincinnati but chose to pursue boxing after beating a professional in an exhibition.
6 de jun. de 2014 · John L. Sullivan was born Oct. 15, 1858 in Roxbury, Mass. His Irish immigrant parents wanted him to enter the priesthood, and he did well academically. He even attended Boston College for a few months, but dropped out to play professional baseball. Sullivan’s career as a boxer officially began in 1878.
30 de abr. de 2014 · In 1883, the Irish-American heavy-weight boxing champion John L. Sullivan embarked on an unprecedented coast-to-coast tour of the United States offering a prize to any person who could endure four rounds with him in the ring. Christopher Klein tells of this remarkable journey and how the railroads and the rise of the popular press proved instrumental in forging Sullivan into America's ...
13 de mar. de 2018 · John L. Sullivan was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, where his still imposing headstone makes no mention of what he was or how much he achieved.
John Lawrence Sullivan (October 15, 1858 – February 2, 1918) is widely recognized as boxing's first modern world heavyweight champion and the last of the great bare-knuckle fighters. He was a hugely popular figure in the late-nineteenth century. Sullivan's boxing skills remain well known even today, more than a century after his last fight.
29 de may. de 2021 · Sullivan was a boxing immortal, the link between bare knuckles and glove fighting, and the first great American sports idol; He was powerful, quick, could hit with either hand but had exceptional strength in his right, and could take punishment; John L. could break a man's jaw with a single punch. Due to early day legal restraints, some ...
