Sport & Note

John L. SULLIVAN

Male

"The Boston Strong Boy"
(John Lawrence Sullivan)
Heavyweight, USA, Roxbury, Massachusetts
Born: October 15, 1858, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Died: February 2, 1918, Abingdon, Massachusetts, USA
Height: 5ft 10 1/2in, mt 1,78
Weight: 190 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1879
+ Mar. 13	Jack Curley	Boston, USA	KO
+ Mar. 14	Johnny Cocky Woods	Boston, USA	KO 5
1880
^ Apr. 6	Mike Donovan	Boston, USA	Exh 3
+ June 28	George Rooke	Boston, USA	KO 3
+ Dec. 24	Professor John Donaldson	Cincinnati, USA	TKO 10
1881
+ Mar. 31	Steve Taylor	New York, USA	TKO 2
+ May 16	John Flood	Yonkers, USA	KO 8
^ June 26	James J. Corbett	San Francisco, USA	Exh 4
+ July 11	Fred Crossley	Philadelphia, USA	KO 1
+ July 21	Dan McCarty	Philadelphia, USA	KO 1
+ Aug. 13	Captain James Dalton	Chicago, USA	KO 4
+ Sept. 3	Jack Burns	Chicago, USA	KO 1
^ Dec. 20	Joe Choynski	San Francisco, USA	Exh 3
1882
+ Feb. 7	Paddy Ryan	Mississippi City, USA	KO 9
(Won Bare Knuckle World Heavyweight Title)
+ Apr. 20	John McDermont	Rochester, USA	TKO 3
+ July 4	Jimmy Elliot	Brooklyn, USA	KO 3
+ Sept. 23	Henry Higgins	Buffalo, USA	TKO 3
+ Oct. 16	S P Stockton	Fort Wayne, USA	KO 2
+ Oct. 30	Charley ODonnell	Chicago, USA	KO 1
+ Nov. 17	P J Rentzler	Washington, USA	TKO 1
1883
+ May 14	Charley Mitchell	New York, USA	TKO 3
+ Aug. 6	Herbert Maori Slade	New York, USA	TKO 3
+ Oct. 17	James McCoy	McKeesport, USA	KO 1
+ Nov. 3	Jim Miles	East Saint Louis, USA	TKO 1
+ Nov. 26	Morris Hefey	Saint Paul, USA	KO 1
+ Dec. 4	Mike Sheehan	Davenport, USA	TKO 1
1884
+ Jan. 12	Fred Robinson	Butte, USA	KO 2
+ Feb. 1	Sylvester Le Gouriff	Astoria, USA	KO 1
+ Feb. 6	James Lang	Seattle, USA	KO 1
+ Mar. 6	George M Robinson	San Francisco, USA	WDQ 4
^ Mar. 6	George Robinson	San Francisco, USA	Exh 4
+ Apr. 10	Al Marx	Galveston, USA	KO 1
+ Apr. 29	Dan Henry	Hot Springs, USA	KO 1
+ May 1	William Fleming	Memphis, USA	KO 1
+ May 2	Enos Phillips	Nashville, USA	KO 4
+ Nov. 10	John Laflin	New York, USA	KO 4
+ Nov. 18	Alf Greenfield	New York, USA	TW 2
1885
+ Jan. 12	Alf Greenfield	Boston, USA	W 4
+ Jan. 19	Paddy Ryan	New York, USA	KO 1
+ June 13	Jack Burke	Chicago, USA	W 5
+ Aug. 29	Dominick McCaffrey	Cinncinati, USA	W 6
(Won vacant Queensberry World Heavyweight Title)
1886
+ Sept. 18	Frank Herald	Allegheny, USA	TW 2
+ Nov. 13	Paddy Ryan	San Francisco, USA	KO 3
1887
= Jan. 18	Patsy Cardiff	Minneapolis, USA	Draw 6
1888
+ Jan. 5	William Samuells	Cardiff, Great Britain	TKO 3
= Mar. 10	Charley Mitchell	Chantilly, France	Draw 39
(Retained Bare Knuckle World Heavyweight Title)
1889
+ July 8	Jake Kilrain	Richburg, USA	KO 75
(Retained Bare Knuckle World Heavyweight Title)
^ Sept. 9	Mike Clearu	New York, USA	Exh 3
1890-1891 Inactive
1892
- Sept. 7	James J. Corbett	New Orleans, USA	KO by 21
(Lost Queensberry World Heavyweight Title)
1893-1895 Inactive
1896
^ Aug. 31	Tom Sharkey	New York, USA	Exh 3
1897-1904 Inactive
1905
^ Mar. 1	Jack McCormick	Grand Rapids, USA	Exh KO 2

Summary

Total bouts: 44, Won: 41 (35 inside the limit), Lost: 1 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0