Record details

John L. SULLIVAN

"The Boston Strong Boy"

Heavyweight

Male

(John Lawrence Sullivan)
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


1879
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 13	Jack Curley	Boston, USA	KO
+ Mar. 14	Johnny Cocky Woods	Boston, USA	KO 5

1880
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
^ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 18	Frank Herald	Allegheny, USA	TW 2
+ Nov. 13	Paddy Ryan	San Francisco, USA	KO 3

1887
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 18	Patsy Cardiff	Minneapolis, USA	Draw 6

1888
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 5	William Samuells	Cardiff, Great Britain	TKO 3
= Mar. 10	Charley Mitchell	Chantilly, France	Draw 39
(Retained Bare Knuckle World Heavyweight Title)

1889
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Sept. 7	James J. Corbett	New Orleans, USA	KO by 21
(Lost Queensberry World Heavyweight Title)


1893-1895 Inactive

1896
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
^ Aug. 31	Tom Sharkey	New York, USA	Exh 3


1897-1904 Inactive

1905
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
^ Mar. 1	Jack McCormick	Grand Rapids, USA	Exh KO 2

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