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Jack ROOT
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Light-Heavyweight
Male (Janos Ruthaly) USA, Chicago, Illinois Born: May 26, 1876, Fryhelge, Bohemia, Austria Died: June 10, 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA Height: 5ft 10in, mt 1,77 Weight: 155-165-168 lbs (Austrian-American)
Root was the first-ever World Light-Heavyweight Champion
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No amateur results
Professional record | 1897 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Nov. 12 | Charles Upton | Chicago, USA | KO 4 | + Dec. 24 | Pat Brastand | Chicago, USA | KO 3 | | 1898 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Jan. 8 | Young Charlie White | Chicago, USA | KO 2 | + Jan. 15 | George Hipp | Chicago, USA | KO 1 | + Feb. 12 | Charles Whitey | Chicago, USA | KO 2 | + Mar. 12 | Jack Hammond | Chicago, USA | KO 2 | + Mar. 26 | Jack Moffat | Chicago, USA | W 6 | * Mar. 27 | George Ryan | Milwaukee, USA | NC 1 | + Apr. 14 | Mike Carroll | Chicago, USA | KO 1 | + May 14 | Jack Moffat | Chicago, USA | W 6 | + July 22 | Tom Lansing | New York, USA | TKO 6 | + Aug. 5 | Jim Watts | New York, USA | KO 2 | + Aug. 19 | Jack Murphy | Philadelphia, USA | KO 2 | + Nov. 15 | Tom Lansing | Chicago, USA | KO 5 | + Dec. 30 | Jimmy Ryan | Chicago, USA | W 6 | | 1899 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Jan. 21 | Harry Peppers | Chicago, USA | W 6 | + Feb. 16 | Billy Stift | Davenport, USA | WDQ 7 | + Apr. 29 | Dick Moore | Chicago, USA | KO 2 | = May 15 | Jimmy Ryan | Louisville, USA | Draw 20 | + May 31 | Tom Casey | Chicago, USA | KO 1 | + June 7 | Tom Burke | Chicago, USA | KO 7 | + June 21 | Johnny Gorman | Chicago, USA | KO 2 | + July 7 | Fred Grant | Chicago, USA | KO 3 | + Aug. 12 | John Banks | Chicago, USA | KO 1 | + Sept. 23 | Billy Stift | Chicago, USA | W 6 | + Oct. 3 | Frank Craig | Chicago, USA | W 6 | + Oct. 15 | Frank Craig | Chicago, USA | W 6 | + Oct. 18 | Frank Steiner | Racine, USA | KO 3 | + Nov. 15 | Alec Greggains | San Francisco, USA | KO 6 | | 1900 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Jan. 9 | Tommy West | Chicago, USA | W 6 | + Feb. 5 | Jack Hammond | Milwaukee, USA | KO 2 | + Feb. 20 | Ed Denfass | Chicago, USA | KO 4 | + July 10 | Dick O'Brien | Chicago, USA | W 6 | + July 24 | Tommy Ryan | Chicago, USA | W 6 | + Oct. 4 | Dan Creedon | Kansas City, USA | KO 1 | + Oct. 16 | Dick O'Brien | Chicago, USA | KO 3 | | 1901 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Jan. 18 | George Byers | San Francisco, USA | KO 9 | + June 28 | Kid Carter | San Francisco, USA | WDQ 15 | + Oct. 30 | Jimmy Ryan | Louisville, USA | KO 2 | | 1902 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Jan. 31 | George Gardner | San Francisco, USA | WDQ 7 | + Apr. 26 | Billy Stift | Chicago, USA | KO 2 | - Aug. 18 | George Gardner | Salt Lake City, USA | TKO by 17 | + Oct. 27 | Kid Carter | Chicago, USA | W 6 | + Nov. 10 | Marvin Hart | Chicago, USA | W 6 | | 1903 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Apr. 22 | Charles McCoy | Detroit, USA | W 10 | (Won first World Light-Heavyweight Title) | - July 4 | George Gardner | Fort Erie, Canada | KO by 12 | (Lost World Light-Heavyweight Title) | + Nov. 26 | Fireman Jim Flynn | Pueblo, USA | KO 8 | | 1904 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | = Feb. 5 | John Wille | Chicago, USA | Draw 6 | = Feb. 26 | George Gardner | Chicago, USA | Draw 6 | + May 2 | George Gardner | Chicago, USA | W 6 | * Nov. 23 | Tommy Ryan | Philadelphia, USA | NC 4 | + Dec. 5 | John Wille | Blue Island, USA | WDQ 5 | | 1905 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | - July 3 | Marvin Hart | Reno, USA | KO by 12 | (For vacant World Heavyweight Title) | | 1906 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Feb. 26 | Fred Russell | Kalamazoo, USA | W 10 |
Summary
Total bouts: 54, Won: 46 (27 inside the limit), Lost: 3 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 3, NC: 2, ND: 0
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