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Jake Kilrain

2917 KOs

54 KOs

10Draws

No contest: 3

Last six: L-D-L-?-L-L

Career

division

Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

47

rounds

231

KO %

58.6%

KO wins

17

KO losses

4

career

1879–1899

debut

1879-01-01

last fight

1899-10-20

Profile

alias

John Joseph Killian

sex

M

height

5′ 11″ / 180cm

nationality

USA

origin

Greenpoint New York USA

dob

1859-02-09

Latest news

Bare-knuckle boxing from a bygone era looks for a comeback

2018-06-01 · ABC News

In 1889, the great John L. Sullivan, the Boston Strong Boy, beat Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds ? yes, 75 ? in what the International Boxing Hall of Fame has called the "last significant bare-knuckle bout in boxing." Since then, about the only gloves-off…

Sports|UFC vs. Boxing: Gloves-On, Gloves-Off-Again Rivalry Dates to 1800s

2016-07-07 · New York Times

On July 8, 1889, John L. Sullivan bettered Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds of what is widely accepted as a historic last: the final bare-knuckle heavyweight championship fight before gloved boxing became the preferred, and officially sanctioned, form of the…

Reviving a bygone, bare-knuckle era

2011-08-05 · ESPN

Bobby Gunn arrived in Arizona on Thursday, a day before he was set to take part in what is believed to be the first sanctioned bare-knuckle boxing match since 1889, when John L. Sullivan had his hand raised after foe Jake Kilrain's…

A good month for fighting

2005-08-18 · Supersport,Zambia

July has always been one of the most historic and busiest months in the annals of boxing, ever since John L Sullivan’s clash with Jake Kilrain on July 8…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

Steve O'Donnell

19 11 8

L-TKO

Germania Maennerchor Hall, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

5 of 15 · 193 lbs

Referee: George Mantz

—

L-KO

Eureka A.C., Baltimore, Maryland, USA

1 of 10 · 2:15

Referee: George Mantz

5 0 3

?-ND

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

10 of 10

Steve O'Donnell

8 2 8

L-TKO

Sea Side A.C., Coney Island, New York, USA

21 of 25 · 1:18

Referee: Tim Hurst

Steve O'Donnell

8 2 7

D-PTS

Suffolk A.C., Boston, Massachusetts, USA

8 of 8 · 220 / 173 lbs

—

L-TKO

Granite A.C., Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

9 of 10 · 190 / 186 lbs

Referee: Jere Dunn

19 3 11

W-KO

California A.C., San Francisco, California, USA

44 · 195 / 175 lbs

Referee: Hiram Cook

0 0 0

W-KO

Utica, New York, USA

2

1 2 1

W-PTS

Montana, New York, USA

3 of 3

0 0 0

W-KO

New York, New York, USA

2

Arthur Chambers

0 0 0

W-PTS

Union Opera House, Ogden, Utah, USA

3 of 3

3 1 1

W-TKO

New York, New York, USA

2

0 0 0

W-PTS

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

3 of 3

0 0 0

W-PTS

New York, New York, USA

3 of 3

0 0 0

W-KO

New York, New York, USA

4

0 2 0

W-PTS

New York, New York, USA

3 of 3

10 0 2

L-PTS

Southern A.C., New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

6 of 6 · 201 / 183 lbs

Referee: Edward Violett

Felix Vacquelin

0 0 0

W-KO

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

3

0 1 0

D-PTS

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

4 of 4

13 1 4

W-TKO

Watertown, Massachusetts, USA

11

1 1 3

?-ND

New Assembly Rooms, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

3 of 3

0 0 0

?-ND

New Assembly Rooms, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

3 of 3

6 4 9

W-PTS

New Assembly Rooms, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

4 of 4

0 0 0

W-PTS

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

4 of 4

0 2 0

W-KO

Theatre Comique, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

4

Referee: Mike Cleary

0 0 0

W-KO

Theatre Comique, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

2

0 2 0

W-TKO

Herring Run, Maryland, USA

1

1 0 3

W-PTS

Ridgewood Baseball Park, Brooklyn, New York, USA

8 of 8

Referee: Ed Touhey

2 0 1

D-PTS

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

5 of 5

2 3 0

W-PTS

1 1 0

D-PTS

Bangor, Maine, USA

4 of 4

19 1 4

D-PTS

New England Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

5 of 5

1 3 3

D-PTS

4 of 4

9 1 1

D-PTS

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

4 of 4

William Sheriff

2 1 3

W-KO

Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, USA

3

Charley Mitchell

23 1 6

D-PTS

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

4 of 4 · 177 / 160 lbs

0 0 0

W-KO

Bangor, Maine, USA

2

1 1 2

D-PTS

Conant Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

5 of 5

6 0 5

W-TKO

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

3 of 3

0 0 0

W-TKO

New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

4

0 0 0

W-PTS

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

4 of 4

4 0 1

D-PTS

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

3 of 3

0 0 0

W-PTS

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

3 of 3

0 0 0

W-TKO

Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

0 0 0

W-PTS

Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

0 0 0

W-TKO

Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

0 0 0

W-KO

Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

2