FightsRec
Menu

John Sullivan

3732 KOs
11 KOs
1Draws
No contest: 1
Last six: W-W-W-D-W-L
Career
division
Heavyweight
status
inactive
bouts
40
rounds
126
KO %
86.5%
KO wins
32
KO losses
1
career
1879–1892
debut
1879-03-13
last fight
1892-09-07
Profile
birth name
John Lawrence Sullivan
alias
The Boston Strong Boy
trainer
William Muldoon
sex
M
stance
orthodox
height
5′ 11″ / 180cm
nationality
United States
origin
Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States
city / state / zip
Roxbury, Massachusetts
dob
1858-10-15
death
1918-02-02

Latest news

John Lawrence Sullivan x Everlast Boxing Collection
2023-06-14 · HYPEBEAST
Bare-knuckle boxing legally held in United States for first time
2018-06-03 · USA TODAY
CHEYENNE, Wyo. ? Bare-knuckle boxing, last practiced with fanfare on American soil when legendary champion John L. Sullivan was knocking out men in the 1880s, made its official return Saturday night. Billed as the first legal, sanctioned and …
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…
Kevin Mitchell: The reformed party boy with eyes on a world title
2015-05-28 · BBC Sport
In the build-up to his world title fight against Venezuela's WBC lightweight champion Jorge Linares on Saturday, Kevin Mitchell talks to BBC Sport about the dark side of boxing and battling demons, in and out of the ring. John L. Sullivan, boxing's…

Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Sep 7
James Corbett
13 0 2
L-KO
Olympic Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
World Heavyweight Title
21 · 212 / 178 lbs · 1:30
Referee: Professor John Duffy
Event →
Jan 5
William Samuells
0 0 0
W-TKO
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
3
Event →
Jan 18
Patsy Cardiff
7 0 4
D-PTS
Washington Roller Rink, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
6 of 6 · 229 / 185 lbs
Referee: Pat Sullivan
Event →
Nov 13
Paddy Ryan
2 1 0
W-KO
San Francisco, California, United States
3
Event →
Sep 18
Frank Herald
0 0 0
W-TD
Coliseum Rink, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
2
Referee: Johnny Newell
Event →
Aug 29
Dominick McCaffrey
7 2 2
W-PTS
Chester Drving Park, near Cinncinati, Ohio, United States
7
Event →
Jan 19
Paddy Ryan
1 1 0
?-NC
New York, New York, United States
1
Event →
Jan 12
Alf Greenfield
1 3 0
W-PTS
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
4 of 4
Event →
Nov 18
Alf Greenfield
1 1 0
W-TD
New York, New York, United States
2
Event →
Nov 10
John Laflin
0 0 0
W-KO
New York, New York, United States
4 · 205 lbs
Event →
May 2
Enos Phillips
0 0 0
W-KO
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
4 · 150 lbs
Event →
May 1
William Fleming
0 0 0
W-KO
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
1 of 4
Event →
Apr 29
Dan Henry
0 0 0
W-KO
Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
1 of 4 · 190 lbs
Event →
Apr 10
Al Marx
0 0 0
W-KO
Grand Opera House, Galveston, Texas, United States
1 of 4 · 0:55
Event →
Mar 6
George Robinson
0 0 0
W-DQ
Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco, California, United States
4 of 4
Event →
Feb 6
James Lang
0 0 0
W-KO
Seattle, Washington, United States
1 of 4
Event →
Feb 1
Sylvester Gouriff
0 0 0
W-KO
Astoria, Oregon, United States
1 of 4 · 190 / 300 lbs
Event →
Jan 12
Fred Robinson
0 0 0
W-KO
Butte, Montana, United States
2 · 225 / 153 lbs
Event →
Dec 4
Mike Sheehan
0 0 0
W-TKO
Davenport, Iowa, United States
1 · 190 lbs
Event →
Nov 26
Morris Hefey
0 0 0
W-KO
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
1 · 226 / 195 lbs
Event →
Nov 3
Jim Miles
0 0 0
W-TKO
East Saint Louis, Illinois, United States
1
Event →
Oct 17
James McCoy
0 0 0
W-KO
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States
1
Event →
Aug 6
Herbert Slade
0 1 0
W-TKO
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
3 · 205 / 201 lbs
Event →
May 14
Charley Mitchell
17 0 3
W-TKO
New York, New York, United States
3 · 190 / 150 lbs
Event →
Nov 17
P J Rentzler
0 0 0
W-TKO
Theatre Comique, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
1 of 4
Event →
Oct 30
Charley ODonnell
0 0 0
W-KO
Chicago, Illinois, United States
1
Event →
Oct 16
S P Stockton
0 0 0
W-KO
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
2
Event →
Sep 23
Henry Higgins
0 0 0
W-TKO
Buffalo, New York, United States
3 · 194 lbs
Event →
Jul 4
Jimmy Elliot
0 0 0
W-KO
Brooklyn, New York, United States
3
Event →
Apr 20
John McDermont
0 0 0
W-TKO
Rochester, New York, United States
3
Event →
Sep 3
Jack Burns
0 0 0
W-KO
Chicago, Illinois, United States
1 of 4 · 215 lbs
Event →
Aug 13
Captain James Dalton
0 0 0
W-KO
United States
4 of 4 · 190 / 175 lbs
Event →
Jul 21
Dan McCarty
0 0 0
W-KO
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1
Event →
Jul 11
Fred Crossley
0 0 0
W-KO
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1 of 4 · 196 / 200 lbs
Event →
May 16
John Flood
0 0 0
W-KO
Yonkers, New York, United States
8
Event →
Mar 31
Steve Taylor
0 2 0
W-TKO
Harry Hill's, New York, New York, United States
2 of 4
Referee: Matt Grace
Event →
Dec 24
Professor Donaldson
1 0 0
W-RTD
Pacific Garden, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
10 · 212 / 160 lbs
Referee: Pat Murphy
Event →
Jun 28
George Rooke
0 0 0
W-KO
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
3
Event →
Mar 14
Johnny Woods
0 0 0
W-KO
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
5
Event →
Mar 13
Jack Curley
0 0 0
W-KO
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
196 / 193 lbs
Event →