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Tom Sayers

2114 KOs

157 KOs

1Draws

No contest: 6

Last six: L-W-L-L-L-L

Career

division

Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

43

rounds

251

KO %

66.7%

KO wins

14

KO losses

7

career

1925–1930

debut

1925-10-15

last fight

1930-06-05

Profile

sex

M

nationality

USA

origin

Detroit Michigan USA

city / state / zip

Detroit, Michigan

dob

1905-07-08

Latest news

The prizefighter who left Derby a boxing hero - but died a pauper

2017-10-15 · Derby Telegraph

While Heenan was still making headlines, often for reasons unconnected with boxing ? he made a practice of beating Menken every night after dinner ? Jones suggested that he should challenge England's champion, Tom Sayers, for the ?heavyweight …

See the Top 10 Boxing Matches of All Time

2015-04-29 · TIME

On the morning of 17 April 1860, boxing's inaugural ?world title? match took place. Though the event was illegal, sporting historians accept that John C. Heenan vs Tom Sayers (U.S. vs England, in a Hampshire field) was the first of many thousands of…

Comedy agent and boxing patron dies

2013-12-28 · The Argus

The comedy agent was also a boxing enthusiast who once ran Hove Boxing Club at the King Alfred Leisure Centre. Mr Cresswell's great-great- grandfather was bare-knuckle boxing champion Tom Sayers, born in a former slum area of Brighton in 1826…

Heenan v Sayers: The fight that changed boxing forever

2010-04-13 · The Guardian (blog)

The American boxer John C Heenan, left, and the English boxer Tom Sayers fighting the first International boxing championship at an outdoor ring near…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

Charley Retzlaff

14 0 1

L-KO

Fairgrounds Arena, Detroit, Michigan, USA

1

5 4 0

L-PTS

Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA

10 of 10

18 3 3

L-KO

City Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

2 of 10 · 1:52

Referee: Jack Dempsey

17 4 0

L-KO

Peoria, Illinois, USA

1 of 10

1 3 0

W-PTS

Detroit, Michigan, USA

10 of 10

16 0 0

L-PTS

Woodruff Field, Peoria, Illinois, USA

10 of 10

3 1 1

D-NWS

Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

6 of 6

0 0 0

W-KO

Detroit, Michigan, USA

1

0 1 0

W-PTS

Detroit, Michigan, USA

8

0 4 3

L-KO

Auditorium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

3 of 6

12 4 0

L-KO

Coliseum, Davenport, Iowa, USA

3 of 10 · 205 / 190 lbs

Referee: Eddie Purdy

13 4 2

L-KO

Cadle Tabernacle, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

6 of 10

1 0 0

L-PTS

Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

6 of 6

Marty Gallagher

6 0 1

L-PTS

Mills Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, USA

5 of 5 · 203 / 189 lbs

1 0 0

W-PTS

Navin Field, Detroit, Michigan, USA

6 of 6

0 0 0

L-PTS

Detroit, Michigan, USA

10 of 10

21 14 2

W-PTS

San Juan Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico

10 of 10

29 8 1

L-KO

Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1 of 10 · 200 / 237 lbs

12 0 0

W-PTS

Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

10 of 10 · 198 / 178 lbs

Referee: Johnny Martin

0 0 0

L-UD

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, USA

6 of 6 · 195 / 184 lbs

Judges: Tom Flynn | Charles F. Mathison

Referee: Billy 'Kid' McPartland

11 4 1

L-PTS

Long Beach Stadium, Long Beach, New York, USA

6 of 6 · 196 / 180 lbs

22 6 5

W-PTS

Benjamin Field Arena, Tampa, Florida, USA

10 of 10

10 5 6

L-PTS

Detroit, Michigan, USA

10 of 10

10 4 6

W-PTS

Detroit, Michigan, USA

10 of 10

10 5 3

?-ND

Detroit, Michigan, USA

10 of 10

0 0 0

W-KO

Detroit, Michigan, USA

5

0 0 0

W-KO

Detroit, Michigan, United States

4

0 0 0

?-ND

Detroit, Michigan, USA

10 of 10

1 0 0

W-KO

Detroit, Michigan, USA

2

Marine Tolliver

4 1 0

?-ND

Detroit, Michigan, USA

10 of 10

0 0 0

W-KO

Detroit, Michigan, USA

3

1 1 0

W-KO

Detroit, Michigan, USA

6

Vicente Parrile

0 0 0

W-KO

Detroit, Michigan, USA

6

0 0 0

W-KO

Detroit, Michigan, USA

3

0 0 0

W-KO

Detroit, Michigan, USA

1

0 0 0

W-KO

Detroit, Michigan, USA

1

1 0 0

W-KO

Detroit, Michigan, USA

5

0 0 0

W-KO

Akron, Ohio, USA

5

0 0 0

W-KO

Toledo, Ohio, United States

3

0 0 0

?-ND

Detroit, Michigan, USA

6 of 6

1 0 0

?-ND

Detroit, Michigan, USA

6 of 6

0 0 0

?-ND

Detroit, Michigan, USA

10 of 10

0 1 0

W-KO

Detroit, Michigan, United States

4