John L. Sullivan vs. Jake Kilrain

JM · Post by JM » 29 Jul 2005, 13:09

In a book i have called "The Book of Boxing", there is a story of an interview with John L. Sullivan..

At the top before the interview starts, it states:

This interview was held 6 weeks before Sullivans fight with Jake Kilrain, in which Sullivan knocked Kilrain out in the 75th round..

So, you should put round 75 instead of a question mark...

And...

In the interview, Sullivan mentions the fight is fought under the London prize ring rules..which allows you to wrestle and throw your opponant to the floor, is fought with bare knuckles, and there was a break every 30 seconds.. I assume that that means each round was 30 seconds, which is why there were so many rounds..

delisa · Post by **delisa** » 30 Jul 2005, 17:10

Deleted, along with several other LPR fights -- I guess the LPR fights should be added to his wiki page

JM · Post by JM » 31 Jul 2005, 00:55

Back then, those were considered real fights and were added along with his record..All boxing history books have his record at 39-1-3 not 35-1-3

They should be put back on in my opinion..i didnt state for them to be deleted..I was just telling you what round he knocked Kilrain out in...it was round 75..

In many boxing books it states he won his supposed "world" title in his 1882 fight against Paddy Ryan in which he knocked him out in the 9th round...and that fight has been taken out

I think you should put those fights back, but underneath just mention "London Prize Ring Rules were used"

Thanks!!

enrique · Post by **enrique** » 03 Aug 2005, 05:59

I agree. Although we do not use LPR fights, I think in the case of champions like Sullivan, for the sake of clarity, we should use LPR fights with a notation.

The Scranton Assassin · Post by **The Scranton Assassin** » 03 Aug 2005, 19:40

The rounds were not 30 seconds. Under the London prize ring rules in the event of a knockdown or throwdown the fighter was given as long as he wanted to get up and when he did a new round would begin. That is why there were so many rounds and why fights back then lasted so long.