George Kelly (Died 1900)

Name: George Kelly
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: 1900-08-18 (Age:18)
Pro Boxer: Record

George Kelly died of injuries sustained during an August 16, 1900 bout with Michael Meyers.

The two youths reportedly had an argument over a girl that they decided to settle in the ring. They trained for about a week, and then entered on the undercard of a local fight card. The venue was the Greenwood Athletic Club. By the ninth round, both of them were bloody, and barely standing. Meyers drove Kelly into the ropes, and then pounded him there. Eventually, Kelly slid to the floor. The referee counted slowly, but he still did not get up. Therefore,he was counted out. He was carried to the dressing room unconscious. After about fifteen minutes in the dressing room, he was transported to the hospital, where he remained unconscious two days later. Meyers and ten other principals were arrested. The diagnosis was concussion of the brain.

Source: Death under the Spotlight: The Manuel Velasquez Boxing Fatality Collection [1]