https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=George_Rooke 2026-06-12T06:24:35Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.38.2 https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=George_Rooke&diff=115376&oldid=prev 2007-04-13T21:18:38Z

<p>Provided my sources, as well as edited link to Tommy Chandler</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:18, 13 April 2007</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;boxer&gt;040230&lt;/boxer&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;boxer&gt;040230&lt;/boxer&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rooke (sometimes referred to as Rook), was a one-time claimant of the bare-knuckle middleweight boxing championship. Rooke’s claim to the title came because he had challenged <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tom </del>Chandler, the recognized champion, but Chandler had refused the bout. In the late nineteenth century, this was equivalent to vacating the title and Rooke subsequently claimed it for his own on July 17, 1872, though he made no attempt to prove his right in the ring until he was scheduled to meet Mike Donovan in Long Point, Canada. However, the fight was halted by police before it even started and the men never fought each other. After the Donovan fiasco, Rooke spent much of his time living off of his reputation and fighting exhibitions. He also owned and operated a gymnasium in New York City. On June 28, 1880, he was easily handled in an exhibition match against the much larger future heavyweight champion, John L. Sullivan. Though he was considered well “over the hill” for a boxer, Rooke continued fighting exhibitions until suffering a loss to Patsy Cardiff in 1886. He died on November 1, 1904 at the age of sixty-two in Newark, New Jersey.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Biography==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rooke (sometimes referred to as Rook), was a one-time claimant of the bare-knuckle middleweight boxing championship. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins>Rooke’s claim to the title came because he had challenged <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Tommy </ins>Chandler<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, the recognized champion, but Chandler had refused the bout. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins>In the late nineteenth century, this was equivalent to vacating the title and Rooke subsequently claimed it for his own on July 17, 1872, though he made no attempt to prove his right in the ring until he was scheduled to meet <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Mike Donovan<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>in Long Point, Canada. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins>However, the fight was halted by police before it even started and the men never fought each other.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the Donovan fiasco, Rooke spent much of his time living off of his reputation and fighting exhibitions. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins>He also owned and operated a gymnasium in New York City. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins>On June 28, 1880, he was easily handled in an exhibition match against the much larger future heavyweight champion, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>John L. Sullivan<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins>Though he was considered well “over the hill” for a boxer, Rooke continued fighting exhibitions until suffering a loss to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Patsy Cardiff<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>in 1886. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins>He died on November 1, 1904 at the age of sixty-two in Newark, New Jersey<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&#039;&#039;&#039;Sources:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Isenberg, Michael T. [[John L. Sullivan and His America]]&lt;br&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Fleischer, Nat and Sam Andre.  [[An Illustrated History of Boxing]]&lt;br&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Johnston, Alexander. [[Ten and Out]]</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Bare-knuckle Boxers|Rooke, George]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Bare-knuckle Boxers|Rooke, George]]</div></td></tr> </table>

KBridgham1979 https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=George_Rooke&diff=111886&oldid=prev 2007-04-02T18:06:29Z

<p>Added biographical information</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:06, 2 April 2007</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* Late</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1800s </del>bare-knuckle boxer</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;boxer&gt;040230&lt;/boxer&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rooke (sometimes referred to as Rook), was a one</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">time claimant of the </ins>bare-knuckle <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">middleweight boxing championship. Rooke’s claim to the title came because he had challenged Tom Chandler, the recognized champion, but Chandler had refused the bout. In the late nineteenth century, this was equivalent to vacating the title and Rooke subsequently claimed it for his own on July 17, 1872, though he made no attempt to prove his right in the ring until he was scheduled to meet Mike Donovan in Long Point, Canada. However, the fight was halted by police before it even started and the men never fought each other. After the Donovan fiasco, Rooke spent much of his time living off of his reputation and fighting exhibitions. He also owned and operated a gymnasium in New York City. On June 28, 1880, he was easily handled in an exhibition match against the much larger future heavyweight champion, John L. Sullivan. Though he was considered well “over the hill” for a </ins>boxer<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, Rooke continued fighting exhibitions until suffering a loss to Patsy Cardiff in 1886. He died on November 1, 1904 at the age of sixty-two in Newark, New Jersey.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Bare-knuckle Boxers|Rooke, George]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Bare-knuckle Boxers|Rooke, George]]</div></td></tr> </table>

KBridgham1979 https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=George_Rooke&diff=61216&oldid=prev 2006-01-16T02:14:25Z

<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>* Late-1800s bare-knuckle boxer<br /> <br /> [[Category:Bare-knuckle Boxers|Rooke, George]]</div>

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