Tommy Burns - Revision history

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	* Inducted into the [[Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame]]		* Inducted into the [[Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame]]
	* Inducted into the [[Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]] 1955		* Inducted into the [[Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]] 1955
	*~~Defeated~~ [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) ~~for the World Heavyweight Title~~.		* [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) beaten in world championship bouts.


	==Reference Sources==		==Reference Sources==

Ric: IBRO article linked

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IBRO article linked

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	* Inducted into the [[Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame]]		* Inducted into the [[Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame]]
	* Inducted into the [[Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]] 1955		* Inducted into the [[Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]] 1955
			*Defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.

	~~==Professional record==~~
	~~'''Championship Record'''~~
	*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.

	==Reference ~~sources~~==		==Reference Sources==
	* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3050654 Tommy Burns versus Jack Johnson, World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney, Saturday, 26 December 1908] / Norman Lindsay - held and digitised as part of the [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3046935 Arnold Thomas boxing collection] by the National Library of Australia		* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3050654 Tommy Burns versus Jack Johnson, World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney, Saturday, 26 December 1908] / Norman Lindsay - held and digitised as part of the [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3046935 Arnold Thomas boxing collection] by the National Library of Australia
	* Roberts, James B. and Alexander G. Skutt. [[The Boxing Register]].		* Roberts, James B. and Alexander G. Skutt. [[The Boxing Register]].
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	* "Tommy Burns: Canada's Unknown World Heavyweight Champion" by Dan McCaffery, published by James Lorimer and Co. Toronto.		* "Tommy Burns: Canada's Unknown World Heavyweight Champion" by Dan McCaffery, published by James Lorimer and Co. Toronto.

	~~== Newspaper Articles ==~~
	*Ex-Heavyweight Champ, Tommy Burns, Dies at 74, Windsor Daily Star, May 11, 1955 [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nSM_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=8U8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4050%2C3495392]

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
			*Ex-Heavyweight Champ, Tommy Burns, Dies at 74, ''Windsor Daily Star'', May 11, 1955 [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nSM_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=8U8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4050%2C3495392]
	*CBZ Bio: [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/burns.htm]		*CBZ Bio: [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/burns.htm]
	*Find-a-Grave: [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8141]		*Find-a-Grave: [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8141]
	*Film of Burns speaking: http://www.youtube.com/user/RareBoxing#p/u/139/IdkP5nAWO1s		*Film of Burns speaking: [http://www.youtube.com/user/RareBoxing#p/u/139/IdkP5nAWO1s]
			*"Tommy Burns: Smallest Heavyweight Champ Packed A Punch" by Bobby Franklin: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO.ONL34.34-35.pdf]

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	== Factoids ==		== Factoids ==
			*Boxrec has his record at 47-5-9 with 35 ko’s when newspaper decisions are included.
	*December 15, 1910 ''Spokane Press'' mentions Burns had been severely injured in a Seattle-Tacoma Interurban wreck. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085947/1910-12-15/ed-1/seq-3/] As did the ''San Francisco Call''. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1910-12-15/ed-1/seq-12/] Burns was a Seattle citizen at this time. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085947/1910-07-19/ed-1/seq-3/] He later sued the Puget Sound Electric Company. [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1911-03-11/ed-1/seq-13/]		*December 15, 1910 ''Spokane Press'' mentions Burns had been severely injured in a Seattle-Tacoma Interurban wreck. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085947/1910-12-15/ed-1/seq-3/] As did the ''San Francisco Call''. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1910-12-15/ed-1/seq-12/] Burns was a Seattle citizen at this time. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085947/1910-07-19/ed-1/seq-3/] He later sued the Puget Sound Electric Company. [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1911-03-11/ed-1/seq-13/]
	* Per the Sept. 9, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns was living in Calgary, Alberta, where he was running a furnishing goods store. Meanwhile, the boxer he thought he was managing by proxy, [[Jack Lester]], then in Australia, thought otherwise. So Burns hied himself to Australia to straighten things out between the two.		* Per the Sept. 9, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns was living in Calgary, Alberta, where he was running a furnishing goods store. Meanwhile, the boxer he thought he was managing by proxy, [[Jack Lester]], then in Australia, thought otherwise. So Burns hied himself to Australia to straighten things out between the two.

Ric: sued PSEC for trolley accident

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sued PSEC for trolley accident

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	== Factoids ==		== Factoids ==
	*December 15, 1910 ''Spokane Press'' mentions Burns had been severely injured in a Seattle-Tacoma Interurban wreck. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085947/1910-12-15/ed-1/seq-3/] As did the ''San Francisco Call'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1910-12-15/ed-1/seq-12/] Burns was a Seattle citizen at this time. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085947/1910-07-19/ed-1/seq-3/]		*December 15, 1910 ''Spokane Press'' mentions Burns had been severely injured in a Seattle-Tacoma Interurban wreck. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085947/1910-12-15/ed-1/seq-3/] As did the ''San Francisco Call''. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1910-12-15/ed-1/seq-12/] Burns was a Seattle citizen at this time. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085947/1910-07-19/ed-1/seq-3/] He later sued the Puget Sound Electric Company. [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1911-03-11/ed-1/seq-13/]
	* Per the Sept. 9, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns was living in Calgary, Alberta, where he was running a furnishing goods store. Meanwhile, the boxer he thought he was managing by proxy, [[Jack Lester]], then in Australia, thought otherwise. So Burns hied himself to Australia to straighten things out between the two.		* Per the Sept. 9, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns was living in Calgary, Alberta, where he was running a furnishing goods store. Meanwhile, the boxer he thought he was managing by proxy, [[Jack Lester]], then in Australia, thought otherwise. So Burns hied himself to Australia to straighten things out between the two.
	* Per the Jan. 27, 1915 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns had become the father of twin girls. By Feb. 17, he was running a boxing club in New Orleans, LA.		* Per the Jan. 27, 1915 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns had become the father of twin girls. By Feb. 17, he was running a boxing club in New Orleans, LA.

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	'''Championship Record'''		'''Championship Record'''
	*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.		*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.

	~~'''[[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|Legitimate]] Championship Record'''~~
	*Has defeated [[Most Opponents Beaten for World Heavyweight Title\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title between February 23, 1906 and December 26, 1908.

	==Reference sources==		==Reference sources==

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	*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.		*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.

	'''[[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|~~Non-Paper~~]] Championship Record'''		'''[[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|Legitimate]] Championship Record'''
	*Has defeated [[Most Opponents Beaten for World Heavyweight Title\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title between February 23, 1906 and December 26, 1908.		*Has defeated [[Most Opponents Beaten for World Heavyweight Title\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title between February 23, 1906 and December 26, 1908.

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	*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.		*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.

	'''[[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|Non-Paper]] Championship ~~Reigns~~ Record'''		'''[[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|Non-Paper]] Championship Record'''
	*Has defeated [[Most Opponents Beaten for World Heavyweight Title\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title between February 23, 1906 and December 26, 1908.		*Has defeated [[Most Opponents Beaten for World Heavyweight Title\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title between February 23, 1906 and December 26, 1908.

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	* Per the Sept. 9, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns was living in Calgary, Alberta, where he was running a furnishing goods store. Meanwhile, the boxer he thought he was managing by proxy, [[Jack Lester]], then in Australia, thought otherwise. So Burns hied himself to Australia to straighten things out between the two.		* Per the Sept. 9, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns was living in Calgary, Alberta, where he was running a furnishing goods store. Meanwhile, the boxer he thought he was managing by proxy, [[Jack Lester]], then in Australia, thought otherwise. So Burns hied himself to Australia to straighten things out between the two.
	* Per the Jan. 27, 1915 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns had become the father of twin girls. By Feb. 17, he was running a boxing club in New Orleans, LA.		* Per the Jan. 27, 1915 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns had become the father of twin girls. By Feb. 17, he was running a boxing club in New Orleans, LA.
	*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.
	* Inducted into the [[Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame]]		* Inducted into the [[Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame]]
	* Inducted into the [[Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]] 1955		* Inducted into the [[Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]] 1955

			==Professional record==
			'''Championship Record'''
			*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.

			'''[[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|Non-Paper]] Championship Reigns Record'''
			*Has defeated [[Most Opponents Beaten for World Heavyweight Title\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title between February 23, 1906 and December 26, 1908.

	==Reference sources==		==Reference sources==

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	* Per the Sept. 9, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns was living in Calgary, Alberta, where he was running a furnishing goods store. Meanwhile, the boxer he thought he was managing by proxy, [[Jack Lester]], then in Australia, thought otherwise. So Burns hied himself to Australia to straighten things out between the two.		* Per the Sept. 9, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns was living in Calgary, Alberta, where he was running a furnishing goods store. Meanwhile, the boxer he thought he was managing by proxy, [[Jack Lester]], then in Australia, thought otherwise. So Burns hied himself to Australia to straighten things out between the two.
	* Per the Jan. 27, 1915 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns had become the father of twin girls. By Feb. 17, he was running a boxing club in New Orleans, LA.		* Per the Jan. 27, 1915 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns had become the father of twin girls. By Feb. 17, he was running a boxing club in New Orleans, LA.
	*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] for the World Heavyweight Title.		*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.
	* Inducted into the [[Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame]]		* Inducted into the [[Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame]]
	* Inducted into the [[Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]] 1955		* Inducted into the [[Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]] 1955

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	* Per the Sept. 9, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns was living in Calgary, Alberta, where he was running a furnishing goods store. Meanwhile, the boxer he thought he was managing by proxy, [[Jack Lester]], then in Australia, thought otherwise. So Burns hied himself to Australia to straighten things out between the two.		* Per the Sept. 9, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns was living in Calgary, Alberta, where he was running a furnishing goods store. Meanwhile, the boxer he thought he was managing by proxy, [[Jack Lester]], then in Australia, thought otherwise. So Burns hied himself to Australia to straighten things out between the two.
	* Per the Jan. 27, 1915 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns had become the father of twin girls. By Feb. 17, he was running a boxing club in New Orleans, LA.		* Per the Jan. 27, 1915 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Burns had become the father of twin girls. By Feb. 17, he was running a boxing club in New Orleans, LA.
	*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] for World Heavyweight Title.		*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] for the World Heavyweight Title.
	* Inducted into the [[Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame]]		* Inducted into the [[Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame]]
	* Inducted into the [[Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]] 1955		* Inducted into the [[Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]] 1955

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	*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.		*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.

	'''[[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|~~Non-Paper~~]] Championship Record'''		'''[[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|Legitimate]] Championship Record'''
	*Has defeated [[Most Opponents Beaten for World Heavyweight Title\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title between February 23, 1906 and December 26, 1908.		*Has defeated [[Most Opponents Beaten for World Heavyweight Title\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title between February 23, 1906 and December 26, 1908.

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	*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.		*Has defeated [[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title.

	'''[[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|Non-Paper]] Championship ~~Reigns~~ Record'''		'''[[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics\|Non-Paper]] Championship Record'''
	*Has defeated [[Most Opponents Beaten for World Heavyweight Title\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title between February 23, 1906 and December 26, 1908.		*Has defeated [[Most Opponents Beaten for World Heavyweight Title\|11 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage\|9 by KO]]) for the World Heavyweight Title between February 23, 1906 and December 26, 1908.