Jake-Kilrain
Jake Kilrain (b. February 9, 1859 in Greenpoint, New York; d. December 22, 1937 in Quincy, Massachusetts) was the popular name of John Joseph Killion, a famous bare knuckle fighter and glove boxer of the 1880s.
Kilrain found employment as a teenager in Somerville, Massachusetts. As a country boy from Long Island, he had to learn how to stand up to the workers in the rolling mills. By the age of 20, he had been recognized as the toughest fighter in the mill. Kilrain was also a champion rower having won the National Amateur Junior Sculling Championship in 1883. He was later stripped of that honor when it was discovered that he was a prizefighter and thus could not be considered an amateur.
In 1883, Kilrain took up prizefighting as a profession and quickly established a reputation as a very tough fighter.
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Jake Kilrain | Magic Hands Boxing
With boxing gloves and modern rules? Jake was no doubt one of the best of the old bareknuckle fighters but wouldn't have stood much of a chance against the Brown Bomber under modern rules. Kilrain could take a beating ... Continue reading
Jake Kilrain (Boxing. Born, Greenpoint, NY, Feb. 9, 1859; died, Quincy, MA, Dec. 22, 1937.) Born John Joseph Killion in what is now Brooklyn, Jake Kilrain became a professional prize fighter at 21. Although prize fighting was illegal in New ... Continue reading
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