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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The Fighting Irish – Scientific Wrestling
Jack Burke, Jim Corbett, Jake Kilrain, John L. Sullivan (here is a great piece by BKB scholar Elliot J. Gorn), Pops Charnock, Robert Fitzsimmons, Bartley Gorman, Jack Dempsey, Billy Conn, Jem Roche, Gerry Cooney, John C. Heenan, ... Continue reading
Sullivan and Jake Kilrain is probably the last that will ever take place in the United States under London prize ring rules. The spirit of the age is against old fashioned fights, and if boxing is ever, winked at by the authorities, ... Continue reading
Jake Kilrain
Sullivan and Jake Kilrain, on July 8th, 1889 in Richburg, Mississippi. Sullivan, who had dominated the bare-knuckle boxing heavyweight championship for a decade, won this grueling test. He is often considered America's first true sports ... Continue reading
SCIENTIFIC WRESTLING: The Fighting Irish
Just three years earlier, on July 8, 1889, Sullivan had defended his title against Jake Kilrain under entirely different circumstances. The fight was held on turf, in a ring created for the occasion on the rural Mississippi Coast ... Continue reading
Mississippi in boxing history
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Ultimate Classic Boxden Boxing Gallery
Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain in 1889 in the last official bare-knuckled bout in what was then Perry County. In which present-day county is the site located? Forrest. Forrest County was carved out of the western part of Perry County in ... Continue reading
ANSWERS TO WICKED MISSISSIPPI TRIVIA
JOHN L. SULLIVAN retained his title in a 75-ROUND match in Richburg, Mississippi, against Jake Kilrain. Bare-knuckle fighting was banned to cut down on broken hands. 1985 - "Playboy" and "Penthouse" raced to newsstands with nude photos ... Continue reading
Happy Birthdays and on this Day in History July 8th - VIEWS FROM A ...
... Peter Kane, Jake Kilrain,Johny King,John Henry Lewis,Ted Lewis,Kid,Joe Louis,Benny Lynch,Jock McAvoy,Tommy Milligan,Harry Mizler,Walter Neusel,Jack Petersen,Eddie Phillips,Max Schmeling,Gene Tunney,Paolino Uzcudun,Jimmy Walsh,Billy ... Continue reading
1900's – 1930's Boxing Legends On Tobacco Cards + Joe Louis
Meanwhile, Fox thought he had found his man in the form of Jake Kilrain from Long Island and set about goading Sullivan into a fight by saying that he was afraid to face Kilrain. Eventually, in January 1889, both sides agreed on a ... Continue reading
On this day in history: Last bare-knuckle championship bout, 1889
Auction Lister's Item Description. 1887 N28 Allen & Ginter JAKE KILRAIN Boxing Puglist VG. Nice Card. 123 Years Old. Please see my other auctions. You are bidding on the exact cards(s) listed in the title and show in the ... Continue reading
1887 N28 Allen & Ginter Jake Kilrain ing Puglist Vg
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