You have to wonder how they could last, let alone how the fighters managed. This go-for-broke, all-or-nothing quality has suffused boxing from the beginning and accounted for its extraordinary appeal, which has endured, in one form or another, through every conceivable adversity and reversal of fortune. Sullivan and Kilrain battled for nearly three times as long as boxers do today. The trains were so crowded that some men climbed aboard the tops of the trains, and they didn't get down even when policemen whacked them with nightsticks and fired six-shooters into the air.
Someone else tried hawking cheese sandwiches "of doubtful age" for 15 cents. Jake Kilrain, de son vrai nom John Joseph Killion, est un boxeur américain né le 9 février 1859 à Brooklyn, New York, et mort le 22 décembre 1937 à Quincy, Massachusetts. His best known fight was an epic 76 round loss against Heavyweight Champion John L. Sullivan in 1889. Averaged over 75 rounds, that comes out to barely a minute and 15 seconds per round, and Round 4, by far the longest, went on for 15 minutes, making the average for the others even shorter.
Other articles where Jake Kilrain is discussed: boxing: The Queensberry rules: …he defended his title against Jake Kilrain in the last heavyweight championship bare-knuckle fight in the United States. Kilrain começou a lutar boxe em 1879 e logo ganhou fama de ser um adversário durão, difícil de ser batido. It was the last bare-knuckled championship fight.Boxer. The match lasted over two hours. Boxer. This is a fan page dedicated to Jake Kilrain. "In its long and checkered history, boxing has had many big fights and big moments, but if you want to know where the template was laid for all of them, you have to go back to the nineteenth century, to July 8, 1889, to the vanished hamlet of Richburg, Mississippi (now part of Hattiesburg), where heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan fought Jake Kilrain in the last bare-knuckle championship fight.
Born John Joseph Killion in Greenpoint, New York, he was a professional prize fighter whose career spanned the bare knuckle era to the glove era. If you have questions, please contact Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person.You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. (He later became mayor of Hattiesburg.) View Jake Kilrain’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. This was long before the modern era of concessions and spectator comforts.It was a rough, exhausting battle, but after the early going, in which Kilrain had the upper hand, Sullivan took command. To add a flower, click the “Leave a Flower” button.Family members linked to this person will appear here.Use the links under “See more…” to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc.Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Jake has 5 jobs listed on their profile. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Sullivan, infuriated, urged Kilrain to "fight like a man." John Joseph Killion, mais conhecido como Jake Kilrain (Nova Iorque, 9 de fevereiro de 1859 – Quincy, 22 de dezembro de 1937) foi um famoso pugilista americano. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option.Share this memorial using social media sites or email.Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print.Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager.Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you.You may not upload any more photos to this memorialThis photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photosThis photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorialThis photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photosThis photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 20 photos to this memorialAlso an additional 2 volunteers within fifty miles.You have chosen this person to be their own family member.Enter a valid email address and a feedback message.We were unable to submit your feedback at this time. It comes down to the big fight, and the big fight has to deliver, because there may never be another. Verify and try again.The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Henry Owens (1914-1984), who fought under the name Jake Kilrain (after the American boxer), was a Scottish boxer who was British welterweight champion between 1936 and 1939. After the 75th round, Kilrain looked delirious, his head lolling on his shoulders, his legs barely supporting him. Thus the choice of Richburg, which was essentially the private fiefdom of Colonel Charles Rich, a wealthy young lumberman and sportsman who owned 30,000 acres of pineland and ran a prosperous sawmill. He is buried there, in St. Mary’s Cemetery, just a few miles from his old foe. Boxing was still illegal pretty much everywhere in the United States in 1889, and the fight's location had to be kept secret until the last possible moment.