In This Corner - John L Sullivan

John L. Sullivan
(John Lawrence Sullivan)
(the "Boston Strong Boy")
Record 38-1 (32 KO)

Sullivan was a boxing immortal, the link between bare knuckles and glove fighting, and the first great American sports idol; He was powerful, quick, could hit with either hand but had exceptional strength in his right, and could take punishment; John L. could break a man's jaw with a single punch

Due to early day legal restraints, some competitive bouts were listed as exhibitions for legal purposes. They are listed here as exhibitions only if they were actually friendly sparring sessions, not of the kind where Sullivan was attempting a knockout

As to his 50 knockouts in his Aug-Oct 1883 tour of America, the 29 knockouts during his 1883-1884 tour of America and the 51 exhibitions during his 1887-1888 tour of England, Sullivan's numbers may have been inflated. Only confirmed bouts are included here.

He is still considered by some historians to be one of the best heavyweights ever; Sullivan was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1954 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990

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[lukeye0461]

i dont understand why ALL your in this corner videos have only a few views

[TrapMansLoad]

Donald Barr Chidsey was Sullivan's gay lover

the mother fucker was no champion, he would never fight a black dude, said so himself. Idk what you fucking people are smoking, but a champion doesn't fight just one race of a people, a champ aint afraid of anybody.

Nothing but a fucking coward in my opinion, no fucking wonder he isn't mentioned up there with the greats.

[southlandsabc]

@TrapMansLoad keyboard warrior :D

[CarterAlabama]

Hey RACISTS TrapMansLoad. Your talking about my GGG Uncle. Please refrain from talking about a subject you know nothing about.

Thanks,

[MrBumboclart]

@xXxScarXxXFacexXx What? Hahaha. John L was in his 50's when Johnson was heavyweight champ. What drugs are you smoking?

[jitteryjoe]

@TrapMansLoad Add to this that he was IRISH. They were treated just as badly as black folks, yet he used his abilities to become the most respected man in America.

[jitteryjoe]

@TrapMansLoad Umm... he is considered one of the all time greats because he succeeded in taking on all comers bareknuckle and gloved.

NOBODY fought black fighters back in the day. Especially as few of them were that impressive at the time.

Johnson didn't come along until 1904; when he beat Sam Mcvey in the most boring fight ever written about.

[johnosandra]

@reptile202 lol you just like mma because you cant box alot of people cant box and dont like boxing

everyone can do mma and somepeople like it and some can fight alot better and actually want a serious fighting career

mma would be a disgrace to my name chump

[reptile202]

@johnosandra Was that a joke? It sounded like it was.

[xXDeadlyEyeXx]

@TrapMansLoad I do agree to some extent, but I don't like your reasoning, in that time the white were a superior race and it wasn't liked when mixing with the black race, this is a reason why Jack Johnson was hated so much, they didn't like black people taking in part in "their sport" (white peoples) and that is a reason why he didn't fight black people. But yes I agree he ducked black fighters, that isn't unjustifiable. But also the media wasn't that large back then, that's why he isn't known.

[johnosandra]

royce gracie the first mma champ or bruce lee wouldnt last 1 round with john sullivan