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Show I SULLIVAN'S RECORD J : Born October 15; 1.S5S. Boston, Mass. Height o ft. 10 Vi in. Fighting weigot, 196 lbs. Heavyweight. Nationality, Insh-Ameriean. Insh-Ameriean. Color, white. Sullivan's biggest lights were Paddy Rvan, at Mississippi City, February i, 18S" London prize ring rules, bare knuckles, 55000- a side and championship; nine rounds. Charley Mitchell, at Chantilly, France, I a larch 10. 18S.8, bare knuckles, $2500 a side and the championship; thirty rounds; called a draw. Jake Kilrain, at Riohburg, Miss.. July S, 1SS!) $10,'00 a side and championship, bare knuckles; seventy-five rounds; Sullivan Sul-livan won. James J. Corbett. at New Orleans. September Sep-tember 7, 1892. 25,000 purse and 510,000 a side, Marquis of Queensberry rules, 5-ounce gloves, for the championship; Sullivan lost: twenty-one rounds. 1S7S-9 At Boston, he boxed "Cocky" Woods.- Dan Dwyer. Tommy Chandler, Mike Donovan and Palsy Hogan. 1SS0 Knockout George Rooks, two rounds: J. Donaldson, ten rounds; exhibition exhibi-tion Joe Goss, three rounds. 1S81 Knockout Fred Crossley. one round; James Dalton.. four; Jack Burns, two. Won Steve Taylor, two; John Flood, eight. February 7. 1SS2 Paddy Ryan, knockout, knock-out, Missi'ssipni City, 9 rounds.. April 20, 1SS2 John Mc.Dermott, won, Rochester, 2 rounds. July 4, 1SS2 Jimmy Elliott, knockout, New York, .1 rounds. July 17, 1SS2 Tug Wilson, New York, failed to stop in four rounds. May 14, 1SS3 Charley Mitchell, w-on, New York, 3 rounds. August ti, 1SS3 Herbert A. Slade, won, New York, 3 rounds. January 14, 1RR4 Fred Robinson, won, Butte. Mont.. 3 rounds. March (i. 1SS4 George M. Robinson, won, San Francisco. 4 rounds. April 10, 1SS4 Alex Marx, knockout, Galveston. 3, round. Apill 29, 1SS4 Dan Henry, knockout, Hot Springs. 1 round. May 1. 18S4 William Fleming, knockout. knock-out. Memphis, 1 round. May ,2, 3SS4 Enos Phillips, won, Nashville, Nash-ville, 4 rounds. November 10, 1S84 John M. Laflin, won, New York, 3 rounds. November 17, 13S4 Alf Greenfield, won, New York, 2 rounds. January 12, 1SS5 Alf Greenfield, won, Boston, 4 rounds. January 19. ISSn Paddy Ryan, police, New York,. 1 round. June 13, ISSo Jack Burke, won, Chi-, eago, 5 rounds. August 29. 1SS5 Dom. McCaffrey, won, Cincinnati. 6 rounds. September 18. 1886 Frank Herald, won, Allegheny. 2 rounds. 1 November 13, 1S86 Paddy Ryan, knoeko.it, an Francisco, 3 rounds. December 2S, 1886 Duncan McDonald, draw. Denver, 4 rounds. January IS. 1.887. Patsy Cardiff, draw, Minneapolis, fi rounds. March 10, 1SSS Charley Mitchell, draw, Chantilly-, France. 39 rounds. July 8, 18S9 Jake Kilrain, won, Rich-burg, Rich-burg, Miss., 75 rounds. June 2ti. 1SII1 James J. Corbett, exhibition. ex-hibition. San Francisco. 4 rounds. September 7. 1892Wames J. Corbett, knockout by Corbett, New- Orleans, 21 rounds. August 31, 1895 Tom Sharkey, no decision. de-cision. New York, 3 rounds. Suliivan started in September, 1,8.3, and made, a tour of the I'nited Stales, lasting last-ing about nine months, offering $1000 "to any one whom he could not defeat' in lour rounds. During that time lie knocked out about fifty men. |