The last official bare-knuckle boxing title fight…

July 1889 CE

The last official bare-knuckle boxing title fight is held (under London Prize Ring Rules) on July 8, 1889, when Heavyweight Champion John L. Sullivan, the Boston Strong Boy, defeats Jake Kilrain in a world championship bout, lasting seventy-five rounds, in Mississippi.

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Hattiesburg Forrest Mississippi United States View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Mississippi, State of (U.S.A.) View →

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