The boxing match between John Sullivan and the American boxer, Jake Kilrain, was held in Richburg, Mississippi on 8 July 1889. It was held under London Prize Ring rules, with one-minute rounds and ...

John L. Sullivan, boxing's first modern heavyweight world champion and the first to earn more than $1 million, took on challenger Jake Kilrain in a makeshift boxing ring on a farm in Richburg ...

Step into the ring of history with our latest episode on John L. Sullivan, Boston's legendary knockout king! Born into a world of adversity, Sullivan's rise to fame as America's first superstar ...

2010 — Paul Goydos becomes the fourth golfer in PGA Tour history to shoot a 59. Goydos puts together his 12-under, bogey-free round on the opening day of the John Deere Classic. Goydos makes the turn ...

After John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain threw hands for 75 rounds, they went to jail. It was a different time in America in 1889, and Sullivan and Kilrain were different fighters.

The restaurant’s name was chosen to honor and brand with the late, great boxer John L. Sullivan, a named that filled the sports section of every newspaper at the turn of the century, starting in ...

From left: John L. Sullivan, ... In 1882, at the age of 23, Sullivan won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship — and $2,500 — in front of 5,000 spectators.

John L. Sullivan was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, where his still imposing headstone makes no mention of what he was or how much he achieved. Most likely it ...