And John Lawrence Sullivan, Tyson rightly understood ... ring in front of the Barnes Hotel in Mississippi City in February 1882 under so-called London Rules (bare-knuckle). The purse was $5,000 ...

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John L. Sullivan wins the world heavyweight bare-knuckle title by beating Paddy Ryan in a nine-round bout in Mississippi City, Miss. 1942 — At the Millrose Games in New York, Dutch Warmerdam becomes ...