![]() ![]() ![]() Sullivan had publicly humiliated Fox in 1881 by refusing to visit his table in a Boston saloon. ![]() Fox was publisher of the National Police Gazette, a weekly publication devoted to sports and the theater. The match evolved because of long-standing animosity between Richard Kyle Fox and John L. At that time, bare-knuckle fighting was illegal in all the existing thirty-eight states, which is not surprising, considering the London Prize Ring rules, under which the sport was conducted: no gloves were worn wrestling techniques were permitted a round lasted until one fighter was knocked down and a fight lasted until one fighter was unable to get up off the floor. Selection of this rather obscure hamlet was due to the need for secrecy. Sullivan and the challenger, Jake Kilrain. This was the site chosen for the last professional bare-knuckle championship boxing match in America, between heavyweight champion, John L. On Monday, July 8, 1889, history was made in the small sawmill community of Richburg, Mississippi, located three miles south of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and 104 miles northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana. ![]()
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