BOXING WEEKEND/ Inductees Syracuse Herald-Jburnal, Thursday, June 7, 1990 E3
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BOXING WEEKEND/ Inductees Syracuse Herald-Jburnal, Thursday, June 7, 1990 E3 Jack Broughton Daniel Mendoza Bare knuckles heavyweight Father of boxing champion of England Born in London in 1704, Broughton is Born In Whitechapel, London, in known as the father of pioneers; 1763, Mendoza was one of the most boxing. accomplished and brainiest of bare Broughton brought a knuckles boxers. more refined tone to the He defeated Sam Martin, a ring and charted the first butcher by trade, in April 1787 to code of boxing rules that Five fighters were elected to the Pioneer claim the championshipof England. guided the sport from He eventually tost the crown to 1743 to 1838. category. They include the famous Richard Humphries. Before the Broughton's rules were Humphries bout, Mendoza erected aimed at eliminating heavyweight champion, John L. Sullivan, who a stage in a barn and, for the first much of the brutality of time in prize-fighting history, the sport, outlawing hits held the bare knuckles crown from spectators had to pass through a below the belt and prohibiting boxers from striking a fallen fighter. 1882-1889. gate for admission. Mendoza also Broughton's rules — which later became known as the London was the first man to manage his Prize Ring Rules — also mandated that a round ended when a man was own career and have a say Infight punched or thrown down and that a new round could not begin until 30 promotions. seconds later. Broughton also Instituted umpires and referees. — Compiled by Donna Ditota He eventually retired from the ring and opened a boxing school. John L. Sullivan Jem Mace London Prize Rules tiero Bare knuckles heavyweight champ, Heavyweight champion Born in Brighton, 1882-1889 Sussex, in 1826, Sayers 1866-1882 Born in Boston in was one of the most Acknowledged as the father of renowned and respected 1853, Sullivan took the modern boxing, Mace was the bare knuckles of the London Prize world's first heavyweight champion championship in 1882. and the last titteholder to fight Rulesfighters. During the 1880s, he His weight never under the London Prize Ring Rules. joined a traveling theater classified him as Mace, an accomplished boxing group that staged gloved Instructor, opened schools for the anything more than a boxing exhibitions welterweight, but during sport in South Africa. Australia, throughout the country. his career, he took on New Zealand and America. He was In that time, Sullivan fighters of all weights said to have discovered Bob and sizes. cccasionally took time to FItzsimmons and influenced Jim Sayers defeated Bill Perry In 10 rounds to win the Championship of defend his title. Corbett. Hislast title defense — in 1889 — resulted in a win over Jack Kilrain. In Australia, Mace counted Peter England. The boutlasted75 rounds and wasthe last bare knuckles championship Jackson among his pupils. Hefought John C. Heenan, an American, forthe world championship. ever contested. The fight was held in Fairborough, Kent, before a crowd of 120,000. Sullivan metJames J. Corbett in 1892 for the world heavyweight title. After 37 rounds, the ring was broken into byfrenzied fans. Five rounds It was the first bout fouaht under the newlv established Queensberrv .