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The longest boxing match (with gloves) in history was 110 rounds long.
It began around 9 p.m. on April 6, 1893 and ended the next day well after 4 a.m. Andy Bowen and Jack Burke fought for seven hours and 19 minutes in New Orleans, La. before the match was eventually deemed "no contest" when the fighters were too exhausted to continue. That decision was later changed to a "draw."
That is truly amazing. Have a CC for that, I heard of a fight going seventy odd rounds but 110? Fucking hell! Crazy!
Iv heard of a couple of fights before the introduction of the Marquess of Queensbury rules where fights stretched as far as 180. However as these were under the London Prize Rules and judges were much more "leniant," the sport was very different and less about technique and atrhleticism than it was about brute strength and endurance.
I'm sure it was great back then but
how boring would that be by today's standards?
I dunno MMA is doing pretty well :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
I meant fights lasting for 7 hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
And judging by MMA today where people get their fix from contests that last a couple of minutes.......
About 5 of those seven hours would be mauling, lumbering against each other, holding and stumbling. Guys would try to grab breakks by pinning their opponent to the floor/side of the ring with their bodyweight and action would be slow for long periods of time....Sound familiar???Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
i remeber looking in the guiness world record i think it was the highest bt i dont know about seen hours i probaly had to take a sheit
Back than rounds were not 3 minutes.
???Why something for the younger fans, can you actually remember this happening? :)
Were these bare knuckle?Quote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Yeh, and a round ended after a knockdown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myk_Myk
Could Ruiz have been the greatest ever at this time?
And if I said Yes?Quote:
Originally Posted by motorcitycobra
From what I have read lately, some of the posters here are under 30, and some are barely out of their teens.. Hence the title of the tread...
And No, I am not close to 120 years old.
It depends. As Donny stated some fights were under Queensbury rules - which is three minute rounds - and some fights were under London Prize rules where a round ended when one of the combatants hit the deck. A round could last 2 seconds and often did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
It does appear that this contest was 3 minute rounds although most were probably grappling and wrasslin' ;D
If you think about it. There are 15 rounds per hour (3 minute rounds plus one rest). So seven hours in 105 rounds. Add in the extra 19 minutes and you have 110 rounds of "boxing"
So, VD, as much as I admire your boxing knowledge, it appears you're wrong in this instance.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive...CF&oref=slogin
Ummm...I don't wanna create a Civil war between the youthful and more "mature," posters, but there's a lot of young posters here that know their boxing just as well as any guy twice their age.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghost
In addition, a lot of these guys are also currently competing and just because their young doesn't mean they no less of what happenend in the past.
Take Ice for example, one of his favourite boxers is Charlie Burley...
MagicMan/Tito knows his shit on all the old school stuff.
And as for myself, well I love the 50's Middleweights alttho i wasn't born till the late eighties.
As my Great Granpappy used to say, Son, your making a mountain out of a mole hill.Quote:
Ummm...I don't wanna create a Civil war between the youthful and more "mature," posters, but there's a lot of young posters here that know their boxing just as well as any guy twice their age.
It is just a title to a thread, if it has offended anyone or has gotten their nose out of joint by being refered to as being "young", have the mods here delete/change it. Better yet, ask and I will delete it.
Good on them for getting in the ring.Quote:
In addition, a lot of these guys are also currently competing and just because their young doesn't mean they no less of what happenend in the past.
Re-runs are great and helps keep the sport of boxing alive.Quote:
And as for myself, well I love the 50's Middleweights alttho i wasn't born till the late eighties.
No no don't pick me up wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghost
Someone once asked my dad had he offended me when he called me an "aroogant little sod in the ring."
My dad replied, "You'd need a baseball bat with a nail in it to offend that lad!"
jUST POINTIN THAT OUT AS IT HAS CREATED TENSION IJN THE PAST, NO HASSLE!
Yeah, it's only a boxing forum after all, most of us take what we read on hear with a pinch of salt. Did someone ever bring you that baseball bat with a nail in it donny?Quote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
As for the long fights, that is just crazy....the fitness of those dudes must've been the sort fired by hard labour rather than hours in the gym. A fight the length of two baseball matches is just insane....even 15 rounds seems long these days. :p