Who was the 1st world heavyweight champion of the world?

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Who was the 1st world heavyweight champion of the world?

Answer 1

The Norfolk boxer Jem Mace was heavyweight champion in uk and the USA before John L Sullivan . and so was the first World Champion.  He became champion in USA by beating Tom Allen in New Orleans 1870.    JLSullivan was the first american-born world champion.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

James Figg was the first bare knuckle champion in the 18th Century.

All the champions in the 18th Century and early 19th Century were British.

From the mid 19th Century it was British or American fighters.

John L Sullivan came along in the late 19th Century.

He may have been the first under Queensbury rules, but he was far from the first champ.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

the first heavyweight championship fight held under queenbery rules was when james j corbett defeated john l sullivan in 1892

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...

Answer 7

John L Sullivan

Answer 8

The first universally recognized and undisputed heavweight champion of the world was John L. Sullivan.  He fought both bare-knuckle and gloved boxing

Answer 9

John L Sullivan. He started out under London Prize Ring Rules, although his last 3 fights were under Marquess of Queensbury Rules.  The first heavyweight champion to fight only under MofQ rules was "Gentleman" Jim Corbett.

Answer 10

According to wiki it was an american man called John L. Sullivan who defeated paddy ryan in 1885 to become the american champion. In the absence of any challengers from outside America he gradually became acknowledged as world bare knuckle champion. His reign lasted until 1892 when he was defeated by another american James J. Corbett.

Answer 11

John L. Sullivan, (The Boston Strong Boy), is recognized as the world's first heavyweight champion under the Marquess of Queensberry rules, a code of popularly accepted rules in the sport of boxing, when he defeated Dominick McCaffery on August 29 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Answer 12

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