Feb 2, 2018
“There’s nothing to fighting. Just come out fast from your corner, hit the other fellow as hard as you can and hit him first.” 'The Boston Strong Boy’ the great John L Sullivan died of a heart attack on this day 100 years ago at 59 years old. John L was one of the first sporting heroes in America and is a boxing immortal, and he is widely considered the link between bare knuckle fighting and gloved boxing. Even his burial, like a lot of his career, didn’t go entirely to plan. Apparently the ground was so frozen that they needed dynamite to blast a hole for the grave. Jake Kilrain, who served as a pallbearer, said, "Old John L. would have approved." #boxing #BoxingNews #JohnLSullivan (at Abington, Massachusetts)
