Last Bare Knuckle Punch Thrown?

[mcvey]

Just a quickie,when was the last bareknuckle punch thrown in a Heavyweight Title Fight?

[apollack]

Sullivan-Kilrain was the last "official" bareknuckle heavyweight title fight.

[mcvey]

Sullivan-Kilrain was the last "official" bareknuckle heavyweight title fight.
But not the last punch thrown in a title fight.

[janitor]

Just a quickie,when was the last bareknuckle punch thrown in a Heavyweight Title Fight?

Some bouts after that were fought with skin tight 2 oz leather gloves eg Corbett Choynski.

You could call these bare knuckle bouts for all practical purpouses.

[The Whaler]

Some bouts after that were fought with skin tight 2 oz leather gloves eg Corbett Choynski.

You could call these bare knuckle bouts for all practical purpouses.

Didn't skin tight leather gloves actually makes fights more dangerous then bareknuckle bouts? I heard skin tight gloves could cut skin much easier.

[mcvey]

Some bouts after that were fought with skin tight 2 oz leather gloves eg Corbett Choynski.

You could call these bare knuckle bouts for all practical purpouses.
Ill give a clue,the clue is You shoud get this Janitor,look again how the question is worded.

[apollack]

Jeffries' glove came off against Sharkey in their title fight, and Jeff punched him bare-fisted, if that is what you mean.

[mcvey]

Jeffries' glove came off against Sharkey in their title fight, and Jeff punched him bare-fisted, if that is what you mean.
Correct! I thought Janitor,or our own self appointed " archivist" would have snaffled this one up easily,perhaps its not in the archivists "clippings"

[bumdujour]

yesterday at the tittie bar!

[Bo Bo Olson]

Any glove allows you to hit harder.
At the time of Sullivan if a man was wearing gloves it was a boxing exhaibition....some cop stopped some fight because it turned into a slugging match with gloves......in most places Boxing...especially bare knuckle was illegal.

[C. M. Clay II]

Any glove allows you to hit harder.

Isn't it the other way around? Gloves means more padding and decreased power. At least so I thought.:bbb

[cross_trainer]

Isn't it the other way around? Gloves means more padding and decreased power. At least so I thought.:bbb

Tiny gloves give you extra padding on your knuckles, allowing you to hit harder. As you increase the size of the glove, at a certain point it starts to cause less and less damage.