Yeah well read, Longest Modern Boxing match.. It was played on this day i.e 2nd February in the year 1892..:/ .. It was not only the longest but the most brutal in the history of boxing.. :O.. Fighting for Missouri Lightweight Championship the 2 fighters.. Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby went on head to head for 77 rounds... :|.. The bout lasting 5 hours and 5 minutes..That surely is brutal!! Isn't it!..:\..
The match was intense and epic... It was finally won by Sharpe who eventually knocked Crosby out of the match 1 round after both the fighters had fallen on the mat. Actually when Crosby had fallen the second time he fell on his head and which made Sharpe to nail him down. It was so intense that the match referee had to retire soon after the match. Infact 12 rounds before the game got over the referee had given up and which made him to retire. Sharpe won the battle and as a reward got 500$ but had to be in jail for 11 months for violating a prize fighting code.!! Howla..:D
Previously they were no such rules, but to consider Boxing as a sport several codes where made and now at the present 12 rounds are only allowed for safety reasons. However Andy Bowen promises that he was involved in Worlds Longest fight on April 6 1983 with Jack Burke of 111 rounds however it ook 7 hrs 19 mins to declare it as no contest.. So Harry Sharpe and Crosby's fight remains the longest match which got a result..:)
The match was intense and epic... It was finally won by Sharpe who eventually knocked Crosby out of the match 1 round after both the fighters had fallen on the mat. Actually when Crosby had fallen the second time he fell on his head and which made Sharpe to nail him down. It was so intense that the match referee had to retire soon after the match. Infact 12 rounds before the game got over the referee had given up and which made him to retire. Sharpe won the battle and as a reward got 500$ but had to be in jail for 11 months for violating a prize fighting code.!! Howla..:D
Previously they were no such rules, but to consider Boxing as a sport several codes where made and now at the present 12 rounds are only allowed for safety reasons. However Andy Bowen promises that he was involved in Worlds Longest fight on April 6 1983 with Jack Burke of 111 rounds however it ook 7 hrs 19 mins to declare it as no contest.. So Harry Sharpe and Crosby's fight remains the longest match which got a result..:)
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