Jack McAuliffe

Jack McAuliffe
Data
Birth Name	Jack McAuliffe
Weight class	lightweight
nationality	Irish - American
birthday	March 24, 1866
place of birth	Cork
Date of death	November 5, 1937
Place of death	Forest Hills
size	1.67 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	42
Victories	34
Knockout victories	23
Defeats	0
draw	5

Jack McAuliffe (born March 24, 1866 in Cork , Ireland, † November 5, 1937 in Forest Hills ) was an American boxer of Irish origin. With Young Mitchell, Jimmy Barry, Rocky Marciano , László Papp , Terry Marsh, Kim Ji-won, Ricardo López and Sven Ottke, he is one of the boxers who officially remained unbeaten as professionals.

Career

McAuliffe's family immigrated to Maine when he was a child . He began his career in 1884 in the bare knuckle era. In 1886 he was with a knockout against Billy Frazier in the 17th round US lightweight champion. Irish-born Jack Dempsey (The Nonpareil) took him under his wing.

The counter-boxer with the pronounced reflexes declared himself world champion after a knockout over the Canadian Harry Gilmore in 1887. The English title holder Jem Carney did not want to accept that and on November 16, 1887 a confrontation broke out. When Carney McAuliffe knocked down in the 72nd round, fans stormed the ring. Officially the fight ended in a draw, but both boxers declared themselves winners.

In 1889, McAuliffe fought Billy Myer after 64 rounds of draw, but later beat him twice. Until 1893 he was a recognized world champion. McAuliffe defeated another known opponent in Young Griffo in 1894 and finally ended his career in 1897.

In 1995 McAuliffe was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .

literature

• Nat Fleischer: Jack McAuliffe: the Napoleon of the prize ring , [New York], [approx. 1944]

Web links

• Jack McAuliffe in the BoxRec database
• Balance sheet