Johnny Kilbane

Johnny Kilbane
Data
Birth Name	John Patrick Kilbane
Weight class	Featherweight
nationality	US-american
birthday	April 18, 1889
place of birth	Cleveland
Date of death	May 31, 1957
Place of death	Cleveland
size	1.65 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	143
Victories	97
Knockout victories	26th
Defeats	14th
draw	9
No value	23

Johnny Kilbane (born April 18, 1889 in Cleveland as John Patrick Kilbane , † May 31, 1957 ) was an American boxer.

Professional career

Counter boxer Kilbane was a featherweight. He began his professional career in 1907 at the age of 18. On October 24, 1910 he boxed for the first time for the world featherweight championship but was defeated by the experienced Abe Attell over ten rounds on points.

There was a rematch on February 22, 1912. Kilbane beat Attell over the distance of twenty laps on points and became world champion. In the following years he defended the title several times. In 1913 he boxed it in a draw with Johnny Dundee . In 1917 he also tried his hand at lightweight, but had no chance against Benny Leonard and was knocked out in round three.

After he stopped fighting for two years in 1923 at the age of 34, he lost the title against the powerful Eugène Criqui by technical knockout in the sixth round.

Kilbane's tenure as world champion (1912-1923) is the second longest after Joe Louis .

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

Web links

• Homepage
• Johnny Kilbane in the BoxRec database