The longest amount of rounds in a boxing match.

The McCoy death was the first recorded death due to boxing in America. The fight supposedly lasted 2 hours and 41 minutes but lasted 120 rounds because of the old rules where a round ended when a fighter when down or was thrown down.

Thomas McCoy fought Christopher Lilly for 120 rounds in a bareknuckle, London Prize Ring rules bout. It's difficult to say how long the fight actually lasted because there was no time limit, only a knockdown would end the round. McCoy died at the end of the bout from choking on his own blood. Gilbert Freeland fought Matt Rusk for 169 rounds. Both men were in bad shape and at the end of the 169th round, Rusk KO'd Freeland who could not recover and later died of his injuries. Report of a 185 round fight: "Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Gazette, July 30, 1868; Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald, September 19, 1868; both citing the Denver News. The fight took 6 hours, 19 minutes. Duffy's left eye was closed, two ribs were broken, and his left arm was broken. Jack, who had lost three teeth and had a broken nose, was essentially blind for the last two rounds, and he died ten minutes after the fight. The report said it was the best fight ever witnessed." Note that these fights weren't contested under modern rules, thus the rounds did not actually last 3 minutes. The round ended when a man was floored. Dude, a million thnx for that info. and I thought 87 was bad. :boxing:

Thomas McCoy fought Christopher Lilly for 120 rounds in a bareknuckle, London Prize Ring rules bout. It's difficult to say how long the fight actually lasted because there was no time limit, only a knockdown would end the round. McCoy died at the end of the bout from choking on his own blood. Gilbert Freeland fought Matt Rusk for 169 rounds. Both men were in bad shape and at the end of the 169th round, Rusk KO'd Freeland who could not recover and later died of his injuries. Report of a 185 round fight: "Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Gazette, July 30, 1868; Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald, September 19, 1868; both citing the Denver News. The fight took 6 hours, 19 minutes. Duffy's left eye was closed, two ribs were broken, and his left arm was broken. Jack, who had lost three teeth and had a broken nose, was essentially blind for the last two rounds, and he died ten minutes after the fight. The report said it was the best fight ever witnessed." Note that these fights weren't contested under modern rules, thus the rounds did not actually last 3 minutes. The round ended when a man was floored.

damn man!! thats a hard thing to do!!! una carniceria!! ^^^ I dont know.. but i think that more than 20 :sad: but i really dont know... still... .thats a long long period 7 hrs.. damnn LOL..that would be the equivalent of me going to work at 6:00am, starting a fight with my boss at 7:00am, and kicking his ass non stop for lunch until 2:00pm. lol. (hmmmm....not a bad idea). :Thinkingo

According to newspaper sources Burke broke bones in both his hands and that the pace dropped off after the 14th round with the last 2 rounds having almost no landed punches at all. Can't really blame them for not landing any punches in the last 2 though.

Hola mello, quelaque hermanito? I read it in the January 2009 issue of Boxing Digest. It has a story on the old time fighters that went bareknucke, and that one caught my eyes, especially because it was bareknuckle..no gloves, no cut men, etc. Eso esta cabron. lololl damn man!! thats a hard thing to do!!! una carniceria!! Now in that time, how many punches per round were thrown. I bet no more the 20 average. ^^^ I dont know.. but i think that more than 20 :sad: but i really dont know... still... .thats a long long period 7 hrs.. damnn

Now in that time, how many punches per round were thrown. I bet no more the 20 average. That's a good point. I never thought of it that way. Still, i'm sure that the bareknuckle factor had a lot to do with it. If you're gonna get his hard by a padded glove, you definitely are bolder at getting hit...but skin on skin, that's rough. 20 punches might be about right under those circumstances. Thnx Vers :boxing:

Now in that time, how many punches per round were thrown. I bet no more the 20 average.

Can you even have a 'longest amount'?

Andy Bowen vs Jack Burke was the longest boxing match ever held I believe. Lasting 110 3 minute rounds, which means they fought for about 7 hours, it ended in a no contest. Wow.7 hours. I can't even focus on my wife that long. lol. That must've been brutal. Thnx for the feedback :boxing:

where did you get your info navy? :boxing: Hola mello, quelaque hermanito? I read it in the January 2009 issue of Boxing Digest. It has a story on the old time fighters that went bareknucke, and that one caught my eyes, especially because it was bareknuckle..no gloves, no cut men, etc. Eso esta cabron. lololl

where did you get your info navy? :boxing:

Andy Bowen vs Jack Burke was the longest boxing match ever held I believe. Lasting 110 3 minute rounds, which means they fought for about 7 hours, it ended in a no contest.