Damn a 45 round fight.

[Yogi]

Them guys have nothing on both Andy Bowen & Jack Burke, who fought the longest recorded fight on record (including bareknuckle bouts). They drew over 110 rounds, which took over 7 hours to complete, and yes...that Bowen/Burke fight was in fact fought under MoQ rules.

[Yogi]

Longest Bareknuckle Fight;

6 hours & 15 minutes, James Kelly vs. Jack Smith at Melbourne, Australia, October 19, 1856.


*source: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing

[American_Ninja]

I like your signature.

Thank you, thank you very much. Sad but true.

[LiLHopkins]

If I had to fight over 75 to 100 something rounds, then I expect my **** to be fight of the year.

[Abe Attell]

Anybody post this yet?

http://www.ibhof.com/mcvey.htm

McVey's most memorable bout took place April 17, 1909 against Jeannette in Paris. He knocked down Jeannette 27 times and was sent to the deck 11 times himself before he was forced to quit in Round 50, because his eyes had been swollen to the point he could no longer see.

[j]

They sure as hell weren't 3 minute rounds. A round would end when a KD occurred, or the fighters decided to rest. Not Queensberry rules, as far as time. Other factors too.

to add onto this:

in early prizefighting days, many bouts went distances of 20 plus rounds. fights were also scheduled with a varied amount of rounds.

in very early prizefighting(QB rules), there also was no set time for rounds to either begin or end. this added to a fights length. the specific rules, as well, contributed to the length of a fight as wrestling and takedowns were more of a legal part of boxing than it is now. not to mention the apparent lack of fight stoppages and disqualifications.

just a bit off the top of my head, but i believe it is all correct.

[Hitman18]

Oxnard, California Thats where I live. Damn those long ass fights. They must have been boring as hell and the fighters must have ran out of gas by the fifteenth round for sure. I guarantee it. The rest of the 80 or 40 or 100 rounds must have been nothing jabs or small flurries. Each round after the fifteenth must have only seen no more than fifteen punches or less thrown. Because I guarantee you that if you spar, even lightly, for twenty rounds, without the other guy hitting you back, you'll pass out on the ground, cold.

[Eno]

I would run for 41 rounds then in the last round quit. Just to see what my opponent would do.

[Yogi]

in very early prizefighting(QB rules), there also was no set time for rounds to either begin or end. this added to a fights length. the specific rules, as well, contributed to the length of a fight as wrestling and takedowns were more of a legal part of boxing than it is now. not to mention the apparent lack of fight stoppages and disqualifications.

just a bit off the top of my head, but i believe it is all correct.

You're speaking of the London Prize Ring Rules fights, my friend, as those fights were fought under no set time limit per round, as well as allowed the wrestling and grappling takedowns.

The Marquis of Queensberry rules, from when they originated in 1868, clearly state the following in their then-new rules for the sport;

Rule 2: No wrestling or hugging allowed.

Rule 3: The rounds to be of three minutes' duration, and one minutes' time between rounds.

[j]

They must have been boring as hell and the fighters must have ran out of gas by the fifteenth round for sure. I guarantee it. The rest of the 80 or 40 or 100 rounds must have been nothing jabs or small flurries. Each round after the fifteenth must have only seen no more than fifteen punches or less thrown. Because I guarantee you that if you spar, even lightly, for twenty rounds, without the other guy hitting you back, you'll pass out on the ground, cold.

nah, not as much jabbing and flurries as you would think. think more like hugging, standing grappling, and positioning than conventional modern boxing.

if you catch some old(i mean 1910 to 1920) boxing clips, a lot of bareknuckle fighting tactics seeped through. much, much more than you see now in boxing.