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EVENING STANDARD
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1938
PARADE OF THE CHAMPIONS
PARADE OF THE CHAMPIONS
1719 - Figg
1730 - Pipes and Greeting
1734 - George Taylor
1740 - Jack Broughton
1750 - Jack Slack
1761 - George Meggs
1765 - Bill Darts
1769 - Tom Lyons
1777 - Henry Sellers
1780 - Jack Harris
1785 - Jackling Tom Johnson
1790 - Ryan (Big Ben)
1792 - Mendoza
1795 - Jackson1803 - Jim Belcher
1805 - Pearce (Game Chicken)
1808 - Gully
1809 - Tom Cribb
1824 - Tom Spring (reigned title)
1825 - Jem Ward
1838 - Deaf Burke
1839 - Bendigo (W. Thompson)
1841 - Nick Ward, Count
1845 - Bendigo
1849 - Tass Parker
1851 - Harry Broome
1853 - Perry
1857 - Tom Sayers
1860 - Tom Sayers and John C. Heenan
1860 - Sam Hurst (Stalybridge Infant) beat Paddock.
1861 - Jem Mace beat Hurst.
1862 - Jem Mace beat Tom King.
1863 - Tom King beat Mace.
1865 - Joe Wormald beat Marsden.
1866 - Jem Mace and Joe Gross, dr.
1867 - Joe Wormald claimed title.
1867 - Jem Mace and E. Baldwin, dr.
1868 - Joe Wormald and E. Baldwin, dr.
1869 - McCoole beat T. Allen in USA
1870 - Jem Mace beat T. Allen in USA
1872 - Jem Mace and J. Coburn, dr.
1882 - John L. Sullivan k.o.'d Paddy Ryan
1885 - Jem Smith beat Jack Davis.
1887 - Jake Kilrain and Jem Smith drew.
1889 - Sullivan beat Jake Kilrain
1891 - Bob Fitzsimmons beat Jack Dempsey
1892 - Jas.J.Corbett k.o.'d Sullivan
1896 - Fitzsimmons beat Peter Maher
1897 - Fitzsimmons beat Corbett
1899 - James J.Jeffries beat Fitzsimmons
1899 - Jeffries beat Thos.J.Sharkey
1902 - Jeffries knocked out Fitzsimmons
1903 - Jeffries k.o.'d Corbett
1906 - Tommy Burns beat Marvin Hart
1908 - Tommy Burns beat Bill Squires
1908 - Tommy Burns beat Gunner Moir
1908 - Tommy Burns beat Jem Roche
1909 - Jack Johnson beat Burns
1910 - Johnson beat Jeffries
1915 - Jess Willard k.o.'d Johnson
1919 - Jack Dempsey k.o.'d Willard
1921 - Dempsey k.o.'d Georges
1923 - Dempsey k.o.'d Louis Firpo
1926 - Gene Tunney beat Dempsey
1927 - Tunney beat Dempsey
1928 - Tunney k.o.'d Tom Heeney
1930 - Max Schmeling beat Jack Sharkey
1931 - Max Schmeling beat Young Stribling
1932 - Jack Sharkey outpointed Max Schmeling
1933 - Primo Carnera k.o.'d Sharkey
1934 - Max Baer k.o.'d Carnera
1935 - Jas.J.Braddock outpointed Baer
1937 - Joe Louis k.o.'d Braddock
1937 - Joe Louis beat Tommy Farr
1938 - Joe Louis k.o.'d Max Schmeling
