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1990 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds
1983 David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 1983 World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds 1977 Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight 1977 Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight 1968 Lee Trevino is 1st to play all 4 rounds of golf's U.S. open under par 1954 Mike Rounds, American Politician 1940 SS rounds up 31 German/Polish/Dutch Jews in Roermond, Netherlands 1930 David Rounds, Bronxville, New York, actor, Terence-Beacon Hill 1893 Andy Bowen and Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 minutes to no decision (111 rounds) 1892 Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby 1891 Boxers Peter Jackson and Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds 1890 D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m), SF; match is draw 1889 John L. Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout) 1888 HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds 1885 Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey 1879 Longest championship fight (136 rounds) 1865 Con Orem and Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match 1810 Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in 1st interracial boxing championship (40 rounds) 1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope |
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