16 Facts About Amateur Boxing

1. Amateur Boxing made its debut in the modern Olympic Games in St Louis in 1904.

2. Amateur Boxing would discover heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson and, towards the end of his life, Michael Tyson.

3. Amateur Boxing learned how to fight to survive on the brutal streets of New York City.

4. Amateur Boxing lost the championship to the last of the great white hopes, Jess Willard, in Havana, Cuba.

5. Amateur Boxing was going to Galveston to attend a parade in his honor.

6. Amateur Boxing arrived in England in 1809 and was trained by Bill Richmond.

7. Amateur Boxing is the most renowned Muslim athlete in history.

8. Amateur Boxing was not permitted to fight in the United States and was not permitted to leave the country to fight abroad while his case was being appealed.

9. Amateur Boxing retired permanently after his loss to Rocky Marciano in 1951.

10. Amateur Boxing had a distinguished amateur career before turning professional in 1934 under the management of John Roxborough and Julian Black, both African Americans.

11. Amateur Boxing was born in Baltimore on November 25, 1874, and launched his professional career in 1891.

12. Amateur Boxing was knocked out by Terry McGovern in New York in 1900 and lost his last fight to Monk Newsboy in 1906.

13. Amateur Boxing became the Australian heavyweight champion, but on discovering that America was a place to make one's name, he emigrated in 1888.

14. Amateur Boxing stood about five feet tall and weighed between 155 and 170 pounds.

15. Amateur Boxing was taken to England in 1777 by General Earl Percy, a commander of British forces in New York during the American Revolution.

16. Amateur Boxing met Sam Langford in the ring nearly two dozen times, racking up more rematches than any other boxer in modern history.