BOXER

James J. Corbett

1866 - 1933

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James John Corbett (September 1, 1866 – February 18, 1933) was an American professional boxer and a World Heavyweight Champion, best known as the only man who ever defeated John L. Sullivan (hence the "man who beat the man" concept of the championship boxing lineage). Despite a career spanning only 20 bouts, Corbett faced the best competition his era had to offer, squaring off with a total of nine fighters who would later be enshrined alongside him in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Corbett introduced a scientific approach to boxing, in which technique and his innovative methods triumphed over brute force. He pioneered the daily boxing training routine and regimen, which was adopted by other boxers elsewhere and has survived to modern days almost intact. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James J. Corbett is the 66th most popular boxer (down from 48th in 2019), the 5,637th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,452nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, James J. Corbett ranks 66 out of 496. Before him are Félix Savón, Ernesto Hoost, Július Torma, Pascual Pérez, Jersey Joe Walcott, and Héctor Méndez. After him are Julio César Chávez, Joe Bugner, Buster Douglas, Jee Yong-ju, José Nápoles, and Oscar Casanovas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, James J. Corbett ranks 101. Before him are Avetis Aharonian, Euclides da Cunha, Alexander Protopopov, Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, Ants Laikmaa, and J. B. M. Hertzog. After him are Voltairine de Cleyre, Nazikeda Kadın, Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Richard Beer-Hofmann, Johannes Jørgensen, and Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Among people deceased in 1933, James J. Corbett ranks 96. Before him are Boris Rosing, Arnold Mendelssohn, Sara Teasdale, José Malhoa, John Arthur Jarvis, and Alfréd Haar. After him are George Calnan, Max von Schillings, Zacharia Paliashvili, Pekka Halonen, Antonín Švehla, and Apollinary Vasnetsov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James J. Corbett ranks 5,637 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Kantner (1941), Sacheen Littlefeather (1946), Jim Rathmann (1928), K Callan (1936), Bobby Jones (1951), and Sally Hemings (1773). After him are Sharon Jones (1956), Anthony Mackie (1978), Elizabeth Olsen (1989), Prodigy (1974), Friz Freleng (1906), and Louise Dresser (1878).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, James J. Corbett ranks 35. Before him are Ezzard Charles (1921), John L. Sullivan (1858), Tommy Morrison (1969), Rocky Graziano (1919), Oliver Kirk (1884), and Jersey Joe Walcott (1914). After him are Buster Douglas (1960), Carmen Barth (1912), Gene Tunney (1897), Oscar De La Hoya (1973), Michael Spinks (1956), and Jess Willard (1881).

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