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K.O. Sullivan
(Peter Mirocke ; Savario Maracco)

BORN   1894; in Italy
DIED March 4 1961; Shenandoah, Pennsylvania
WEIGHT 158-177 1/2 lbs
1914
May  1 Young Stone                Shenandoah, Pa                       KO  1
Jun  1 Shifty Bailer              Shenandoah, Pa                       ND  6
Jun 16 Shifty Bailer              Shenandoah, Pa                       KO  2
Aug 15 Dominick Logan             Shamokin, Pa                         ND  6
Aug 17 Jack Stevens               Shenandoah, Pa                       TK  1
Aug 28 Young Griffo               Shenandoah, Pa                       EX 10
Sep 12 Ben Koch                   Philadelphia, Pa                     ND  6
Oct  2 K.O. Ketchell              Shenandoah, Pa                       KO  3
Oct  2 Kid Williams               Shenandoah, Pa                       KO  1
          -The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Oct 31 Joe Paige                  Girardville, Pa                      TK  4

1915
       -Sullivan was nursing a broken hand for a while (not fighting)
May 17 Jack Fitzgerald            Shenandoah, Pa                       ND 10
Jun  4 Jack Reed                  Long Island City, NY                SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jul  2 Battling Levinsky          Shenandoah, Pa                       ND 10
Sep  3 K.O. Loughlin              Shenandoah, Pa                      SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but not held; Loughlin did not show
Sep 17 Young Griffo               Shenandoah, Pa                      SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but cancelled
Sep 20 Eddie Revoire              Shenandoah, Pa                       ND 10
Oct 21 "Young" Herman Miller      Ardmore, Md                         SCH 10
          -This bout was scheduled but cancelled
Oct 26 Al McCoy                   Ardmore, Md                           W 15
          -Reports are confusing; This man may be the famous fighter; Maybe not
Nov 16 "Young" Tommy Coleman      Shenandoah, Pa                       ND 10
Dec 17 Jackie Clark               Philadelphia, Pa                     ND  6
Dec 25 Jack McCarron              Tamaqua, Pa                          ND 10

1916
Mar  1 K.O. Ketchell              Shenandoah, Pa                       ND 10
Mar 13 Leo Houck                  Lancaster, Pa                        ND  6
Apr 15 "Young" Jack Munroe        Long Island City, NY                 KO  2
Jul  4 Al Thiel                   Girardville, Pa                      ND 15
Jul  9 Kid Locke                  Long Island City, NY                 KO  3
Jul 13 Battling Gans              Brooklyn, NY                         ND 10
Aug  5 Jack Clifford              Long Island City, NY                 ND 10
Oct  3 Harry "K.O." Baker         Reading, Pa                          ND  6
Oct  6 Jack McCarron              Girardville, Pa                      LF 14
Oct  7 Gus Christie               Brooklyn, NY                        SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but cancelled

1917
       -Sullivan was fighting mostly in Maryland during 1917-1918 (reportedly)

1918
Mar 14 Fay Keiser                 Baltimore, Md                         D  6

1919
Mar 18 "Sailor" Glenn Clickner    Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France      W  5
Apr  4 "Sailor" Glenn Clickner    Gondrecourt-le-Château, Meuse, France L  6
Apr 14 Gene Tunney                Paris, France                         L 10

1920
Feb 23 Bill McKenna               Pottsville, Pa                       KO  3
         -This was Sullivan's first bout after returning from Military Service in France
Mar 16 Tyone Costello             Shenandoah, Pa                       TK  7
Mar 17 Walter McGirr              Philadelphia, Pa                     ND  6
Apr  5 Gene Tunney                Newark, NJ                           LK  1
Apr 19 Joe "Brown" Young          Pottsville, Pa                       KO  4
May 31 Leo Houck                  Pottsville, Pa                       ND 10
Jul    -Sullivan sprained an ankle and cancelled several bouts
Oct 14 Butch Buslego              Mt. Carmel, Pa                       TK  1
Oct 18 Eddie Hayes                Girardville, Pa                     SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but cancelled
Nov 12 Leo Houck                  Camden, NJ                           ND 10
Nov 16 Soldier Norton             Mt. Carmel, Pa                       TK  1
Nov 22 Kid Gleason                Pottsville, Pa                       LT  1
Dec  6 Kid Gleason                Pottsville, Pa                       KO  2
Dec 16 Eddie Hayes                Girardville, Pa                       L 10

1921
Jan 11 Kid Gleason                Reading, Pa                          TK  2
Jan 28 Jack McCarron              Shenandoah, Pa                       ND 10
Feb 17 Eddie Hayes                Girardville, Pa                      ND 10
Mar  9 Frankie Britton            Philadelphia, Pa                     ND  8
Apr  6 Frankie Britton            Philadelphia, Pa                     ND  6
May 16 Frankie Britton            Philadelphia, Pa                     ND  8
Jun 13 Jim Montgomery             Salem, Ma                           SCH 10
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Aug 22 Frank Yarchan              Allentown, Pa                        ND 10
Sep 12 Frank Yarchan              Allentown, Pa                        LT 10
Nov 17 Floyd Johnson              Benesia, Co                          LK  4
Dec  2 Frank Yarchan              Shenandoah, Pa                       ND 10
Dec  3 Jule Ritchey               Shenandoah, Pa                      SCH 10
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known

1922
      -Sullivan was out with an injured left shoulder for a while (not fighting)
Mar 21 Lew Schupp                 Reading, Pa                          ND  8
Apr  3 Eddie Hayes                Shenandoah, Pa                        L 10
Jul  4 "Plow Boy" Harris          Bethlehem, Pa                        LK  1
Sep  4 "Plow Boy" Harris          Shenandoah, Pa                       ND 10
Sep 19 Len Rawlins                Shenandoah, Pa                       EX  3
Nov  1 Leo Leonard                Shenandoah, Pa                       ND  8
Dec  4 "Plow Boy" Harris          Shenandoah, Pa                       ND 10

1923
Jan 18 Frankie Britton            Shenandoah, Pa                       ND 10
Mar 23 Jack Nelson                Wilkes-Barre, Pa                     ND  6
Oct 26 "Allentown" Joe Gans       Wilkes-Barre, Pa                     LF  6
Nov 14 K.O. Brown                 Shenandoah, Pa                       TK  4
Dec 17 Joe Kurp                   Shenandoah, Pa                      SCH  8
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known

1924
Apr  7 Joe "Kid" Smith            Tamaqua, Pa                          KO  4
Aug 11 Sam Singleton              Long Island City, NY                  D  6
          -Sullivan fought under his real name, "Savario Maracco"; 
           (It was NOT Tony Sirocco!)
 
1925
Apr  1 Joe Kurp                   Tamaqua, Pa                          TK  6
Apr 15 Al "Honeyboy" Evans        Tamaqua, Pa                          LF  8

1926
Jan 17 -Sullivan joined the police force in Shenandoah, Pa
       Butch Boslego              Shenandoah, Pa                       KO  8
Apr 30 Jack Walker                Pottsville, Pa                       NC  1
Aug 16 Joe Kurp                   Shamokin, Pa                        SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but not held; Kurp did not show;
           He had joined Jack Dempsey's training camp in Saratoga, NY
Nov 30 K.O. Brown                 Shenandoah, Pa                        W 10

1927
Apr  6 Al "Honeyboy" Evans        Shenandoah, Pa                        L 10

1928
May 25 Young Firpo                Shenandoah, Pa                        L  8
Oct 15 Rusty Murray               Baltimore, Md                        LK  1

1929
Jun  3 Art Weigand                Buffalo, NY                          LK  2

1973
       -Sullivan was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame

*** Most Data Was Provided By Mike DeLisa ***

Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization