If boxing is already a tough and demanding discipline in which a dismissal can be a great "headache," imagine an excessively long fight.In 1893 the battle of Longest boxing in history known.
In this match they faced Andy Bowen and Jack Burke for 110 rounds.The match lasted no more than 7 hours and 19 minutes something that seems incredible compared to the current duration of the fighting that does not usually arrive at the time.They tell the chronicles of the time that Burke broke the two wrists and many of the bones of his hands, but that did not stop until the referee gave the fight for a draw.
The anger of the crowd was understandable, they had been waiting for the winner for many hours, with many bets at stake, but finally declared void.
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