John L. Sullivan - Further Reading

Further Reading

  • John Lawrence Sullivan, Dudley Allen Sargent. Life and reminiscences of a 19th century gladiator. Boston: J.A. Hearn & co., 1892. Google books
  • The Washington Post; July 30, 1905; by John L. Sullivan; "'Your hands are too big; you'll never make a boxer,' was one of the bits of discouragement passed to me when I was beginning to attract notice as a puncher. That was the popular notion at that time, because Sayers, Heenan, Yankee Sullivan, and some other good men who had made their tally and passed up had small hands."

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