Eugène Criqui knocked out Johnny Kilbane in the sixth round at the Polo Grounds in New York City to take the World Featherweight Title. Babe Ruth, who had hurried over from a Yankee's game, was in attendance.
Cirqui.
Cirqui had been a professional boxer since 1910, although his career was interrupted by World War One during which he was shot in the jaw by a German sniper. His jaw had been reconstructed with wire, the bone of a goat and silver.
He died at age 83 in 1977.
Kilbane.
Kilbane was from Ohio and from a classically difficult childhood. He'd been boxing since 1907. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War One and retired shortly after losing this fight. He died at age 68 in 1957.
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