Boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 John Kraynak (December 15, 1894, Plymouth, Pennsylvania

Plymouth, Pennsylvania

Plymouth is an incorporated borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States 4 miles west of Wilkes Barre, on the Susquehanna River. Prior to its incorporation in 1866, it was part of Plymouth Township, established in 1769 by the Susquehanna Company and claimed by Connecticut based on...

 - June 14, 1961, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census...

, USA) used the name Bob "KO" Sweeney because it was a more "Irish-sounding" name that would result in a bigger draw for his fights. He is perhaps best known for his bout against Bob Fitzsimmons

Bob Fitzsimmons

Robert James "Bob" Fitzsimmons , was a British boxer who made boxing history as the sport's first three-division world champion. He also achieved fame for beating Gentleman Jim Corbett, the man who beat John L. Sullivan, and is in The Guinness Book of World Records as the Lightest heavyweight...

, for it is believed by some to be the first bout ever captured on film. However, Fitzsimmons fought Sweeney in 1914, and boxing films had first been made almost 20 years before this (including Fitzsimmons' 1897 fight against Jim Corbett!), proving this belief to be an obvious fallacy.