heavyweight championship - Bill Squires vs. Tommy Burns (1907)
- Posted by axelle on Apr 22, 2024
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International contest for the heavyweight championship--Squires vs. Burns, Ocean View, Cal., July 4th, 1907
This is an actual film of the heavyweight championship prize fight between Canadian, Tommy Burns (defender) and Australian, Bill Squires. The fight was labeled the shortest and fiercest prize fight on record up to that time.
Credit Line: Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.