Sport & Note

Jack ROOT

Male

(Janos Ruthaly)
Light-Heavyweight, USA, Chicago, Illinois
Born: May 26, 1876, Fryhelge, Bohemia, Austria
Died: June 10, 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
Height: 5ft 10in, mt 1,77
Weight: 155-165-168 lbs
(Austrian-American)

Root was the first-ever World Light-Heavyweight Champion

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1897
+ Nov. 12	Charles Upton	Chicago, USA	KO 4
+ Dec. 24	Pat Brastand	Chicago, USA	KO 3
1898
+ Jan. 8	Young Charlie White	Chicago, USA	KO 2
+ Jan. 15	George Hipp	Chicago, USA	KO 1
+ Feb. 12	Charles Whitey	Chicago, USA	KO 2
+ Mar. 12	Jack Hammond	Chicago, USA	KO 2
+ Mar. 26	Jack Moffat	Chicago, USA	W 6
* Mar. 27	George Ryan	Milwaukee, USA	NC 1
+ Apr. 14	Mike Carroll	Chicago, USA	KO 1
+ May 14	Jack Moffat	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ July 22	Tom Lansing	New York, USA	TKO 6
+ Aug. 5	Jim Watts	New York, USA	KO 2
+ Aug. 19	Jack Murphy	Philadelphia, USA	KO 2
+ Nov. 15	Tom Lansing	Chicago, USA	KO 5
+ Dec. 30	Jimmy Ryan	Chicago, USA	W 6
1899
+ Jan. 21	Harry Peppers	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ Feb. 16	Billy Stift	Davenport, USA	WDQ 7
+ Apr. 29	Dick Moore	Chicago, USA	KO 2
= May 15	Jimmy Ryan	Louisville, USA	Draw 20
+ May 31	Tom Casey	Chicago, USA	KO 1
+ June 7	Tom Burke	Chicago, USA	KO 7
+ June 21	Johnny Gorman	Chicago, USA	KO 2
+ July 7	Fred Grant	Chicago, USA	KO 3
+ Aug. 12	John Banks	Chicago, USA	KO 1
+ Sept. 23	Billy Stift	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ Oct. 3	Frank Craig	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ Oct. 15	Frank Craig	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ Oct. 18	Frank Steiner	Racine, USA	KO 3
+ Nov. 15	Alec Greggains	San Francisco, USA	KO 6
1900
+ Jan. 9	Tommy West	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ Feb. 5	Jack Hammond	Milwaukee, USA	KO 2
+ Feb. 20	Ed Denfass	Chicago, USA	KO 4
+ July 10	Dick O'Brien	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ July 24	Tommy Ryan	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ Oct. 4	Dan Creedon	Kansas City, USA	KO 1
+ Oct. 16	Dick O'Brien	Chicago, USA	KO 3
1901
+ Jan. 18	George Byers	San Francisco, USA	KO 9
+ June 28	Kid Carter	San Francisco, USA	WDQ 15
+ Oct. 30	Jimmy Ryan	Louisville, USA	KO 2
1902
+ Jan. 31	George Gardner	San Francisco, USA	WDQ 7
+ Apr. 26	Billy Stift	Chicago, USA	KO 2
- Aug. 18	George Gardner	Salt Lake City, USA	TKO by 17
+ Oct. 27	Kid Carter	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ Nov. 10	Marvin Hart	Chicago, USA	W 6
1903
+ Apr. 22	Charles McCoy	Detroit, USA	W 10
(Won first World Light-Heavyweight Title)
- July 4	George Gardner	Fort Erie, Canada	KO by 12
(Lost World Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 26	Fireman Jim Flynn	Pueblo, USA	KO 8
1904
= Feb. 5	John Wille	Chicago, USA	Draw 6
= Feb. 26	George Gardner	Chicago, USA	Draw 6
+ May 2	George Gardner	Chicago, USA	W 6
* Nov. 23	Tommy Ryan	Philadelphia, USA	NC 4
+ Dec. 5	John Wille	Blue Island, USA	WDQ 5
1905
- July 3	Marvin Hart	Reno, USA	KO by 12
(For vacant World Heavyweight Title)
1906
+ Feb. 26	Fred Russell	Kalamazoo, USA	W 10

Summary

Total bouts: 54, Won: 46 (27 inside the limit), Lost: 3 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 3, NC: 2