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Jeffries Defeats Sharkey in Filmed Championship Bout
- When
- November 3, 1899
- Where
- Coney Island, New York
James J. Jeffries defeated Tom Sharkey in a 25-round bout at Coney Island, New York, on November 3, 1899.
The match was the first championship fight filmed for motion pictures and the first indoor fight successfully filmed. The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company captured the action. Jeffries had previously fought Sharkey in 1898, and Sharkey earned this title shot after defeating Kid McCoy in January 1899.
Sources
- Tom Sharkey Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-25
- Biograph Company Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04
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