BOXER

James J. Corbett

1866 - 1933

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James John Corbett (September 1, 1866 – February 18, 1933) was an American professional boxer and a World Heavyweight Champion, best known as the only man who ever defeated John L. Sullivan (hence the "man who beat the man" concept of the championship boxing lineage). Despite a career spanning only 20 bouts, Corbett faced the best competition his era had to offer, squaring off with a total of nine fighters who would later be enshrined alongside him in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Corbett introduced a scientific approach to boxing, in which technique and his innovative methods triumphed over brute force. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James J. Corbett has received more than 1,040,944 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). James J. Corbett is the 48th most popular boxer (down from 44th in 2019), the 4,452nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,414th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, James J. Corbett ranks 48 out of 496. Before him are Wladimir Klitschko, Tommy Morrison, Éder Jofre, Ernesto Hoost, Roy Jones Jr., and Georges Carpentier. After him are José Nápoles, Rocky Graziano, Emile Griffith, Buster Douglas, Gene Tunney, and Oliver Kirk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, James J. Corbett ranks 92. Before him are Avetis Aharonian, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Janis Rozentāls, Carl Gustav Witt, Antonia Maury, and Erik Ivar Fredholm. After him are J. B. M. Hertzog, Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Alexey Troitsky, J. M. E. McTaggart, Prince Aribert of Anhalt, and Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin. Among people deceased in 1933, James J. Corbett ranks 75. Before him are Robert T. A. Innes, John Henry Mackay, Lilla Cabot Perry, Mary Ann Bevan, Chen Jiongming, and Gustaf Cederström. After him are Boris Rosing, Yisrael Meir Kagan, Prince Aribert of Anhalt, Sara Teasdale, Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas, and Anastasia Golovina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James J. Corbett ranks 4,452 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Krause (1965), Charley Patton (1891), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), June Squibb (1929), Alvin Ailey (1931), and Dennis Franz (1944). After him are Maggie Q (1979), David Paich (1954), Wilfrid Sellars (1912), L. Q. Jones (1927), Martha Hyer (1924), and John Doman (1945).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, James J. Corbett ranks 30. Before him are Henry Armstrong (1912), Earnie Shavers (1944), Leon Spinks (1953), Jersey Joe Walcott (1914), Tommy Morrison (1969), and Roy Jones Jr. (1969). After him are Rocky Graziano (1919), Buster Douglas (1960), Gene Tunney (1897), Oliver Kirk (1884), Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954), and Michael Spinks (1956).

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