Biography of Marvin Hart -

Marvin Hart, born September 16, 1876 in Fern
Creek, Kentucky, United States - died there on
September 17, 1931, was a List of Heavyweight
Champions|heavyweight boxing champion.


Hart gained considerable prominence after a 1905
win over future champion Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack
Johnson. That year, the heavyweight title was left
vacant as a result of the retirement of champion
James J. Jeffries and Hart's record earned him a
chance to fight for the championship against
top-ranked Jack Root (1876-1963), a much more
experienced boxer that he had already lost to in
November of 1902.

In their second fight, on July 3, 1905 in Reno,
Nevada, Marvin Hart knocked out Jack Root in the
12th round to win the vacant World Heavyweight
Boxing Championship.

In Los Angeles, California, Hart lost his
championship to Canada|Canadian Tommy Burns on
February 23, 1906.

On his passing in 1931, Marvin Hart was interred
in the Resthaven Memorial Park, in Louisville,
Kentucky.

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  before= James J. Jeffries |
  title= List of heavyweight boxing
champions|Heavyweight boxing champion |
  years= 1905–1906 |
  after= Tommy Burns (boxer)|Tommy Burns

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