Historiador dels esports de combat i artista marcial
In July 1854, the World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, who also severed as Tammany Hall enforcer, challenged William “Bill el Carnisser” Poole to a no holds barred street fight. The result was a terrible beating and several month recovery for John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a
Arthur C. Clemmings va néixer dijous, Abril 3, 1913 a St. Louis, MO. At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. Va ser assignat com un treballador del metall semi-qualificada. El seu període de allistament, que va començar el setembre passat 2, 1942, was for the duration of the war plus six months.
Despite its worldwide popularity and it’s rank as the most popular martial art in the United States, (TKD) is beginning to lose some of it’s luster due to its perceived lack of success in Mixed Martial Arts. (MMA) is the biggest thing to hit the martial arts world since Jigaro Kano decided to go to a colored and black belt system to denote rank within his school,
William T.”Willie” Egan es va fer càrrec “Rates d'Egan” a la mort del seu germà gran Tom en 1919. Thomas “Serp” Kinney i el seu amic de la infància i el seu germà-en-llei Tom Egan formar St. Louis’ organització delictiva en els anys 1800. Tant Kinney i Tom Egan eren taverners i polítics demòcrates. Van emprar “les Rates” for political slugging and other criminal activities. Thomas
Al juliol 26, 1854, el campió de artells nus John Morrissey va reunir ocasional lluitador nu artell, William Poole, en una baralla sense regles carrer. El que va seguir seria el pitjor dels cinc minuts de la vida de John Morrissey. A l'octubre 23, 1853, the 22-year-old Morrissey beat Yankee Sullivan for the world bare knuckle championship in a disputed decision. Sullivan actually knocked Morrissey out