Tom Hyer taħbita Yankee Sullivan

Tom Hyer rebaħ il-American Bare knuckle Prizefighting Kampjonat fl 1841. Bħal ċampjins prizefighting aktar tas-Seklu Dsatax, huwa ma ġlieda ħafna drabi. Hyer normalment imħallsa kontijiet tiegħu bħala jinfurza għall-partiti politiċi fi New York. Oriġinarjament, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Know Xejn Parti” mal-ħabib tiegħu William “Bill il-biċċier” Biex.

38-Yankee Sullivan sena twieled James Ambrose fl-Irlanda, iżda kiber fil Londra Tmiem tal-Lvant. Wara li tirċievi sentenza ta 'għoxrin sena fl-Awstralja, li serva tmien, Sullivan organizzat gang. Fed up with Sullivan’s antics, Australian authorities started putting the heat on him. Sullivan decided New York offered better possibilities.

When Sullivan arrived in New York, he claimed to have fought many prize fights in Australia (li ma setgħetx tkun verifikata). Sullivan almost immediately challenged Hyer for his title. A bout was agreed to. The men fought in Still Pond, Maryland on February 7, 1849. Prizefighting kienet illegali, sabiex dawn kellhom jimxu l-bout darba kif huma biss evitati armata ta 'pulizija mibgħuta mill-awtoritajiet Maryland. The fighters and their seconds literally fought the policemen to escape arrest.

Sekondi Sullivan u tać Hyer sodisfatti 4 p.m. at Still’s Pond. L-irġiel ġġieldu fil 5 p.m. Billi 5:30 p.m., Hyer kienet iddefendiet b'suċċess tiegħu titolu.

Sullivan beda qawwija. Osservaturi kellu l Sullivan jirbħu l-ewwel tlieta rawnd handily. Sullivan skorja l-ewwel knockdown fit-tmiem tat-tielet bi daqqa lir-għonq Hyer ta. This solid shot woke up the champion.

Hyer telgħet il-pass u ġibdet l-ewwel demm. Filwaqt għajnejn tnejn Hyer kienu minfuħin, Hyer serjament imweġġa għajn tal-lemin Sullivan. Hyer threw wkoll Sullivan koppja ta 'drabi. Throws were legal in bare knuckle prizefighting. A successful throw normally ended a round.

L-arja Frar kienet kiesħa ħafna, hekk la ġlied kienet qed tieħu ħafna bqija. Huma deher determinat li jżomm il-ġlieda għaddejjin u mistrieħa ftit bejn rawnds.

Hyer mibrumin driegħ tal-lemin Sullivan fil-rawnd ħmistax iżda tattika aktar dannuż tiegħu ma kienx kiri Sullivan waqgħa. Hyer induna li Sullivan kien imweġġa fir-rawnd sittax. Kif Sullivan bdiet nieżla biex tintemm l-rawnd, Hyer maqbuda lilu u maqbuda ras Sullivan taħt driegħ tiegħu.

Hyer miżmuma Sullivan up kif hu pummeled lilu bil blow qawwija wara daqqa. Meta Sullivan sar biex tqila għall Hyer li jżommu up, huwa rilaxxat korp limp Yankee ta. Sullivan ma kinitx f'pożizzjoni li jerġgħu lura għall-bidu fil-ħin twassil l-rebħa li Hyer.

Skond il-Frar 17, 1849 edizzjoni tal- Sunbury Amerikana (Sunbury, Pennsylvania) Sullivan kellhom jitwettqu mill-ċirku billi l-partitarji tiegħu, filwaqt Champion Hyer malajr bundled up u ħa dgħajsa lura għall Frenchtown. Wiċċ Sullivan wriet l-effett sħiħ tal-battalja, while Hyer had swelling around his eyes.

Hyer u Sullivan malajr lura lejn New York biex jevitaw arrest. Huma midfuna wkoll il-hatchet. Meta Hyer rtirati fi 1851 mingħajr ġlied mill-ġdid, Sullivan qal it-titolu. Hyer u “Bill il-biċċier” sostnuti Sullivan fil-battalja tiegħu mal John Morrissey, a Prizefighter u enforcer Tammany Hall.

Wara t-tmiem tal-karriera prizefighting tiegħu, Sullivan vvjaġġaw lejn San Francisco, fejn sar enforcer għall-magna politika lokali. Hu ikkommetta suwiċidju jew inqatel waqt li fil-kustodja tal-Kumitat Viġilanza San Francisco fl 1856.

Skond ir-rapporti gazzetta, hu qasma polz tiegħu b'sikkina miġjuba ma 'pranzu tiegħu fuq Lulju 1, 1856. Minħabba mewt Sullivan fil-kustodja Kumitat Viġilanza, some observers believed Sullivan was killed by vigilantes but no real evidence was ever produced.

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