Tammany Thugs Murder Bill the Butcher

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I juli 1854, Verdens Bareknuckle prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, who also severed as Tammany Hall enforcer, utfordret William “Bill the Butcher” Poole til en ingen har utestengt gatekamp. The result was a terrible beating and several month recovery for John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, en deltidsPrizeFighter seg. Morrissey made a

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Death of the Head Rat

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William T.”Willie” Egan overtok “Egan er Rats” på at hans eldre bror Tom i 1919. Thomas “Snake” Kinney og hans barndomsvenn og svoger Tom Egan dannet St. Louis’ kriminell organisasjon på slutten av 1800-tallet. Både Kinney og Tom Egan var sedan keepere og demokratiske politikere. De næringsdrivende “rottene” for politisk slugging og andre kriminelle aktiviteter. Thomas

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Thug Beats World Champ in Street Brawl

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Juli 26, 1854, den nakne knoke mester John Morrissey møtte sporadisk nakne knoke fighter William Poole i en ingen regler gate slagsmål. Det som fulgte, ville være de verste fem minuttene av John Morrissey liv. Oktober 23, 1853, den 22-år gamle Morrissey slo Yankee Sullivan for verden nakne knoke mesterskap i en omstridt avgjørelse. Sullivan faktisk banket Morrissey ut

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Professor Yamashita Kommer til Amerika i 1902

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Sam Hill, a Seattle businessman, brought Professor Yoshiaki Yamashita to the United States in 1902. Professor Yamashita intended to help spread Dr. Jigoro Kano’s relatively new martial art of Judo. Accompanying Professor Yamashita was his student Mitsuyo Maeda. Maeda would go on to teach Carlos Gracie in Brazil. The Gracies modified the techniques into the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Over

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William Muldoon, Physical Culture Legend

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Første gang jeg leste om William Muldoon i en biografi om John L. Sullivan, den siste nakne knoke tungvekt. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts. Den siste store nakne knoke bout ble utkjempet av Sullivan mot Jake Kilrain i 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. Han var

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