Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
En diciembre 8, 1903, Sam Langford luchó contra el actual campeón de boxeo de peso ligero en su ciudad natal de Boston, Massachusetts. Antes de la lucha contra Langford, la mayoría de los expertos del boxeo Joe Gans sentían no podría ser mejor, en un combate legítimo. Nacido en Baltimore, Maryland, Gans fue capaz de romper la barrera del color al ganar el Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo peso ligero. Sam Langford is often considered
John Morrissey claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in a controversial bout with Yankee Sullivan in October 1853. After beating a murder charge for his participation in the murder of Bill “The Butcher” A, Morrissey decided to defend his title against John C. Heenan, “the Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey defeated Heenan in the October 1858 bout held in
“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 y 126 libras, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. En julio 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “the Benicia Boy”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight
Tom Hyer ganó el Campeonato Americano Bare Knuckle boxeo profesional en 1841. Al igual que la mayoría de los campeones de boxeo profesional del siglo XIX, él no luchó con mucha frecuencia. Hyer normalmente pagaba sus facturas como un matón de los partidos políticos en Nueva York. Originalmente, Hyer empleó su talento para los whigs, pero podría cambiar lealtades a la “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
En octubre 12, 1853, 23 años de edad, John Morrissey se reuniría 40 años de edad “Yanqui” Sullivan para el Campeonato de América y posiblemente Mundial Peso Pesado prizefighting. Sullivan había sido considerado el campeón desde que Tom Hyer, que había derrotado previamente Sullivan, retirado en lugar de luchar Sullivan en una revancha. Sullivan se adjudicó el título y fue respaldado por Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.
En julio 1854, Mundo Bareknuckle prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, quien también cortado como Tammany Hall ejecutor, desafiado William “Bill el Carnicero” Poole a un No Holds Barred pelea callejera. El resultado fue una paliza terrible y varios meses de recuperación para John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a
En julio 26, 1854, el campeón del nudillo desnudo John Morrissey se reunió ocasional luchador nudillo desnudo William Poole en una pelea sin reglas calle. Lo que siguió sería el peor de los cinco minutos de la vida de John Morrissey. En 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
Jack Johnson has always been a tough subject for me. I admire his courage and strength in confronting hatred and bigotry in a time when doing so put his life in danger. He refused to conform and accept a position of inferiority to white Americans. Aún, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife
In this post, which was previously a podcast, we will discuss the epic sixty-one round draw between James J. Corbett and Peter Jackson in 1891. This bout prepared Corbett for his successful challenge of John L. Sullivan in 1892. En marzo de 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color line to