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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Pada tanggal 8, 1903, Sam Langford fought the reigning lightweight boxing champion in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to fighting Langford, most boxing experts felt Joe Gans could not be beaten in a legitimate bout. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Gans was able to break the color barrier by winning the World Lightweight Boxing Championship. Sam Langford is often considered
John Morrissey menyatakan Dunia Bare Knuckle prizefighting Championship dalam pertarungan kontroversial dengan Yankee Sullivan pada bulan Oktober 1853. Setelah mengalahkan tuduhan pembunuhan atas partisipasinya dalam pembunuhan Bill “The Butcher” Untuk, Morrissey memutuskan untuk mempertahankan gelar melawan John C. Heenan, “yang Benicia Boy”. “Old Asap” Morrissey mengalahkan Heenan di Oktober 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 dan 126 pon, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Pada tanggal 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “yang 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 won the American Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in 1841. Like most prizefighting champions of the Nineteenth Century, he did not fight very often. Hyer normally paid his bills as an enforcer for political parties in New York. Semula, Hyer menggunakan bakatnya untuk Whig tetapi kemudian beralih kesetiaan ke Whig “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Pada Oktober 12, 1853, 23 year-old John Morrissey would meet 40 year-old “Yankee” Sullivan for the American and possibly World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Sullivan had been considered the champion since Tom Hyer, who had beaten Sullivan previously, retired instead of fighting Sullivan in a rematch. Sullivan claimed the title and was backed by Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.
Pada bulan Juli 1854, Dunia Bareknuckle prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, yang juga terputus sebagai Tammany Balai penegak, menantang William “Bill Jagal” Poole tidak ada memegang dilarang perkelahian jalanan. Hasilnya adalah pemukulan dan beberapa bulan pemulihan mengerikan bagi John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, paruh waktu petinju dirinya. Morrissey made a
Pada tanggal 26, 1854, the bare knuckle champion John Morrissey met occasional bare knuckle fighter William Poole in a no rules street brawl. What followed would be the worst five minutes of John Morrissey’s life. Pada Oktober 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 selalu menjadi subjek sulit bagi saya. Saya mengagumi keberanian dan kekuatan dalam menghadapi kebencian dan kefanatikan dalam waktu ketika melakukan hal itu menempatkan hidupnya dalam bahaya. Dia menolak untuk menyesuaikan diri dan menerima posisi rendah diri untuk Amerika putih. Namun, 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. Pada bulan Maret 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color line to