Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Desemba 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 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” Poole, 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 na 126 paundi, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Julai 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 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. Awali, HYER walioajiriwa vipaji yake kwa Whigs lakini bila kubadili visasi kwa “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Mnamo Oktoba 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.
Julai 1854, Dunia Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, ambaye pia mmejitenga kama Tammany Hall enforcer, changamoto William “Bill Butcher” Poole hakuna ana kuzuiliwa na anwani ya kupambana. Matokeo yake ni ya kutisha kumpiga na mwezi kadhaa ahueni kwa John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a
Julai 26, 1854, wazi kifundo cha bingwa John Morrissey alikutana mara kwa mara wazi kifundo cha fighter William Poole katika sheria hakuna anwani ya rabsha. Nini ikifuatiwa itakuwa mbaya zaidi ya dakika tano ya maisha John Morrissey ya. Mnamo Oktoba 23, 1853, 22 mwenye umri wa miaka Morrissey kuwapiga Yankee Sullivan kwa dunia tupu kifundo cha michuano ya mwaka uamuzi mgogoro. Sullivan kweli knocked Morrissey nje
Jack Johnson daima imekuwa ngumu somo kwa ajili yangu. I admire ujasiri wake na nguvu katika kukabiliana na chuki na bigotry katika muda wakati wa kufanya hivyo kuweka maisha yake katika hatari. Yeye alikataa kuendana na kukubali nafasi ya inferiority kwa Wamarekani nyeupe. Hata hivyo, 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. On Machi 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color line to