Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Prosince 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 prohlásil World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting šampionát v kontroverzním zápase s Yankee Sullivan v říjnu 1853. Poté, co porazil o obvinění z vraždy pro jeho účast na vraždě zákona “Butcher” Na, Morrissey se rozhodl obhajovat svůj titul proti John C.. Heenan, “Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey porazil Heenanem v říjnovém 1858 bout held in
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “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
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Po 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. Vstoupil také jako jeden z
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. Původně, Hyer využil svůj talent pro Whigy, ale přešel na věrnost “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Října 12, 1853, 23 letý John Morrissey se setkat 40 letý “Yankee” Sullivan pro americkou a možná World Heavyweight Prizefighting šampionát. Sullivan byl považován vítěz od Toma Hyer, který porazil Sullivan dříve, odešel místo boje Sullivana v zápase. Sullivan prohlásil titul a byl podpořen Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.
In July 1854, the World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, who also severed as Tammany Hall enforcer, challenged William “Bill Řezník” Poole to a no holds barred street fight. The result was a terrible beating and several month recovery for John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a
Července 26, 1854, holé koleno mistr John Morrissey se setkal občas holé koleno stíhací William Poole v žádná pravidla pouliční rvačce. To, co následovalo by být nejhorší pět minut John Morrissey života. Října 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 byl vždy těžký předmět pro mě. Obdivuji jeho odvahu a sílu v konfrontaci nenávist a fanatismus v době, kdy se dělá tak dát svůj život v nebezpečí. Odmítl se přizpůsobit a přijmout pozici méněcennosti na bílých Američanů. Ještě, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, který byl považován za idol v Paříži, během jeho boxerské kariéry od 1902 na 1921, je dnes do značné míry zapomenuty. Jeden z největších černých těžké váhy své doby, byl vytlačen bojovat o titul mistra světa i poté, co Jack Johnson porazil Tommy Burns v 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career