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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, a dyna pam y ddau hyrwyddwr
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300
Ar Ebrill 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 cofnodion. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when
John L. Sullivan had dominated the prize ring during his career. Possessing a record of 40 wins, no losses and two draws, “Mae'r Boston Boy cryf” was considered invincible. Sullivan won the world championship in 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. After defeating Kilrain in this epic bout, John L.
Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Ar Ragfyr 8, 1903, Ymladdodd Sam Langford y pencampwr bocsio pwysau ysgafn teyrnasu yn ei dref enedigol o Boston, Massachusetts. Cyn ymladd Langford, Teimlai'r rhan fwyaf o arbenigwyr bocsio na allai Joe Gans yn cael ei guro mewn pwl dilys. Fe'i ganed yn Baltimore, Maryland, Gans yn gallu torri'r rhwystr lliw drwy ennill Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Ysgafn y Byd. 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 “Y Butcher” Poole, Penderfynodd Morrissey i amddiffyn ei deitl yn erbyn John C. Heenan, “y Benicia Boy”. “Hen Mwg” Morrissey drechu Heenan yn y Hydref 1858 bout held in
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “y 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
Enillodd Tom HYER y Bencampwriaeth Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Americanaidd yn 1841. Fel y rhan fwyaf hyrwyddwyr prizefighting y Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Bymtheg, nid oedd yn ymladd yn aml iawn. Fel arfer, HYER talu ei biliau fel gorfodwr ar gyfer pleidiau gwleidyddol yn Efrog Newydd. Yn wreiddiol, Defnyddiodd Hyer ei ddoniau i'r Chwigiaid ond byddai'n newid teyrngarwch i'r “Gwybod Parti Dim byd” with his friend William
Ar Hydref 12, 1853, 23 Byddai mlwydd-oed John Morrissey yn cyfarfod 40 mlwydd-oed “Yankee” Sullivan ar gyfer Pencampwriaeth Prizefighting America ac o bosibl Pwysau Trwm y Byd. Roedd Sullivan ei ystyried y pencampwr ers Tom HYER, a oedd wedi curo Sullivan yn flaenorol, ymddeol yn lle ymladd Sullivan mewn rematch. Honnodd Sullivan y teitl, a chafodd gefnogaeth HYER, who had made peace with Sullivan.