Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
John L. Roedd Sullivan yn bencampwr pwysau trwm ymladd wobr trosiannol. He transitioned prize fighting from the bare knuckle era to modern boxing under the Marquis of Queensbury rules by refusing to fight in any more non-gloved bouts. Before he made this pledge, he took part in the Fight of the 19th Century with the formidable Jake Kilrain. Jake Kilrain was
Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) ar Ebrill 17, 1942. Zasu Pitts stars as Aunt Emma Bates. In her youth, Aunt Emma was engaged to up-and-coming professional fighter Jim O’Banion. Her sister didn’t approve of the match, so they sent her on a trip to break up the couple. Aunt Emma regretted it and starts following the career
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Ionawr 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, meddyg Seattle a wrestler pro a oedd yn ddigon da i ennill y Bencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm America, Penderfynodd anesboniadwy i roi cynnig ar ei law yn bocsio proffesiynol. Ei wrthwynebydd yn gyfaill a sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, a fyddai'n ennill Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Trwm y Byd Lliwiog. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
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.
Ym mis Gorffennaf 1854, y Pencampwr Prizefighting Bareknuckle Byd John Morrissey, who also severed as Tammany Hall enforcer, William herio “Mesur y Cigydd” Poole i unrhyw dal ymladd ar y stryd sydd wedi'u gwahardd. The result was a terrible beating and several month recovery for John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, rhan-amser Prizefighter ei hun. Morrissey made a