Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Abenduaren on 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” To, 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
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
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 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. Horietako bat bezala ere sartu zen
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. Originally, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Urriaren On 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.
Uztailean 1854, Munduko Bareknuckle Prizefighting txapelduna John Morrissey du, Tammany Hall betetzaile bezala ere severed nor, desafioa William “Bill Butcher” No bat Poole egonda kale borroka dauka. Emaitza terrible taupadak eta John Morrissey osatzeko zenbait hilabeteko berreskuratzeko zen. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, parte-denbora bat Prizefighter berak. Morrissey made a
Uztailetik 26, 1854, biluzi ukondoa txapeldun John Morrissey ezagutu noizbehinkako biluzi ukondoa borrokalaria William Poole bat arauak ez kalean brawl in. Zer jarraitu John Morrissey bizitzako bost minutu txarrena izango litzateke. Urriaren On 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 izan da beti niretzat gaia gogorra. Bere ausardia eta indarra miresten dut gorrotoa eta bigotry aurre eginez garai batean denean, hori eginez, bere bizitza arriskuan jarri. Adostasuna eta egoera txarragoan estatubatuar zuriak onartzeko uko egin zion. Oraindik, Gizaki asko bezala flawed gizon bat izan zen. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, who was considered the Idol of Paris, during his boxing career from 1902 arte 1921, is largely forgotten today. One of the greatest black heavyweights of his time, he was frozen out of fighting for the world title even after Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns in 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career