Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
John L. Sullivan was the transitional heavyweight prize fighting champion. 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) on April 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
Mardi, Janvier 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
Sam McVey fatigués de l'absence de possibilité pour les combattants noirs aux Etats-Unis au début du XXe siècle. McVey a décidé de quitter pour l'Europe 1907, où il a combattu jusqu'au 1911. McVey a combattu en Australie pour trois ans de plus avant de retourner aux États-Unis. Ce petit film de surbrillance de la France en 1911 avec “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Sur Décembre 8, 1903, Sam Langford battu le champion en titre de boxe poids léger dans sa ville natale de Boston, Massachusetts. Avant de lutte contre Langford, la plupart des experts de boxe Joe Gans estimaient ne pouvait pas être battu dans un combat légitime. Né à Baltimore, Maryland, Gans a réussi à briser la barrière de la couleur en remportant le Championnat du Monde de boxe léger. 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” À, 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
Tom Hyer a remporté le Championnat Bare Knuckle la boxe américaine en 1841. Comme la plupart des champions de la boxe du XIXe siècle, il n'a pas combattu très souvent. Hyer normalement payé ses factures comme un exécuteur pour les partis politiques à New York. Initialement, Hyer employa ses talents pour les Whigs mais changea d'allégeance pour les “Ne sais rien Parti” with his friend William
On October 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.
En Juillet 1854, Champion du Monde Bareknuckle la boxe John Morrissey, who also severed as Tammany Hall enforcer, contesté William “Bill le Boucher” Poole à un sans tabou combat de rue. The result was a terrible beating and several month recovery for John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, un temps partiel boxeur lui-même. Morrissey made a