Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
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
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. Il est également entré comme l'un des
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
Sur Juillet 26, 1854, le champion de poings nus John Morrissey a rencontré occasionnelle Bare Knuckle combattant William Poole dans une bagarre de rue pas de règles. Ce qui a suivi serait les pires cinq minutes de la vie de John Morrissey. On October 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 a toujours été un sujet difficile pour moi. J'admire son courage et de force pour affronter la haine et le fanatisme dans un moment où le faire mettre sa vie en danger. Il a refusé de se conformer et d'accepter une position d'infériorité pour les Américains blancs. Encore, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, who was considered the Idol of Paris, during his boxing career from 1902 to 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