Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
En decembro de 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” Poole, 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. He also entered as one of
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. Orixinalmente, Hyer empregou o seu talento para os Whigs pero cambiaría de lealtad aos “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
En outubro 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.
In July 1854, the World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, who also severed as Tammany Hall enforcer, challenged William “Bill the Butcher” Poole to a no holds barred street fight. The result was a terrible beating and several month recovery for John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a
En xullo de 26, 1854, o campión implacable John Morrissey coñeceu loitador implacable ocasional William Poole nunha pelexa sen regras rúa. O que se seguiu sería os peores cinco minutos de vida de John Morrissey. En outubro 23, 1853, a 22-year-old Morrissey bater Yankee Sullivan para o campionato implacable mundo nunha decisión contestada. Sullivan realmente bateu Morrissey fóra
Jack Johnson has always been a tough subject for me. I admire his courage and strength in confronting hatred and bigotry in a time when doing so put his life in danger. He refused to conform and accept a position of inferiority to white Americans. Aínda, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, que foi considerado o Idol de París, durante a súa carreira de boxeo de 1902 para 1921, é en gran parte esquecido hoxe. Un dos maiores pesos pesados negros de súa época, foi conxelado fóra da loita polo título mundial, mesmo despois de Jack Johnson derrotado Tommy Burns en 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career