Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Ivan L. Sullivan je prijelazno teškoj kategoriji nagrada borbe prvak. 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
U utorak, Siječanj 19, 1909, Doktor. Benjamin Roller, Seattle liječnik i pro hrvač koji je bio dovoljno dobar za pobjedu američki prvenstvo u teškoj kategoriji, neobjašnjivo odlučio okušati u profesionalnom boksu. Protivnik mu je bio prijatelj i sparing partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, tko će pobijediti obojeni svijet teškoj kategoriji boks prvenstvo. Doktor. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
Sam McVey umorna od nedostatka prilika za crne boraca u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama tijekom ranog dvadesetog stoljeća. McVey odlučio ostaviti za Europu 1907, gdje se borio do 1911. McVey borio u Australiji za više od tri godine prije povratka u SAD-u. Ovaj kratki vrhunac filma iz Francuske u 1911 s “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
U prosincu 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” Za, 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 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 je koristio svoje talente za Whigove, ali bi se prebacio na vjernost “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Prvog listopada 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