Harcsporttörténész és harcművész
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
John L. Sullivan volt az átmeneti nehézsúlyú díjat harc bajnoka. 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
Kedden, Január 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle orvos és profi pankrátor, aki elég jó, hogy megnyerje az amerikai Heavyweight Championship, megmagyarázhatatlan módon úgy döntött, hogy megpróbálja a kezét a profi boksz. Ellenfele volt barátja és sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, ki fogja megnyerni a Színes World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
On December 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 “A Butcher” Hogy, Morrissey úgy döntött, hogy megvédje a címét ellen, John C. Heenan, “A Benicia Boy”. “Régi Füst” Morrissey legyőzte Heenan az október 1858 bout held in
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “A 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. Eredetileg, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Október 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.
Júliusában 1854, A világ Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, aki megszakította az Tammany Hall-enforcer, kétségbe William “Bill a Butcher” Poole egy nem őszinte utcai harc. Az eredmény egy rettenetes verés, és több hónapos helyreállítási John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, részmunkaidős Prizefighter magát. Morrissey made a