Langford Mengalahkan The Great Gans

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Pada tanggal 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

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Old Asap Mengalahkan Benicia Boy

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John Morrissey menyatakan Dunia Bare Knuckle prizefighting Championship dalam pertarungan kontroversial dengan Yankee Sullivan pada bulan Oktober 1853. Setelah mengalahkan tuduhan pembunuhan atas partisipasinya dalam pembunuhan Bill “The Butcher” Untuk, Morrissey memutuskan untuk mempertahankan gelar melawan John C. Heenan, “yang Benicia Boy”. “Old Asap” Morrissey mengalahkan Heenan di Oktober 1858 bout held in

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Heenan Loses to King in Last Bout

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John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “yang 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

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Hart’s Face Beats Up Johnson’s Fist

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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. Dia juga masuk sebagai salah satu

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Tom Hyer Beats Yankee Sullivan

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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. Semula, Hyer menggunakan bakatnya untuk Whig tetapi kemudian beralih kesetiaan ke Whig “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William

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Morrissey vs. Sullivan: Fight, Then Feud

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Pada Oktober 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.

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Tammany Preman Pembunuhan Bill Jagal

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Pada bulan Juli 1854, Dunia Bareknuckle prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, yang juga terputus sebagai Tammany Balai penegak, menantang William “Bill Jagal” Poole tidak ada memegang dilarang perkelahian jalanan. Hasilnya adalah pemukulan dan beberapa bulan pemulihan mengerikan bagi John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, paruh waktu petinju dirinya. Morrissey made a

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Thug Beats World Champ in Street Brawl

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Pada tanggal 26, 1854, the bare knuckle champion John Morrissey met occasional bare knuckle fighter William Poole in a no rules street brawl. What followed would be the worst five minutes of John Morrissey’s life. Pada Oktober 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

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Jack Johnson, Amerika Boxing Pioneer

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Jack Johnson selalu menjadi subjek sulit bagi saya. Saya mengagumi keberanian dan kekuatan dalam menghadapi kebencian dan kefanatikan dalam waktu ketika melakukan hal itu menempatkan hidupnya dalam bahaya. Dia menolak untuk menyesuaikan diri dan menerima posisi rendah diri untuk Amerika putih. Namun, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife

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