Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
John L. Sullivan var bráðabirgðareglur þungavigtar verðlaun berjast meistari. 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) apríl 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
Á þriðjudag, Janúar 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, A Seattle læknir og atvinnumaður wrestler sem var nógu góður til að vinna American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably ákveðið að reyna hendinni á faglegum box. Andstæðingurinn hans var vinur og sparring félagi, “Denver” Ed Martin, hver myndi vinna litað heiminum þungavigtar Hnefaleikar 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
Á Desember 8, 1903, Sam Langford börðust ríkja léttur box meistari í heimabæ hans Boston, Massachusetts. Áður berjast Langford, flestir box sérfræðingar fannst Joe Gans gæti ekki verið barinn í lögmætum lota. Fæddur í Baltimore, Maryland, Gans var fær um að brjóta litinn hindrun með því að vinna World Léttur Hnefaleikar Championship. Sam Langford is often considered
John Morrissey krafa World Bare hnúi Prizefighting Championship í umdeildri lota með Yankee Sullivan í október 1853. Eftir að hafa barið morð gjald fyrir þátttöku hans í morðið á Bill “The Butcher” Að, Morrissey ákvað að verja titil sinn gegn John C. Heenan, “sem Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey sigraði Heenan í október 1858 bout held in
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “sem 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 vann American Bare hnúi Prizefighting Championship í 1841. Eins og flestum prizefighting meistarar nítjándu aldar, hann ekki berjast mjög oft. Hyer venjulega greiða reikninga sína sem Enforcer fyrir stjórnmálaflokka í New York. Upphaflega, Hyer nýtti hæfileika sína fyrir Whigs en myndi skipta um trúnað við “Veit ekkert Party” with his friend William
Á 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.
Í júlí 1854, World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, sem einnig rofin sem Tammany Hall Enforcer, áskorun William “Bill Butcher” Poole til a neitun heldur Barred götu berjast. Niðurstaðan var hræðileg berja og nokkrir mánuði endurheimt John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a