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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, which is why both promoters
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300
აპრილს 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 minutes. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, როდესაც
John L. Sullivan დომინირებს პრიზი ბეჭედი თავისი კარიერის მანძილზე. პირს ჩანაწერი 40 მოგება, არ დანაკარგები და ორი ამახვილებს, “Boston Strong Boy” ითვლებოდა უძლეველი. Sullivan მოიგო მსოფლიო ჩემპიონატი 1882 და მოხმარდება ყველა მეტოქე კულმინაციური ერთად ბრძოლა მეცხრამეტე საუკუნის Jake Kilrain. After defeating Kilrain in this epic bout, John L.
Sam McVey დაიღალა სიმცირე შავი მებრძოლების შეერთებული შტატების დროს საუკუნის დასაწყისში. McVey წასვლა გადაწყვიტეს ევროპაში 1907, სადაც იგი იბრძოდა მანამ, სანამ 1911. McVey იბრძოდა ავსტრალიაში კიდევ სამი წლით ადრე დაბრუნების შეერთებული შტატები. ამ მოკლე მონიშნეთ ფილმი საფრანგეთში 1911 ერთად “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
წლის 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” უნდა, 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. თავდაპირველად, ჰაიერმა თავისი ნიჭი გამოიყენა Whigs– ში, მაგრამ ერთგულებას შეცვლიდა “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
ოქტომბერი 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.