Langford Defeats The Great Gans

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Pada Disember 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 Smoke Defeats Benicia Boy

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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” Untuk, 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

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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 “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

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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 seorang

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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. Originally, Hyer menggunakan bakatnya untuk Whig tetapi akan menukar kesetiaan kepada “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William

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Morrissey vs. Sullivan: Fight, Then Feud

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Pada bulan Oktober 12, 1853, 23 berusia tahun John Morrissey akan memenuhi 40 tahun-lama “Yankee” Sullivan bagi Prizefighting Kejohanan Amerika dan mungkin World Heavyweight. Sullivan telah dianggap juara sejak Tom Hyer, yang telah dipukul Sullivan sebelum ini, bersara dan bukannya berjuang Sullivan dalam perlawanan semula. Sullivan mendakwa tajuk dan disokong oleh Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.

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Tammany Thugs Pembunuhan Rang Undang-undang Butcher

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Pada bulan Julai 1854, Dunia Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, yang juga berkhidmat sebagai Tammany Hall penguatkuasa, dicabar William “Rang Undang-undang Butcher” Poole untuk tidak memegang dihalang berjuang jalan. Hasilnya ialah pemukulan dan beberapa bulan pemulihan dahsyat untuk John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a

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Thug Beats World Champ in Street Brawl

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Pada Julai 26, 1854, juara menyerah kalah terdedah John Morrissey bertemu sekali-sekala pejuang menyerah kalah terdedah William Poole dalam pergaduhan tiada jalan peraturan. Apa yang mengikuti adalah yang paling teruk lima minit hidup John Morrissey ini. Pada bulan Oktober 23, 1853, Morrissey yang berusia 22 tahun mengalahkan Yankee Sullivan untuk kejohanan menyerah kalah di dunia terdedah dalam keputusan yang dipertikaikan. Sullivan actually knocked Morrissey out

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