Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Op 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 “The Butcher” Poole, Morrissey besloot om zijn titel tegen John C verdedigen. Heenan, “de Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey versloeg Heenan in het oktober 1858 bout held in
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “de 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
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. Hij kwam ook binnen als een van
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. Oorspronkelijk, Hyer gebruikte zijn talenten voor de Whigs, maar zou trouw aan de “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Op 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.
In juli 1854, de Wereld bareknuckle prizefighting kampioen John Morrissey, die ook verbroken als Tammany Hall enforcer, uitgedaagd William “Bill the Butcher” Poole naar een onbevangen street fight. Het resultaat was een verschrikkelijk pak slaag en enkele maanden herstel voor John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a
Op juli 26, 1854, de blote vuist kampioen John Morrissey voldaan occasionele blote vuist vechter William Poole in een geen regels straat vechtpartij. Wat volgde zou de slechtste vijf minuten van het leven John Morrissey's zijn. Op oktober 23, 1853, de 22-jarige Morrissey verslaan Yankee Sullivan voor de wereld blote vuist kampioenschap in een betwiste beslissing. Sullivan eigenlijk klopte Morrissey uit
Jack Johnson has always been a tough subject for me. I admire his courage and strength in confronting hatred and bigotry in a time when doing so put his life in danger. He refused to conform and accept a position of inferiority to white Americans. Nog, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, die werd beschouwd als het Idool van Parijs, Tijdens zijn bokscarrière van 1902 naar 1921, is grotendeels vandaag vergeten. Een van de grootste zwarte zwaargewichten van zijn tijd, Hij werd uit de gevechten bevroren voor de wereld titel, zelfs nadat Jack Johnson versloeg Tommy Burns in 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career