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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Desember 8, 1903, Sam Langford kjempet regjerende lett boksing mester i hjembyen Boston, Massachusetts. Før slåss Langford, de fleste bokseeksperter følte Joe Gans kunne ikke bli slått i en legitim bout. Født i 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 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
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Etter 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. He also entered as one of
Tom Hyer vant den amerikanske Bare Knuckle prizefighting Championship i 1841. Som de fleste prizefighting vinnere av det nittende århundre, han ikke kjempe veldig ofte. Hyer normalt betalt sine regninger som en håndhever for politiske partier i New York. Opprinnelig, Hyer benyttet sine talenter for Whigs, men ville bytte troskap til “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
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.
I juli 1854, Verdens Bareknuckle prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, who also severed as Tammany Hall enforcer, utfordret William “Bill the Butcher” Poole til en ingen har utestengt gatekamp. The result was a terrible beating and several month recovery for John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, en deltidsPrizeFighter seg. Morrissey made a
Juli 26, 1854, den nakne knoke mester John Morrissey møtte sporadisk nakne knoke fighter William Poole i en ingen regler gate slagsmål. Det som fulgte, ville være de verste fem minuttene av John Morrissey liv. Oktober 23, 1853, den 22-år gamle Morrissey slo Yankee Sullivan for verden nakne knoke mesterskap i en omstridt avgjørelse. Sullivan faktisk banket Morrissey ut
Jack Johnson har alltid vært et tøft tema for meg. Jeg beundrer hans mot og styrke i møte hat og fordommer i en tid når du gjør det sette hans liv i fare. Han nektet å tilpasse og akseptere en posisjon av underlegenhet til hvite amerikanere. Ennå, som mange mennesker han var en feil mann. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, who was considered the Idol of Paris, during his boxing career from 1902 til 1921, is largely forgotten today. One of the greatest black heavyweights of his time, he was frozen out of fighting for the world title even after Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns in 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career