Historyk sportów walki i artysta sztuk walki
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Grudzień 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. Często brany jest pod uwagę Sam Langford
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” Do, 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. Później 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. Wpisał się także jako jeden z
Tom Hyer wygrał Bare Knuckle Prizefighting amerykańskiego w Championship 1841. Podobnie jak większość mistrzów prizefighting XIX wieku, nie walczył bardzo często. Hyer normalnie płacił rachunki za egzekutora dla partii politycznych w Nowym Jorku. Pierwotnie, Hyer wykorzystał swoje talenty dla wigów, ale zmienił lojalność na wigów “Nic nie wiedzą Stronę” ze swoim przyjacielem Williama
Październik 12, 1853, 23 -letni John Morrissey spełniałby 40 lat “Jankes” Sullivan dla amerykańskiej i ewentualnie Mistrzostw Świata Wagi Ciężkiej Prizefighting. Sullivan została uznana mistrzem od Toma Hyer, który pokonał Sullivana wcześniej, emeryturę zamiast walczyć Sullivan w rewanżu. Sullivan zdobył tytuł i została poparta Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.
In July 1854, the World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, who also severed as Tammany Hall enforcer, challenged William “Bill Rzeźnik” Poole to a no holds barred street fight. The result was a terrible beating and several month recovery for John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a
W lipcu 26, 1854, the bare knuckle champion John Morrissey met occasional bare knuckle fighter William Poole in a no rules street brawl. What followed would be the worst five minutes of John Morrissey’s life. Październik 23, 1853, the 22-year-old Morrissey beat Yankee Sullivan for the world bare knuckle championship in a disputed decision. Sullivan actually knocked Morrissey out
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. Jeszcze, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, który został uznany Idol z Paryża, podczas swojej kariery bokserskiej z 1902 do 1921, jest w dużej mierze zapomniany dziś. Jednym z największych czarnych gigantów swego czasu, został zamrożony z walki o tytuł mistrza świata, nawet po Jack Johnson pokonał Tommy Burns w 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career