Историк боевых видов спорта и боец
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
John L. Салливан был переходный супертяжелом приз бои чемпион. He transitioned prize fighting from the bare knuckle era to modern boxing under the Marquis of Queensbury rules by refusing to fight in any more non-gloved bouts. Before he made this pledge, he took part in the Fight of the 19th Century with the formidable Jake Kilrain. Jake Kilrain was
Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) on April 17, 1942. Zasu Pitts stars as Aunt Emma Bates. In her youth, Aunt Emma was engaged to up-and-coming professional fighter Jim O’Banion. Her sister didn’t approve of the match, so they sent her on a trip to break up the couple. Aunt Emma regretted it and starts following the career
Во вторник, Январь 19, 1909, Доктор. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Доктор. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
Сэм Маквей устали от отсутствия возможностей для чернокожих бойцов в Соединенных Штатах во время начала двадцатого века. Маквей решил уехать в Европу в 1907, где он сражался до тех пор, 1911. Маквей воевал в Австралии в течение еще трех лет, прежде чем вернуться в Соединенные Штаты. Этот краткий изюминка кино из Франции в 1911 с “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Декабря 8, 1903, Сэм Лэнгфорд боролись царящая легкий чемпион по боксу в своем родном городе Бостоне, Массачусетс. До борьбы Лэнгфорд, Большинство экспертов бокса чувствовал Джо Ганс не может быть избит в законную бой. Родился в Балтиморе, Мэриленд, 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” Для, 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
Том Хайер выиграл американский чемпионат Bare Knuckle Prizefighting в 1841. Как и большинство prizefighting чемпионов девятнадцатого века, Он не боролся очень часто. Хайер обычно выплачивается свои счета в качестве боевика для политических партий в Нью-Йорке. Первоначально, Hyer использовали свои таланты для вигов, но хотели бы перейти пристрастия к “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Октября 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 July 1854, the World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, who also severed as Tammany Hall enforcer, challenged William “Bill the Butcher” 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