Langford porazov The Great Gans

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Decembra 8, 1903, Sam Langford borili vladajoči lahek boksarski prvak v svojem domačem kraju Boston, Massachusetts. Pred bojem LANGFORD, večina strokovnjakov boks počutil Joe Gans ne bi pretepli v zakonite dvoboja. Rodil se je v Baltimoru, 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 Porazi BENICIA Boy

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John Morrissey trdil World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting prvenstvo v spornem dvoboju z Yankee Sullivan v oktobru 1853. Potem ko je premagal pristojbino umora zaradi njegovega sodelovanja pri umoru Bill “Butcher” Da, Morrissey se odločili, da brani svoj naslov proti John C. Heenan, “Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey poraz Heenan v oktober 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 “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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Tom Hyer Beats Yankee Sullivan

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Tom Hyer osvojil ameriško Bare Knuckle Prizefighting prvenstvo v 1841. Kot večina prizefighting prvaki devetnajstega stoletja, je pa zelo pogosto, ne boj. Hyer običajno plača svoje račune, kot izterjevalca za politične stranke v New Yorku. Prvotno, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William

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Morrissey vs. Sullivan: Fight, Then Feud

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Oktobra 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.

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Tammanya Thugs Murder Bill Butcher

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V juliju 1854, Svetovni Bareknuckle Prizefighting prvak John Morrissey, ki je pretrgal tudi Tammanya Hall izterjevalca, Izpodbijani William “Bill Butcher” Poole na dotaknila ulični pretep. Rezultat je bil grozno bitje in več mesečno za obnovo John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, krajšim delovnim časom se je Profesionalen pevec. Morrissey made a

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Thug Beats World Champ in Street Brawl

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Julija 26, 1854, gole členek prvak John Morrissey izpolnjeni občasna gole členek borec William Poole v nobena pravila ulici pretepu. Kaj sledi, bi bilo najhujše pet minut John Morrissey življenja. Oktobra 23, 1853, 22-year-old Morrissey premagati Yankee Sullivan za svetovno gole členek prvenstvu v sporni odločbi. Sullivan actually knocked Morrissey out

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