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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, zaradi česar oba promotorja
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. V svojem prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300
Aprila 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 min. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, ko
John L. Sullivan had dominated the prize ring during his career. Possessing a record of 40 wins, no losses and two draws, “The Boston Strong Boy” was considered invincible. Sullivan won the world championship in 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. After defeating Kilrain in this epic bout, John L.
Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
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
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
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
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
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.