Langford Defeats The Great Gans

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Desemba 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. Sam Langford is often considered

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Old Smoke Defeats Benicia Boy

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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

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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 “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

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Tom Hyer Beats Yankee Sullivan

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Tom Hyer won the American Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in 1841. Like most prizefighting champions of the Nineteenth Century, he did not fight very often. Hyer normally paid his bills as an enforcer for political parties in New York. Awali, HYER walioajiriwa vipaji yake kwa Whigs lakini bila kubadili visasi kwa “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William

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Morrissey vs. Sullivan: Fight, Then Feud

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Mnamo Oktoba 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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Tammany Thugs Mauaji Bill Butcher

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Julai 1854, Dunia Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, ambaye pia mmejitenga kama Tammany Hall enforcer, changamoto William “Bill Butcher” Poole hakuna ana kuzuiliwa na anwani ya kupambana. Matokeo yake ni ya kutisha kumpiga na mwezi kadhaa ahueni kwa John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a

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Thug Beats World Champ in Street Brawl

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Julai 26, 1854, wazi kifundo cha bingwa John Morrissey alikutana mara kwa mara wazi kifundo cha fighter William Poole katika sheria hakuna anwani ya rabsha. Nini ikifuatiwa itakuwa mbaya zaidi ya dakika tano ya maisha John Morrissey ya. Mnamo Oktoba 23, 1853, 22 mwenye umri wa miaka Morrissey kuwapiga Yankee Sullivan kwa dunia tupu kifundo cha michuano ya mwaka uamuzi mgogoro. Sullivan kweli knocked Morrissey nje

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Wamesahau Boxer Sam McVey

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Sam McVey, ambaye alikuwa kuchukuliwa Idol ya Paris, wakati wa kazi ndondi wake kutoka 1902 kwa 1921, ni kwa kiasi kikubwa wamesahau leo. Moja ya mambo makubwa vigogo nyeusi ya muda wake, alikuwa waliohifadhiwa nje ya kupigana kwa ajili ya ubingwa wa dunia hata baada ya Jack Johnson kushindwa Tommy Burns katika 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career

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