Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
On July 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. Októbra 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 bol vždy ťažký predmet pre mňa. Obdivujem jeho odvahu a silu čeliť nenávisti a fanatizmu v čase, keď sa pritom dal jeho život v nebezpečenstve. Odmietol, aby zodpovedal a prijímam pozíciu menejcennosti do bielych Američanov. Ešte, rovnako ako mnoho ľudí, že bol chybný človek. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, ktorý bol považovaný za idol v Paríži, počas jeho boxerské kariéry od 1902 na 1921, je dnes do značnej miery zabudnuté. Jeden z najväčších čiernych ťažkej váhy svojej doby, bol vytlačený bojovať o titul majstra sveta aj potom, čo Jack Johnson porazil Tommy Burns v 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career
Abe Attell bol ťažký boxer. Dvakrát vyhral Svetový mušia Boxing Championship. On a jeho brat Monte boli prvými bratmi byť svetové boxerské šampiónmi v rovnakom čase po Monte vyhral svetový šampionát bantamové. Abe Attell won his first title when he was based out of the West End Boxing Club in St. Louis, MO.
While doing research, I found this picture of the Manassa Mauler training for his July 4th, 1919 title fight with Jess Willard, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard was a giant of a man at 6’06” a 235 libier. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Však,