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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
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
På Juli 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. På Oktober 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 har alltid varit ett tufft ämne för mig. Jag beundrar hans mod och styrka i att konfrontera hat och trångsynthet i en tid när detta satte hans liv i fara. Han vägrade att anpassa sig och acceptera en position av underlägsenhet till vita amerikaner. Yet, liksom många människor han var en bristfällig människa. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, som ansågs vara förebilden i Paris, under sin boxningskarriär från 1902 till 1921, är i stort sett bortglömd i dag. En av de största svarta tungviktare av sin tid, han blev utfryst av att kämpa för världstiteln även efter Jack Johnson besegrade Tommy Burns i 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career
Abe Attell var en tuff boxare. Han vann World Featherweight Boxing Championship två gånger. He and his brother Monte were the first brothers to be world boxing champions at the same time after Monte won the World Bantamweight Championship. Abe Attell won his first title when he was based out of the West End Boxing Club in St. Louis, MO.
Medan du gör forskning, Jag hittade denna bild på Manassa Mauler utbildning för sin 4 juli, 1919 titel kamp med Jess Willard, World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard var en jätte av en man vid 6’06” och 235 pounds. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Emellertid,