Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Τον Δεκέμβριο 8, 1903, Sam Langford fought the reigning lightweight boxing champion in his hometown of Boston, Μασαχουσέτη. 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
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” Να, 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
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
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Μετά 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. He also entered as one of
Τον Οκτώβριο του 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.
Τον Ιούλιο του 1854, ο Παγκόσμιος Πρωταθλητής Bareknuckle Prizefighting John Morrissey, που έκοψαν και ως Tammany Hall εφαρμοστής, αμφισβητηθεί William “Bill το Butcher” Πουλ ένα δεν έχει παραγραφεί αγώνα δρόμου. Το αποτέλεσμα ήταν μια φοβερή ήττα και διάφορα μήνα ανάκαμψης για τον John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, μερικής απασχόλησης Prizefighter τον εαυτό του. Morrissey made a
Τον Ιούλιο 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. Τον Οκτώβριο του 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 υπήρξε πάντα μια σκληρή θέμα για μένα. Θαυμάζω το θάρρος και τη δύναμη του, στην αντιπαράθεση το μίσος και τη μισαλλοδοξία σε μια εποχή όταν το πράξει βάλει τη ζωή του σε κίνδυνο. Ο ίδιος αρνήθηκε να συμμορφωθεί και να δεχτεί μια θέση κατωτερότητας σε λευκό Αμερικανούς. Ακόμη, όπως και πολλά ανθρώπινα όντα ήταν μια κακή άνθρωπος. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, who was considered the Idol of Paris, during his boxing career from 1902 να 1921, is largely forgotten today. One of the greatest black heavyweights of his time, he was frozen out of fighting for the world title even after Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns in 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career
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” και 235 λίρες. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Ωστόσο,