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Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Pada tanggal 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
John Morrissey menyatakan Dunia Bare Knuckle prizefighting Championship dalam pertarungan kontroversial dengan Yankee Sullivan pada bulan Oktober 1853. Setelah mengalahkan tuduhan pembunuhan atas partisipasinya dalam pembunuhan Bill “The Butcher” Untuk, Morrissey memutuskan untuk mempertahankan gelar melawan John C. Heenan, “yang Benicia Boy”. “Old Asap” Morrissey mengalahkan Heenan di Oktober 1858 bout held in
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “yang 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. After 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. Dia juga masuk sebagai salah satu
Pada Oktober 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.
Pada bulan Juli 1854, Dunia Bareknuckle prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, yang juga terputus sebagai Tammany Balai penegak, menantang William “Bill Jagal” Poole tidak ada memegang dilarang perkelahian jalanan. Hasilnya adalah pemukulan dan beberapa bulan pemulihan mengerikan bagi John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, paruh waktu petinju dirinya. Morrissey made a
Pada tanggal 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. Pada 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 selalu menjadi subjek sulit bagi saya. Saya mengagumi keberanian dan kekuatan dalam menghadapi kebencian dan kefanatikan dalam waktu ketika melakukan hal itu menempatkan hidupnya dalam bahaya. Dia menolak untuk menyesuaikan diri dan menerima posisi rendah diri untuk Amerika putih. Namun, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, yang dianggap sebagai Idol dari Paris, selama karir tinju dari 1902 untuk 1921, sebagian besar dilupakan hari ini. Salah satu kelas berat hitam terbesar pada zamannya, ia terdepak dari berjuang untuk gelar juara dunia bahkan setelah Jack Johnson mengalahkan Tommy Terbakar pada 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” dan 235 pon. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. However,