Istoricul sporturilor de luptă și artist marțial
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Decembrie 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 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” Pentru, 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. După 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
Octombrie 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.
În iulie 1854, World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, care, de asemenea, rupt ca Tammany Hall aplicator, contestat William “Bill Măcelarul” Poole la un nu deține prescris bataie de strada. Rezultatul a fost o bătaie și câteva luni de recuperare teribil pentru John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, un part-time se boxer profesionist. Morrissey made a
Iulie 26, 1854, goale campion ciolan Ioan Morrissey cu ocazional luptător cot goale William Poole într-o încăierare nu reguli stradă. Ce a urmat ar fi cel mai rau cele cinci minute din viața Ioan Morrissey lui. Octombrie 23, 1853, în vârstă de 22 de ani Morrissey bate Yankee Sullivan pentru lume goale campionatul cot într-o decizie în litigiu. Sullivan, de fapt bătut Morrissey afară
Jack Johnson a fost întotdeauna un subiect greu pentru mine. Admir curajul și puterea în confruntarea cu ură și bigotismul într-un timp sau când face acest lucru pune viața în pericol. El a refuzat să se conformeze și să accepte o poziție de inferioritate pentru americanii de culoare alba. Încă, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, care a fost considerat Idol de la Paris, în timpul carierei sale de box de la 1902 la 1921, este în mare parte uitat astazi. Una dintre cele mai mari greii negre ale timpului său, el a fost racita de a lupta pentru titlul mondial, chiar și după Jack Johnson a învins pe Tommy Burns în 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” și 235 de lire sterline. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Totuși,