Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Decembra 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” Na, 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. 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. He also entered as one of
Októbra 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.
V júli 1854, Svet Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, ktorý tiež oddelil ako Tammany Hall vymáhač, vyzval William “Bill Mäsiar” Poole do bez akýchkoľvek tabu pouličný boj. Výsledok bol hrozný bití a niekoľko mesiacov obnovy John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a
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
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,