Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 to 1930.
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
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. Prvog listopada 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
Sam McVey, koji se smatra Idol Pariza, tijekom boksačke karijere iz 1902 to 1921, je u velikoj mjeri i danas zaboravljeni. Jedna od najvećih crnih teškaša svoga vremena, on je bio zamrznut iz borbe za naslov svjetskog prvaka, čak i nakon što Jack Johnson pobijedio Tommy Burns u 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career
Abe Attell bila teška boksač. On je osvojio Svjetsko prvenstvo Pero boks dva puta. On i njegov brat Monte bili prvi braća da će svjetski boksački prvak u isto vrijeme, nakon Monte osvojio Svjetsko prvenstvo bantamweight. Abe Attell won his first title when he was based out of the West End Boxing Club in St. Louis, MO.
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” i 235 funti. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Međutim,
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. U naponu snage, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Na 35 years of age and nearly 300
Jack Johnson je oduvijek bila teška tema za mene. Divim mu hrabrost i snagu u sučeljavanju mržnju i fanatizam u trenutku kada se radi tako da stavite svoj život u opasnosti. On je odbio da se prilagodi i prihvatiti položaj inferiornosti da bijelih Amerikanaca. Još, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife