Tammany Thugs Murder Bill Butcher

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Í júlí 1854, World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, sem einnig rofin sem Tammany Hall Enforcer, áskorun William “Bill Butcher” Poole til a neitun heldur Barred götu berjast. Niðurstaðan var hræðileg berja og nokkrir mánuði endurheimt John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a

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Thug Beats World Champ in Street Brawl

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Júlí 26, 1854, sem ber hnúi meistari John Morrissey hitti einstaka ber hnúi bardagamaður William Poole í ekki reglur götu brawl. Í kjölfarið væri verstu fimm mínútur af lífi John Morrissey er. Á október 23, 1853, 22 ára gamall Morrissey slá Yankee Sullivan fyrir heiminn ber hnúi úrslita í umdeildu ákvörðun. Sullivan actually knocked Morrissey out

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Manassa Mauler Knocks Out Giant in 1919

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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” og 235 £. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Þó,

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Jack Johnson og The Fight aldarinnar

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, af störfum fyrrum þungavigtar meistari, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” keppinautur. Í blóma sínum, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Á 35 years of age and nearly 300

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