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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 a 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. Ottobre 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, che era considerato l'Idolo di Parigi, nel corso della sua carriera pugilistica da 1902 a 1921, è in gran parte dimenticato oggi. Uno dei più grandi pesi massimi neri del suo tempo, fu congelato di lottare per il titolo mondiale, anche dopo che Jack Johnson ha sconfitto Tommy Burns in 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career
Abe Attell era un pugile difficile. Ha vinto il Mondiale piuma Boxing Championship due volte. He and his brother Monte were the first brothers to be world boxing champions at the same time after Monte won the World Bantamweight Championship. 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” e 235 sterline. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Tuttavia,
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. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. A 35 years of age and nearly 300
Jack Johnson has always been a tough subject for me. I admire his courage and strength in confronting hatred and bigotry in a time when doing so put his life in danger. He refused to conform and accept a position of inferiority to white Americans. Ancora, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife