Historyk sportów walki i artysta sztuk walki
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 do 1930.
In July 1854, the World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, who also severed as Tammany Hall enforcer, challenged William “Bill Rzeźnik” 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
W lipcu 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. Październik 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, który został uznany Idol z Paryża, podczas swojej kariery bokserskiej z 1902 do 1921, jest w dużej mierze zapomniany dziś. Jednym z największych czarnych gigantów swego czasu, został zamrożony z walki o tytuł mistrza świata, nawet po Jack Johnson pokonał Tommy Burns w 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career
Abe Attell bokser był trudny. Dwukrotnie zdobył Mistrzostwo Świata piórkowej Boxing. On i jego brat Monte pierwsi bracia, aby być mistrzem świata boksu w tym samym czasie po Monte wygrał Mistrzostwa Świata koguciej. Abe Attell won his first title when he was based out of the West End Boxing Club in St. Louis, MO.
Podczas prowadzenia badań, Uważam, że ten obraz kształcenia Manassa Mauler dla jego 04 lipca, 1919 Tytuł walka z Jess Willard, World Heavyweight Boxing Mistrzów. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard był gigant człowieka na 6’06” i 235 funtów. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Jednak,
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. At 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. Jeszcze, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife