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В четвъртък, <Педя bbox_x = "330" bbox_y = "380" bbox_w = "53" bbox_h = "17" fsize = "11" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "210" синьо = "31" алфа = " 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, Англия, settled in St. Louis, Мисури. Allen eventually became a U.S. Citizen. Allen showed a pugnacious personality, inside and outside the ring, making powerful enemies amongst the sporting men in the United States. Allen particularly irritated

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Във вторник, Ноември 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan fought Al Greenfield at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sullivan needed to overcome more than just his opponent in this bout. The men originally agreed to fight on Monday, Ноември 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with

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The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. Ryan was a good fighter in his own right though. Ryan was born on March 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, Ню Йорк. Ryan was known through out his

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От ноември 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 години. Mace was world champion from 1860 за 1862 and again from 1866 за 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 за 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest

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От ноември 30, 1871, a large crowd of men boarded ten rail cars on the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas railroad as it stopped on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The train continued on to Montgomery Station near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where the crowd left the rain and made their way into the woods. Such an odd procession

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Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. В 1867, Allen moved to St. Louis, the largest city west of the Mississippi. Allen never left and would use St. Louis as his home base to train for prizefights. Allen fought mostly in bare knuckle prizefights as American boxing would not be

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On May 10, 1870, 39-годишният боксьор Джем Мейс срещна 30-годишният боксьор Tom Allen в Kennerville, Louisiana за World Heavyweight Prizefighting първенство. По това време претенциите за шампионата бяха много мътни. Измамите и мръсните трикове често скривали кой всъщност е американски шампион. Jem Mace, който беше смятан за световен шампион два пъти, докато се биеше в Англия, was signed to meet Tom

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