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Posts about 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting, which was illegal in most localities.
Joi, Septembrie 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, England, settled in St. Louis, Missouri. 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
Marți, Noiembrie 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, Noiembrie 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with
Tom Allen s-a născut la Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 dar a devenit celebru ca un luptător de premii cu degetul greu în America. Stabilindu-se in St. Louis around 1867, Allen a câștigat campionatul american la categoria grea în 1873 și a deținut titlul până când 1876. S-a întors în Anglia timp de un an înainte de a se întoarce la St. Louis pentru totdeauna în 1878. Back
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William Muldoon was the reigning World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and a noted physical culturist, when he was engaged by John L. Sullivan’s backers to get their fighter in shape. Sullivan was the reigning World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Champion. He signed an agreement to meet his toughest challenger, Jake Kilrain, in July 1889. Sullivan admitted he was in bad shape,
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, New York. Ryan was known through out his
Noiembrie 30, 1910, Rapoartele au venit din Anglia că fostul campion mondial la categoria grea Prizefighting Jem Mace a murit la 79 ani. Mace fost campion mondial de la 1860 la 1862 și din nou de la 1866 la 1876. După relatărilor câștigând un milion de dolari într-o carieră care a durat 1857 la 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Noiembrie 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
Tom Allen s-a născut la Birmingham, Anglia, dar a luptat cu unele dintre cele mai faimoase lupte ale sale din America. În 1867, Allen sa mutat la St.. Louis, cel mai mare oraș la vest de Mississippi. Allen nu a plecat niciodată și ar folosi St.. Louis ca bază de acasă pentru a se antrena pentru lupte cu premii. Allen a luptat în cea mai mare parte în lupte cu premiile goale, deoarece boxul american nu ar fi
La data de 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Claims to the championship were very murky at the time. Thuggery and dirty tricks often obscured who was actually American Champion. Jem Mace, who was considered World Champion twice while fighting in England, was signed to meet Tom