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Posts about 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting, which was illegal in most localities.
På torsdag, September 7, 1876, Tom Allen försvarade sitt World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship mot engelsmannen Joe Goss. Allen, ursprungligen från Birmingham, England, bosatte sig i St. Louis, Missouri. Allen blev så småningom en U.S. Medborgare. Allen visade en strid personlighet, inuti och utanför ringen, skapa mäktiga fiender bland sportmännen i USA. Allen särskilt irriterad
På tisdag, November 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, November 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 but he became famous as a heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter in America. Settling in St. Louis around 1867, Allen won the American Heavyweight Championship in 1873 and held the title until 1876. He returned to England for a year before returning to St. Louis for good in 1878. Tillbaka
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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
På November 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 år. Mace was world champion from 1860 till 1862 and again from 1866 till 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 till 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
På November 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 was born in Birmingham, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. I 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
På maj 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Påståenden om mästerskapet var väldigt grumliga vid den tiden. Thuggery och smutsiga tricks dolda ofta vem som faktiskt var amerikansk mästare. Jem Mace, som ansågs världsmästare två gånger när han kämpade i England, undertecknades för att träffa Tom