Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting, which was illegal in most localities.
Sa Huwebes, Setyembre 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, Inglatera, settled in St. Louis, Ilog ng Misuri. 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
Sa Martes, Nobyembre 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, Nobyembre 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. Back
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William Muldoon ay ang reigning World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion at isang nabanggit pisikal culturist, kapag siya ay nakatuon sa pamamagitan ng John L. ni Sullivan backers upang makuha ang kanilang fighter sa hugis. Sullivan ay ang reigning World Heavyweight hubad buko paglaban para sa pera Champion. Siya naka-sign ng isang kasunduan upang matugunan ang kanyang toughest challenger, Jake Kilrain, sa Hulyo 1889. Sullivan pinapapasok siya ay nasa masamang hugis,
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 ay isang mahusay na fighter sa kanyang sariling karapatan bagaman. Ryan ay ipinanganak noong Marso 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan ay kilala sa pamamagitan ng ang kanyang
Noong Nobyembre 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 taong gulang. Mace was world champion from 1860 upang 1862 and again from 1866 upang 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 upang 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Noong Nobyembre 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, Ilog ng Misisipi, 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. Sa 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
Sa Mayo 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