Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting.
Tom Allen wurde in Birmingham geboren, England on April 23, 1840 Berühmt wurde er jedoch als Schwergewichts-Preiskämpfer mit bloßen Fingerknöcheln in Amerika. Sich in St. niederlassen. Louis around 1867, Allen gewann die amerikanische Schwergewichtsmeisterschaft 1873 und hielt den Titel bis 1876. Er kehrte für ein Jahr nach England zurück, bevor er nach St. zurückkehrte. Louis für immer 1878. Back
On November 30, 1871, Eine große Menschenmenge bestieg zehn Eisenbahnwaggons auf der New Orleans, Mobile und Texas Railroad, als sie in der Canal Street in New Orleans hielten, Louisiana. Der Zug fuhr weiter zum Bahnhof Montgomery in der Nähe der Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, wo die Menge den Regen verließ und sich auf den Weg in den Wald machte. So eine seltsame Prozession
On May 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Die Ansprüche auf die Meisterschaft waren zu dieser Zeit sehr trübe. Schlägerei und schmutzige Tricks verdeckten oft, wer tatsächlich amerikanischer Meister war. Jem Mace, der zweimal als Weltmeister angesehen wurde, als er in England kämpfte, wurde unterschrieben, um Tom zu treffen
On November 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 Jahren. Mace was world champion from 1860 to 1862 and again from 1866 to 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 to 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. Bis Zur: Politik, Berufsboxkampf und die Ermordung von Bill the Butcher. The hot air laid stagnant in the room as the man in the corner tried to sleep. Giving up on the possibility of sleep, the “Troy Giant” pulled himself into a sitting position on the edge of the bed.
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Jedoch, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professionelle Kampfsportarten genossen im 19. Jahrhundert im Ausland einen schlechten Ruf
Am Oktober 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Massachusetts. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 Pfund. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans beider Männer kamen herein
On February 7, 1882, John L. Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan for a title, which was certainly the American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship but probably not the World Title it was billed as. In 1880, Paddy Ryan won the title in his first and only prize fight before facing the ferocious power puncher Sullivan. The men met in Mississippi City, Mississippi around
John L. Sullivan war die Übergangs-Schwergewichts-Champion Kampfpreis. He transitioned prize fighting from the bare knuckle era to modern boxing under the Marquis of Queensbury rules by refusing to fight in any more non-gloved bouts. Before he made this pledge, he took part in the Fight of the 19th Century with the formidable Jake Kilrain. Jake Kilrain was
John Morrissey claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in a controversial bout with Yankee Sullivan in October 1853. After beating a murder charge for his participation in the murder of Bill “The Butcher” Bis Zur, Morrissey decided to defend his title against John C. Heenan, “the Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey defeated Heenan in the October 1858 bout held in