Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
Publicaciones sobre el boxeo a puño limpio en el siglo XIX.
Tom Allen nació en Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 pero se hizo famoso como boxeador de peso pesado a puño limpio en Estados Unidos.. Instalarse en St.. Louis around 1867, Allen ganó el Campeonato Americano de Peso Pesado en 1873 y mantuvo el título hasta 1876. Regresó a Inglaterra durante un año antes de regresar a St.. Louis para siempre en 1878. Back
En noviembre 30, 1871, una gran multitud de hombres subió a diez vagones de ferrocarril en el New Orleans, Ferrocarril móvil y de Texas cuando se detuvo en Canal Street en Nueva Orleans, Luisiana. El tren continuó hasta la estación de Montgomery cerca de Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, donde la multitud dejó la lluvia y se dirigió al bosque. Una procesión tan extraña
En 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. Las afirmaciones sobre el campeonato eran muy turbias en ese momento.. Los matones y los trucos sucios a menudo ocultaban quién era en realidad el campeón estadounidense. Jem Mace, quien fue considerado Campeón del Mundo dos veces mientras peleaba en Inglaterra, firmó para conocer a Tom
En noviembre 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 years of age. Mace was world champion from 1860 a 1862 and again from 1866 a 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 a 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. A: Política, Prizefighting y el asesinato de Bill el Carnicero. 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. Sin embargo, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of
En octubre 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 libras. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Los fans de ambos hombres llegaron
En febrero 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 alrededor
John L. Sullivan fue el peso pesado de transición premio campeón de lucha. 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” A, 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