Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting.
Tom Allen syntyi Birminghamissa, Englannissa huhtikuussa 23, 1840 mutta hänestä tuli kuuluisa raskaansarjan paljas rystysten voittaja Amerikassa. Asuminen St. Louis around 1867, Allen voitti Yhdysvaltain raskaansarjan mestaruuden vuonna 1873 ja piti titteliä kunnes 1876. Hän palasi Englantiin vuodeksi ennen kuin palasi St. Louis lopullisesti sisään 1878. Back
Marraskuun 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. Ludvig, Mississippi, where the crowd left the rain and made their way into the woods. Such an odd procession
Toukokuun 10, 1870, 39-vuotiaan prizefighter Jem Mace tapasi 30-vuotiaan prizefighter Tom Allen Kennerville, Louisiana World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Vaatimukset mestaruudesta olivat tuolloin hyvin hämäriä. Roisto ja likaiset temput hämärsivät usein kuka todellisuudessa oli Amerikan mestari. Jem Mace, jota pidettiin kahdesti maailmanmestarina taistellessaan Englannissa, allekirjoitettiin tapaamaan Tom
Marraskuun 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 vuotiaita. 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. To: Politiikka, Prizefighting ja murha Bill 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. Kuitenkin, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Ammattitaistelut 1800-luvulla nauttivat huonosta maineesta sen ulkopuolella
Lokakuun 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 kiloa. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Molempien miesten fanit saapuivat sisään
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. Sisään 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 ympärillä
John L. Sullivan oli siirtymäkauden raskaansarjan palkinnon nyrkkeilymestari. 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 vaati Maailman Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship kiistanalainen bout Yankee Sullivan lokakuussa 1853. Kun pelaajan murhasyyte hänen osallistumisesta murhaan Bill “Butcher” To, Morrissey päätti puolustaa titteliään vastaan John C. Heenan, “Benicia Boy”. “Vanha Savu” Morrissey defeated Heenan in the October 1858 bout held in