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Posts about 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting.
Rugadh Tom Allen i mBirmingham, England on April 23, 1840 ach bhain sé cáil amach mar trodaire trom meáchain lom i Meiriceá. Ag socrú i St. Louis around 1867, Bhuaigh Allen Craobh Meáchain Trom Mheiriceá i 1873 agus shealbhaigh sé an teideal go dtí 1876. D’fhill sé ar Shasana ar feadh bliana sular fhill sé ar St. Louis le haghaidh maith i 1878. Back
Ar Samhain 30, 1871, chuaigh slua mór fear ar bord deich ngluaisteán iarnróid ar an New Orleans, Iarnród Mobile agus Texas agus é ag stopadh ar Shráid na Canálach i New Orleans, Louisiana. Lean an traein ar aghaidh go Stáisiún Montgomery in aice le Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, áit ar fhág an slua an bháisteach agus rinne siad a mbealach isteach sa choill. A leithéid de mhórshiúl corr
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. Bhí na héilimh ar an gcraobh an-mhearcach ag an am. Is minic a chuir cleasanna salacha agus thuggery faoi deara cé a bhí i ndáiríre mar churaidh Mheiriceá. Jem Mace, a measadh mar Chraobh an Domhain faoi dhó agus é ag troid i Sasana, sínithe chun bualadh le Tom
Ar Samhain 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 bliana d'aois. 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. Go: Polaitíocht, Prizefighting agus Dúnmharú an Bhille an Búistéir. 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. Mar sin féin, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Bhí droch-cháil ar an troid ghairmiúil sa 19ú hAois taobh amuigh de
Ar Deireadh Fómhair 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 punt. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Tháinig lucht leanúna an bheirt fhear isteach
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 timpeall
John L.. Bhí Sullivan an trom-mheáchain idirthréimhseach duais troid curadh. 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” Go, 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