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Post su combattimenti a mani nude del XIX secolo.
Tom Allen è nato a Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 ma è diventato famoso come pugile dei pesi massimi a mani nude in America. Stabilirsi a St. Louis around 1867, Allen ha vinto l'American Heavyweight Championship nel 1873 e mantenne il titolo fino a quando 1876. Tornò in Inghilterra per un anno prima di tornare a St. Louis per sempre in 1878. Back
Novembre 30, 1871, una grande folla di uomini salì a bordo di dieci vagoni ferroviari sul New Orleans, Mobile e la ferrovia del Texas mentre si fermavano su Canal Street a New Orleans, Louisiana. Il treno ha proseguito fino alla stazione di Montgomery vicino a Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, dove la folla lasciò la pioggia e si diresse nel bosco. Che strana processione
In maggio 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Le pretese per il campionato erano molto oscure all'epoca. Thuggery e sporchi trucchi spesso oscuravano chi fosse effettivamente il campione americano. Jem Mace, che è stato considerato due volte campione del mondo mentre combatteva in Inghilterra, è stato firmato per incontrare Tom
Novembre 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 anni. 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: Politica, Pugilato e l'assassinio di Bill il Macellaio. 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. Tuttavia, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. I combattimenti professionali nel 19 ° secolo godevano di una scarsa reputazione al di fuori di
Ottobre 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 sterline. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans of both men arrived in
Nel febbraio 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 in giro
John L. Sullivan era il premio dei pesi massimi campione di combattimento di transizione. 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