Ned O’Baldwin Shot

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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. Autem, 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

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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Octobris 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 pondo. 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

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Sullivan Beats Paddy Ryan

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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

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Sullivan Wins Fight of the 19th Century

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John L. Sullivan erat fortissimus pugnae praemium transeuntem heavyweight. 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

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Meet Prizefighters in Liverpool Pub

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Nam October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editoribus trahi a fabulam de filum de ministerio Spiritus Times. The filum fabula retulit in eadem pugna inter illa prizefighting Anglorum fortissimus Tom Sayers current et Anglorum fortissimus Jem Mace. Utrumque Sayers Mace sunt et felicia monstrare, Anglorum circenses, when they stopped in at a

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Fumus ex adverso Old Benicia Boy

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John Morrissey posuit in Mundus risus in nuda Knuckle Prizefighting disputate IRCA Yankee Sullivan in October 1853. Et plagis eius participatione caedis crimine caedis Valerius “Lanio” To, E contra Ioannem constitutum defendere titulo Morrissey. Heenan, “Puer autem Benicia”. “Old Fumus” Morrissey Heenan percussit in October 1858 bout held in

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Heenan Loses to King in Last Bout

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John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “Puer autem Benicia”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight

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