Историчар на борбени спортови и боречки уметник
Posts about 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting.
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. Да: Политика, Prizefighting и убиството на Бил месарот. 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.
The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. Сепак, Рајан беше добар борец сам по себе. Рајан е роден во март 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Рајан беше познат преку неговите
On Tuesday, Ноември 18, 1884, Светскиот шампион во тешка категорија во борба со голи зглобови Џон Л. Саливен се бореше со Ал Гринфилд во Медисон Сквер Гарден во Њујорк. Саливан требаше да совлада повеќе од само противникот во оваа борба. Мажите првично се согласија да се борат во понеделник, Ноември 17, 1884, но властите на Њујорк им се заканија на мажите со апсење. Кавгата со
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. Сепак, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Професионалните борби во 19 век уживале лоша репутација надвор од неа
Том Ален е роден во Бирмингем, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. Во 1867, Allen moved to St. Louis, the largest city west of the Mississippi. Allen never left and would use St. Louis as his home base to train for prizefights. Allen fought mostly in bare knuckle prizefights as American boxing would not be
Ноември 30, 1871, голема толпа мажи се качија на десет железнички вагони на Њу Орлеанс, Мобилна и Тексас железница додека застана на улицата Канал во Њу Орлеанс, Луизијана. Возот продолжи кон станицата Монтгомери во близина на Беј Св. Louis, Mississippi, каде што толпата го напушти дождот и се упати кон шумата. Таква чудна поворка
Октомври 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Масачусетс. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 фунти. 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
On February 7, 1882, Џон Л. 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. Во 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
Џон Л. Саливан бил преодниот тешка категорија награда борбите шампион. 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” Да, 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