格鬥運動史學家和武術家
關於19世紀裸拳節格鬥的文章.
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. 到: 政治, 職業拳擊和比爾屠夫的謀殺. 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. 瑞安本身就是一名優秀的戰士. 瑞安出生於三月 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, 紐約. 瑞安因他的作品而聞名
週二, 十一月 18, 1884, 世界重量級裸拳拳擊冠軍約翰L. 沙利文在紐約市麥迪遜廣場花園與艾爾·格林菲爾德對決. 沙利文在這場比賽中需要克服的不僅僅是他的對手. 這些人最初同意週一戰鬥, 十一月 17, 1884, 但紐約市當局威脅要逮捕這些人. 與的爭吵
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. 然而, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. 19世紀的職業格鬥在外界之外名聲不佳
湯姆·艾倫（Tom Allen）出生於伯明翰, 英格蘭，但在美國打了一些他最著名的戰鬥. 在 1867, 艾倫搬到聖. 路易, 密西西比州以西最大的城市. 艾倫從未離開，會使用聖. 路易斯作為他的本壘打比賽訓練的基地. 艾倫主要參加拳打比賽，因為美國拳擊比賽不會進行。
十一月 30, 1871, 一大群人在新奧爾良登上十輛有軌電車, 在新奧爾良運河街停靠的莫比爾和得克薩斯州鐵路, 路易斯安那州. 火車繼續駛向Bay St附近的Montgomery站. 路易, 密西西比, 人群離開雨水，進入樹林的地方. 如此奇怪的遊行
十月 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, 馬薩諸塞州. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 英鎊. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. 兩人的粉絲都到場了
On February 7, 1882, 約翰·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. 在 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, 密西西比州周圍
約翰·L. 沙利文是過渡重量級獎項冠軍的戰鬥. 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
約翰·莫里西稱世界裸關節職業拳擊冠軍在一個有爭議的回合揚Sullivan在十月 1853. 比爾謀殺毆打謀殺指控他參與後， “屠夫” 到, 莫里西決定捍衛他對約翰·c標題. 希南, “在Benicia的男孩”. “老煙” 莫里西在10月擊敗希南 1858 bout held in