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Posts about 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting.
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “the Benicia Boy”. 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
Tom Hyer va guanyar el Campionat Americà Bare Knuckle boxa professional a 1841. Igual que la majoria dels campions de boxa professional del segle XIX, ell no va lluitar amb molta freqüència. Hyer normalment pagava les seves factures com un pinxo dels partits polítics a Nova York. Originalment, Hyer va emprar el seu talent per als Whigs, però canviaria de lleialtat al “Know Nothing Party” amb el seu amic William
A l'octubre 12, 1853, 23 year-old John Morrissey would meet 40 year-old “Yankee” Sullivan for the American and possibly World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Sullivan had been considered the champion since Tom Hyer, who had beaten Sullivan previously, retired instead of fighting Sullivan in a rematch. Sullivan claimed the title and was backed by Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.
In July 1854, the World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, who also severed as Tammany Hall enforcer, challenged William “Bill el Carnisser” Poole to a no holds barred street fight. The result was a terrible beating and several month recovery for John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a
Al juliol 26, 1854, el campió de artells nus John Morrissey va reunir ocasional lluitador nu artell, William Poole, en una baralla sense regles carrer. El que va seguir seria el pitjor dels cinc minuts de la vida de John Morrissey. A l'octubre 23, 1853, the 22-year-old Morrissey beat Yankee Sullivan for the world bare knuckle championship in a disputed decision. Sullivan actually knocked Morrissey out