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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 won the American Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in 1841. Like most prizefighting champions of the Nineteenth Century, he did not fight very often. Hyer normally paid his bills as an enforcer for political parties in New York. Αρχικά, Ο Hyer χρησιμοποίησε τα ταλέντα του για τους Whigs αλλά άλλαζε πίστη στους Whigs “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Τον Οκτώβριο του 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.
Τον Ιούλιο του 1854, ο Παγκόσμιος Πρωταθλητής Bareknuckle Prizefighting John Morrissey, που έκοψαν και ως Tammany Hall εφαρμοστής, αμφισβητηθεί William “Bill το Butcher” Πουλ ένα δεν έχει παραγραφεί αγώνα δρόμου. Το αποτέλεσμα ήταν μια φοβερή ήττα και διάφορα μήνα ανάκαμψης για τον John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, μερικής απασχόλησης Prizefighter τον εαυτό του. Morrissey made a
Τον Ιούλιο 26, 1854, the bare knuckle champion John Morrissey met occasional bare knuckle fighter William Poole in a no rules street brawl. What followed would be the worst five minutes of John Morrissey’s life. Τον Οκτώβριο του 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