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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 võitis American Bare Knuckle prizefighting meistrivõistlused 1841. Nagu enamik prizefighting Meistrite XIX sajandil, Ta ei võidelnud sageli. Hyer tavaliselt tasutud tema arveid enforcer erakondade New York. Algselt, Hyer kasutas oma andeid Whigsi heaks, kuid vahetas truuduse nende vastu “Tead midagi Partei” tema sõber William
Oktoobril 12, 1853, 23 -aastane John Morrissey vastaks 40 -aastane “Jänki” Sullivan, et Ameerika ja võimalusel World raskekaalu prizefighting meistrivõistlused. Sullivan peeti meister sest Tom Hyer, kes oli pekstud Sullivan varem, pensionile võitlemise asemel Sullivan in rematch. Sullivan väitis pealkiri ja toetas 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 Butcher” 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
Juulil 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. Oktoobril 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