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John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “Puer autem Benicia”. 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 parta patrocinium in American Nudis Knuckle Prizefighting 1841. Sicut maxime prizefighting pugiles saeculi XIX, et non dimicavit persaepe. Hyer solet solvit rogationibus quasi exactor quia factionibus politicis in New York,. Originally, Hyer talenta ad Whigs usus est sed ad fidelitates flectendum “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Octobris 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 in 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
In July 26, 1854, nuda nuda interdum talos talos bello fortissimus John Morrissey obvius Willelmus in lacum a motu, non praecepta platea. Quid ergo est quod in vitae extremum, quinque minutes of John Morrissey. Octobris 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