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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 rebaħ il-American Bare knuckle Prizefighting Kampjonat fl 1841. Bħal ċampjins prizefighting aktar tas-Seklu Dsatax, huwa ma ġlieda ħafna drabi. Hyer normalment imħallsa kontijiet tiegħu bħala jinfurza għall-partiti politiċi fi New York. Oriġinarjament, Hyer impjega t-talenti tiegħu għall-Whigs iżda kien se jaqleb lealtà għall- “Know Xejn Parti” mal-ħabib tiegħu William
Ottubru 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.
F'Lulju 1854, il-World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, li maqlugħha wkoll bħala enforcer Tammany Hall, kkontestat William “Bill il-biċċier” Poole għal ebda istivi ġlieda triq preskritta. Ir-riżultat kien swat u diversi xahar irkupru terrible għall John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time Prizefighter nnifsu. Morrissey made a
Fuq Lulju 26, 1854, l-ċampjin knuckle bare John Morrissey sodisfatti okkażjonali ġellied knuckle bare William Poole fi brawl ebda regoli tat-triq. Liema segwiti jkunu l-agħar ħames minuti tal-ħajja John Morrissey ta. Ottubru 23, 1853, il Morrissey 22-il sena qodma taħbit Yankee Sullivan għad-dinja bare knuckle kampjonat f'deċiżjoni ikkontestat. Sullivan attwalment knocked out Morrissey