Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Berichten over 19e-eeuwse blote knokkel-prijsgevechten.
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “de 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. Oorspronkelijk, Hyer gebruikte zijn talenten voor de Whigs, maar zou trouw aan de “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Op oktober 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 juli 1854, de Wereld bareknuckle prizefighting kampioen John Morrissey, die ook verbroken als Tammany Hall enforcer, uitgedaagd William “Bill the Butcher” Poole naar een onbevangen street fight. Het resultaat was een verschrikkelijk pak slaag en enkele maanden herstel voor John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a
Op juli 26, 1854, de blote vuist kampioen John Morrissey voldaan occasionele blote vuist vechter William Poole in een geen regels straat vechtpartij. Wat volgde zou de slechtste vijf minuten van het leven John Morrissey's zijn. Op oktober 23, 1853, de 22-jarige Morrissey verslaan Yankee Sullivan voor de wereld blote vuist kampioenschap in een betwiste beslissing. Sullivan eigenlijk klopte Morrissey uit