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Posts about 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting, which was illegal in most localities.
Październik 12, 1853, 23 -letni John Morrissey spełniałby 40 lat “Jankes” Sullivan dla amerykańskiej i ewentualnie Mistrzostw Świata Wagi Ciężkiej Prizefighting. Sullivan została uznana mistrzem od Toma Hyer, który pokonał Sullivana wcześniej, emeryturę zamiast walczyć Sullivan w rewanżu. Sullivan zdobył tytuł i została poparta 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 Rzeźnik” 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
W lipcu 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. Październik 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