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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 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. Inițial, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Octombrie 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.
În iulie 1854, World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, care, de asemenea, rupt ca Tammany Hall aplicator, contestat William “Bill Măcelarul” Poole la un nu deține prescris bataie de strada. Rezultatul a fost o bătaie și câteva luni de recuperare teribil pentru John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, un part-time se boxer profesionist. Morrissey made a
Iulie 26, 1854, goale campion ciolan Ioan Morrissey cu ocazional luptător cot goale William Poole într-o încăierare nu reguli stradă. Ce a urmat ar fi cel mai rau cele cinci minute din viața Ioan Morrissey lui. Octombrie 23, 1853, în vârstă de 22 de ani Morrissey bate Yankee Sullivan pentru lume goale campionatul cot într-o decizie în litigiu. Sullivan, de fapt bătut Morrissey afară