Dövüş Sporları Tarihçisi ve Dövüş Sanatçısı
19. Yüzyıl çıplak mafsal ödül dövüşü ile ilgili gönderiler, çoğu yerde yasadışı olan.
Ekim'de 12, 1853, 23 yaşındaki John Morrissey karşılayacak 40 yaşında “Yankee” Amerikan ve muhtemelen Dünya Ağır Siklet Şampiyonası'nda Prizefighting için Sullivan. Sullivan Tom Hyer beri şampiyon olarak kabul edilmişti, Daha önce Sullivan dayak kim, yerine rövanş Sullivan mücadele emekli. Sullivan ünvanını ve Hyer tarafından desteklendi, 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 Kasap” 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
On July 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. Ekim'de 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