Heenan Loses to King in Last Bout

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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

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Tom Hyer Beats Yankee Sullivan

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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. Nguyên, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William

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Morrissey vs. Sullivan: Fight, Then Feud

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Vào ngày 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.

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Tammany Thugs Murder Bill the Butcher

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Trong tháng Bảy 1854, World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, ai cũng được dùng như Tammany Hall chấp hành viên, thách thức William “Hóa đơn của Butcher” Poole đến một không giữ cấm chiến đấu đường phố. Kết quả là một khủng khiếp đập và một số tháng phục hồi cho John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a

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Thug Beats World Champ in Street Brawl

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Vào ngày 26, 1854, nhà vô địch khớp trần John Morrissey đã gặp thường xuyên trần khớp máy bay chiến đấu William Poole trong một cuộc ẩu đả không có quy tắc đường. Điều gì tiếp theo sẽ là năm phút tồi tệ nhất của cuộc sống John của Morrissey. Vào ngày 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

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