トム·ハイヤーはヤンキーサリバンビート

トム·ハイヤーは年にアメリカベアナックルプロボクシング​​選手権に勝った 1841. 十九世紀のほとんどのプロボクシング​​のチャンピオンと同様に, 彼は非常に頻繁に戦うしませんでした. ハイヤーは通常、ニューヨークの政党のための執行者としての彼の手形を支払った. もともと, Hyerはホイッグ党のための彼の才能を採用だけに忠誠を切り替えます “何党を知っている” with his friend William “ビル·ブッチャー” へ.

38-year-old Yankee Sullivan was born James Ambrose in Ireland but grew up in London’s East End. After receiving a twenty year sentence in Australia, of which he served eight, Sullivan organized a gang. サリバンのふざけた態度にうんざり, オーストラリア当局は彼に熱を入れ始めました. サリバンは、ニューヨークがより良い可能性を提供することを決めました.

サリバンは、ニューヨークに到着したとき, 彼はオーストラリアで多くの賞の戦いを戦ってきたと主張しました (which could not be verified). サリバンは、ほとんどすぐに彼のタイトルのためにHyerに挑戦しました. 試合をすることが合意されました. それでも池で戦った男たち, Maryland on February 7, 1849. Prizefighting was illegal, so they had to move the bout once as they just avoided an army of policemen sent by Maryland authorities. 戦闘機とその秒は文字通り逮捕を逃れるために警官を戦いました.

Sullivan’s and Hyer’s seconds met at 4 P.M. それでも池で. The men fought at 5 P.M. バイ 5:30 午後, Hyer had successfully defended his title.

Sullivan started out strong. Observers had Sullivan winning the first three round handily. Sullivan scored the first knockdown at the end of the third with a blow to Hyer’s neck. この固体ショットはチャンピオンを目が覚めました.

Hyer picked up the pace and drew first blood. While both Hyer’s eyes were swollen, Hyer seriously injured Sullivan’s right eye. Hyer also threw Sullivan a couple of times. 裸ナックルprizefightingに法的た例外. 成功したスローは、通常のラウンドを終了しました.

The February air was very cold, so neither fighter was taking much rest. They seemed determined to keep the fight going and rested little between rounds.

Hyer twisted Sullivan’s right arm in the fifteenth round but his most damaging tactic was not letting Sullivan fall. Hyer realized that Sullivan was injured in the sixteenth round. As Sullivan started to fall to end the round, Hyer caught him and trapped Sullivan’s head under his arm.

Hyer held Sullivan up as he pummeled him with powerful blow after blow. When Sullivan became to heavy for Hyer to hold up, he released Yankee’s limp body. Sullivan was unable to come back to the scratch in time delivering the victory to Hyer.

According to the February 17, 1849 のエディション Sunbury American (Sunbury, Pennsylvania) Sullivan had to be carried from the ring by his supporters, while Champion Hyer quickly bundled up and took a boat back to Frenchtown. Sullivan’s face showed the full effect of the battle, Hyerは、彼の目の周りの腫れていた間、.

Hyer and Sullivan quickly returned to New York to avoid arrest. They also buried the hatchet. When Hyer retired in 1851 without fighting again, Sullivan claimed the title. Hyer and “ビル·ブッチャー” backed Sullivan in his battle with John Morrissey, a prizefighter and Tammany Hall enforcer.

After the end of his prizefighting career, Sullivan travelled to San Francisco, where he became an enforcer for the local political machine. He committed suicide or was killed while in the custody of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee in 1856.

According to newspaper reports, he slit his wrist with a knife brought with his dinner on July 1, 1856. Due to Sullivan’s death in Vigilance Committee custody, 一部のオブザーバーは、サリバンは、自警団によって殺されましたが、本当の証拠はこれまでに生産されなかったと信じ.

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