ຂອບ Hyeres Beats Yankee Sullivan
ຂອບ Hyeres ຊະນະອາເມລິກາ Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship ໃນ 1841. ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນກັບຫຼາຍທີ່ສຸດຄະນະ prizefighting ຂອງ Nineteenth Century, ເຂົາບໍ່ໄດ້ຕໍ່ສູ້ກັບຫຼາຍມັກ. ຕາມປົກກະຕິ Hyeres ຈ່າຍໃບບິນຄ່າຂອງຕົນເປັນການບັງຄັບໃຊ້ສໍາລັບພາກສ່ວນທາງດ້ານການເມືອງໃນນິວຢອກເປັນ. ໃນເບື້ອງຕົ້ນ, Hyeres ວຽກເຮັດງານທໍາສາມາດຂອງເຂົາສໍາລັບ Whigs ແຕ່ຈະສະຫຼັບຈົ່ງຮັກພັກດີກັບ “ຮູ້ຈັກພັກບໍ່ມີຫຍັງ” with his friend William “ບັນຊີລາຍການ Butcher ໄດ້” ໄປ.
Tom Hyer in Fighting Shape
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. ເບື່ອກັບແປກປະລາດ Sullivan ຂອງ, ອໍານາດການປົກອົດສະຕາລີໄດ້ເລີ່ມຕົ້ນການຄວາມຮ້ອນໃນພຣະອົງ. Sullivan ຕັດສິນໃຈ New York ສະເຫນີຄວາມເປັນໄປໄດ້ທີ່ດີກວ່າ.
ໃນເວລາທີ່ເດີນທາງໄປຮອດ Sullivan ໃນນິວຢອກ, ພຣະອົງໄດ້ອ້າງວ່າໄດ້ມີການຕໍ່ສູ້ຕໍ່ສູ້ກັບລາງວັນຈໍານວນຫຼາຍໃນອົດສະຕາລີ (which could not be verified). Sullivan ເກືອບທັນທີທ້າທາຍ Hyeres ສໍາລັບຫົວຂໍ້ຂອງ. ການແຂ່ງຂັນໄດ້ຕົກລົງເຫັນດີທີ່ຈະ. ຜູ້ຊາຍຕໍ່ສູ້ໃນຍັງ Pond, 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. ເຄື່ອງບິນຮົບແລະວິນາທີຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າຕໍ່ສູ້ຕໍາຫຼວດໃນການ escape ການຈັບກຸມຕົວອັກສອນ.
Sullivan’s and Hyer’s seconds met at 4 p.m. ຢູ່ຫນອງຍັງຂອງ. The men fought at 5 p.m. ໂດຍ 5:30 p.m., 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. ການສັກຢາທີ່ຫມັ້ນຄົງນີ້ຕື່ນອ່ານໄດ້.
Yankee Sullivan in Fighting Togs
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. ຖິ້ມແມ່ນທາງດ້ານກົດຫມາຍໃນ prizefighting knuckle ເປົ່າ. A ຖິ້ມສົບຜົນສໍາເລັດປົກກະຕິສິ້ນສຸດລົງໄດ້ຕະຫຼອດ.
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 ສະບັບຂອງ 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, ໃນຂະນະທີ່ Hyeres ໄດ້ໃຄ່ບວມປະມານຕາຂອງເຂົາ.
Tom Hyer as seen on a tobacco advertisement
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 “ບັນຊີລາຍການ Butcher ໄດ້” 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, ຜູ້ສັງເກດການບາງຄົນເຊື່ອ Sullivan ໄດ້ຖືກຂ້າຕາຍໂດຍ Vigilantes ແຕ່ບໍ່ມີຫຼັກຖານທີ່ແທ້ຈິງໄດ້ເຄີຍຜະລິດ.
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