Tom Hyer neeg ntaus Yankee Sullivan

Tom Hyer yeej cov American mus khaws khauj tsiav Prizefighting Championship nyob rau 1841. Zoo li feem ntau prizefighting champions ntawm lub xyoo pua Nineteenth, nws yeej tsis tua ntau zaus. Hyer nquag them nws tej nqi kho mob raws li tus enforcer thoj tog nyob New York. Keeb xeeb, Hyer ua hauj lwm nws talents rau lub Whigs tab sis yuav hloov allegiances rau lub “Paub tias tsis muaj dab tsi los yog tus neeg” nrog nws cov phooj ywg William “Bill cov neeg tua tsiaj” Poole.

38-xyoo Yankee Sullivan yug James Ambrose hauv Ireland tab sis loj los nyob rau London tus East End. Tom qab tau nees nkaum xyoo zag nyob Australia, uas nws txais kev pab yim, Sullivan ncaav tau ib tug neeg loj leeb. Fed up with Sullivan’s antics, Australian authorities started putting the heat on him. Sullivan decided New York offered better possibilities.

When Sullivan arrived in New York, he claimed to have fought many prize fights in Australia (uas yuav tsis tau qhia tau tseeb txog). Sullivan almost immediately challenged Hyer for his title. A bout was agreed to. The men fought in Still Pond, Maryland rau lub ob hlis ntuj 7, 1849. Prizefighting yog txhaum kev cai, vim li ntawd lawv yuav tau tshem qhov bout ib zaug li lawv xwb zam ib pab tub rog uas xa mus los ntawm tub ceev xwm Maryland policemen. The fighters and their seconds literally fought the policemen to escape arrest.

Vib nas this Sullivan nws thiab Hyer tus ntawm yus 4 p.m. at Still’s Pond. Cov txiv neej nyob fought 5 p.m. Los ntawm 5:30 tsaus ntuj, Hyer tau ntse defended nws npe.

Sullivan pib muaj zog. Observers muaj Sullivan winning thawj peb muab handily. Sullivan and Far tus thawj knockdown kawg ntawm qhov peb muaj ib lub tshuab los Hyer lub caj dab. This solid shot woke up the champion.

Hyer khaws cov pace thiab txawm nta hlo thawj ntshav. Thaum tus Hyer ob lub qhov muag o tuaj tau, Hyer no tiag raug mob Sullivan lub qhov muag zoo. Hyer kuj txawb Sullivan ob peb zaug. Throws were legal in bare knuckle prizefighting. A successful throw normally ended a round.

Lub ob hlis ntuj huab cua txias heev heev, yog li cov ob fighter tau noj ntau so. Lawv seemed txiav txim tau kom qhov kev sib ntaus mus thiab so me ntsis ntawm rounds.

Hyer cov Sullivan tus caj npab yog nyob hauv lub fifteenth muab, tiam sis nws tseem tsis ua tactic nyob tsis pub Sullivan qaug. Hyer pom tau hais tias Sullivan tau raug mob los ntawm qhov hloov sixteenth. Thaum Sullivan pib rau lub caij nplooj zeeg Xaus cov kab, Hyer ntes tau nws thiab cuab Sullivan lub taub hau ntawm qhov tsos.

Hyer li Sullivan nrog nws pummeled nws nrog haib tshuab tom qab tshuab. Thaum twg Sullivan los ua kom hnyav rau Hyer los tuav, nws thiaj tso Yankee lub cev limp. Yog tsis tau rov qab tuaj rau kos lub sij hawm delivering yeej mus Hyer Sullivan.

Ua ntej tus lub ob hlis ntuj 17, 1849 ib tsab ntawm tus Sunbury American (Sunbury, Pennsylvania) Sullivan yuav tsum tau muab nyob ntawm lub nplhaib ntawm nws los ntawm UFW, thaum tau zus ib Hyer bundled thiab ua kom zoo coj nkoj rov qab mus Frenchtown. Sullivan lub ntsej muag tsom cov nyhuv daim ntawv qhia txog kev tsov rog, while Hyer had swelling around his eyes.

Hyer thiab Sullivan sai sai xa rov qab mus New York txhob ntes. Lawv yuav cog cov hwv. Thaum Hyer retired hauv 1851 tsis muaj ntaus dua, Sullivan thov lub npe. Hyer thiab “Bill cov neeg tua tsiaj” backed Sullivan nws tua nrog John Morrissey, lub prizefighter thiab Tammany nrog enforcer.

Tom qab qhov kawg ntawm nws cov hauj lwm prizefighting, Sullivan travelled rau San Francisco, qhov chaw nws mus ua ib lub enforcer rau lub zos thoj tshuab. Nws ua phem rau yus tua yus los yog tua thaum nws nyob hauv plam ntawm San Francisco ceeb pawg neeg hauv 1856.

Raws li tej ntaub ntawv xov xwm, nws slit nws dab teg rab riam tuaj nrog nws noj hmo rau lub Xya hli ntuj 1, 1856. Vim Sullivan lub Committee ceeb txim tuag xwb, some observers believed Sullivan was killed by vigilantes but no real evidence was ever produced.

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab thiab Twitter profile.

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