Том Хайер Beats янки Салливан

Том Хайер выиграл американский чемпионат Bare Knuckle Prizefighting в 1841. Как и большинство prizefighting чемпионов девятнадцатого века, Он не боролся очень часто. Хайер обычно выплачивается свои счета в качестве боевика для политических партий в Нью-Йорке. Первоначально, Hyer использовали свои таланты для вигов, но хотели бы перейти пристрастия к “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William “Bill the Butcher” Для.

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. ФРС с выходками Салливана, Власти Австралии начали помещать тепла на него. Салливан решил Нью-Йорк предложил лучшие возможности.

Когда Салливан прибыл в Нью-Йорк, он утверждал, что боролись многие призовые бои в Австралии (which could not be verified). Салливан почти сразу же бросил вызов Hyer за его титул. Бой был согласован. Мужчины сражались в замерший пруд, 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. Бойцы и их секунданты буквально боролись с полицейскими избежать ареста.

Sullivan’s and Hyer’s seconds met at 4 p.m. на Стилла пруда. The men fought at 5 p.m. По 5:30 вечера, 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. Этот твердый выстрел разбудил чемпион.

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. Броски были законными в голом кулаке prizefighting. Успешный бросок обычно закончился раунд.

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 издание 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, в то время как Hyer был отек вокруг глаз.

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 “Bill the Butcher” 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, Некоторые наблюдатели полагают, Салливан был убит дружинниками, но никаких реальных доказательств и не было произведено.

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