Death in the ring: A 120 round grudge match ends in horror
2 hours and 43 minutes this fight went on for, with no gloves.........
The American boxing obsession began in the early nineteenth century with the 1816 fight between Jacob Hyer and Tom Beasley. Although there was no formal governing body established to enforce Queensbury rules, the bout was described as maintaining “some attempt” at structure. New York was the home of the American boxing craze, and numerous individuals from all classes trained and sparred in new gyms sprouting up throughout the city and state. Although upper and working-class men alike practiced boxing in the 1820s, a mere decade ended the gentlemanly involvement in the “manly art of self-defense,” as boxing was first titled. Critics deemed the sport violent; a letter to the Post in 1826 declared.
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Re: Death in the ring: A 120 round grudge match ends in horror
You really like your barbaric wars.
Insane even think about it.
Even worse to allow it to happen.
Re: Death in the ring: A 120 round grudge match ends in horror
That's why you train to go 150.
