The last unarmed champion

In the United States, professional boxing has been operating as a "smokeless industry" since its birth. Every game, from the initial negotiation and agreement between t

In the United States, professional boxing has been operating as a "smokeless industry" since its birth. Every game, from the initial negotiation and agreement between the two sides to the successful holding of the final game, revolves around the word "money". The following is what I have arranged for you:

Queensberry Boxing Rules published in 1867, after 25 years' efforts, were not recognized by the world until 189 1, which was produced in Britain. Therefore,1The world heavyweight championship between Sullivan and Gillian held on June 8th, 88 is considered as the last unarmed champion in boxing history. On September 7th of the following year, that is, 1892, Sullivan and Cobbett competed for the first world heavyweight champion with gloves in boxing history. 34-year-old Sullivan, the last emperor who dominated boxing for more than ten years and was famous in the world, was knocked to the ground by Cobbett, a bank clerk older than small 8, in the 2 1 round, ending his rule over heavyweight boxing. At the same time, one. John L. Sullivan is regarded by boxing historians as the originator of modern professional boxing.

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John L. Sullivan is an American. 1858/kloc-0 was born in an Irish immigrant family on October 5th. His grandfather was a famous Celtic wrestler and baseball player. Although his father is a sand mover, he is aggressive and courageous, and no one who works with him dares to provoke him. Sullivan inherited his father's aggressive nature, born with strong physique and violent temperament, which made him unwilling to follow in his father's footsteps and become a humble plasterer. He often hangs out in bars and casinos, and fights with street gangsters with his fists in Boston. Because of his humble background and poor life, Sullivan hated those who despised and bullied him. He often defends his companions like him. /kloc-at the age of 0/6, he has become a minor celebrity in Boston. There are no villains and rascals in Boston who are not afraid of Sullivan. The title of "Boston Tough Guy" was won by Sullivan before he entered the boxing world.

Seeing his son wandering around the street all day making trouble, Sullivan's father forced his son to follow him to the construction site to carry building materials. However, Sullivan, who was used to being lazy, could not stand the strict working time limit and boring environment, and resigned in a few days. Later, Sullivan played for the New England semi-professional baseball team. Because of Sullivan's natural strength, his role is as an outfield pitcher, and his pitching is very powerful. Cincinnati Red Team paid him an annual salary of $65,438+￡ 0,300, which was higher than the average player at that time, but for a combative man like Sullivan, baseball was too unattractive for him.

/kloc-at the age of 0/8, Sullivan began to receive boxing training, but it was an accidental opportunity that really made Sullivan embark on the road of professional boxing.

/kloc-one day in 0/877, Sullivan and his friends went to the opera house on Dudler Avenue in Boston to see a song and dance performance. Performance is meaningless to Sullivan, and it was not until the boxing performance that Sullivan became extremely interested. After a local heavyweight champion named Shawnell performed various boxing training methods and skills to the audience on the stage, the host announced that anyone who came to watch the performance could take the stage to challenge the champion, and if he could not be knocked down by the champion within three rounds, he would receive a prize of 50 dollars. Before the host spoke, someone jumped onto the stage to challenge boxing champion Shawnell. Since then, after two rounds of "fierce" fighting with the boxing champion, they were knocked down by the boxing champion one after another in the third round, and each challenge was exactly the same, which was even more exciting than the rehearsal of the martial arts actors in the movie. Sullivan, sitting in the audience, saw this flaw. When he stood up and wanted to take the stage to challenge the champion, someone always rushed in front of him and didn't give him a chance. Sullivan, who had a bad temper, grabbed the guy who was going to rush in front of him from behind again and again, jerked him into the air and shouted at the audience in the theater, "They are deceiving us. I am an amateur boxer and want to go on stage with this heavyweight. " The applause of the audience in the theater was deafening. Under the pressure of the audience, the host and the heavyweight champion on the stage had to agree to let the young audience who called themselves amateur boxers give it a try.

Sullivan jumped onto the platform. He took off his jacket and tie. When he was about to warm up, Shawnell punched Sullivan with his right hand. With a preliminary boxing foundation, Sullivan, who has a strong fighting ability, was not defeated by Schneer's sneak attack boxing, but was extremely angry with Schneer's despicable behavior. He rushed forward and punched the paper heavyweight champion in front of thousands of audiences. When Sullivan got dressed and took away the $50 prize, the champion was still lying unconscious on the stage.

Sullivan started his boxing career dramatically. By the age of 22, almost all the boxers who challenged him fell at his feet. ?

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Sullivan's first race from Boston to new york was held on the deck of a cruise ship on the Hudson River. This is Sullivan's first appearance in new york. His opponent is John Fonad, known as the Minotaur. About 500 spectators went to the boat to watch the game. The prize money of this game is $65,438+0,000. The winner gets 75% and the rest goes to the loser. However, this scary boxer was knocked down once every round in the match with Sullivan. Until the eighth round, Vernard climbed to the ground and could no longer resist. Sullivan, a young Boston boy, let boxing fans in new york witness his superb skills.

Sullivan is an offensive boxer. His attack speed and fierce boxing shocked every audience. No matter in the game or in life, Sullivan is extremely angry, and no one can stop him. In the eyes of boxing fans, Sullivan represents God, strength and superman, and is the best boxer in the world.

18811kloc-0/On October 5th, Sullivan signed a competition contract with Paddy Lane, another dangerous figure in American boxing. Ryan won the title from Joe Goss, then the heavyweight champion of the world. His professional boxing has just started, and he has only participated in one professional boxing competition. But in his first professional competition, he used 87 rounds of fierce fighting to beat Joe Goss, a heavyweight champion who was more experienced and lighter than him, and became the new heavyweight champion.

The match between Ryan and Sullivan was held on February 7th. 1882. The backstage boss of boxing champion Ryan is Richard K. fuchs. He is a well-known millionaire and the publisher of Police Newspaper, which is second to none in sports and newspapers. He once greeted Sullivan like a servant in an encounter with Sullivan, and was scolded by Sullivan in public. Fuchs is still worried about this, waiting for revenge. This time, I strongly support the champion Ryan, and want to teach Sullivan a lesson with Ryan's hand.

The competition caused a sensation in the United States, and the press was the first to hire famous novels and playwrights to write articles about the competition, which shows how interested people were in the competition at that time. A giant camera was set up high at the competition site, which was the latest thing at that time, but unfortunately, no photos of the two champions were left.

The game is not as difficult as many people predicted before the game. Ryan was allowed to wrestle when Sullivan fell to the ground many times in the competition. In the ninth round, Sullivan defeated Ryan by an advantage and became the new heavyweight champion in the world. Ryan also became a unique boxer who won the first game and lost the second game.

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After dominating the boxing world, Sullivan toured the United States. He claimed that anyone who could walk four rounds ahead of him would get a prize of $65,438+0,000. Under the temptation of Sullivan's self-determined grand prize of $65,438+0,000, 60 people fought against Sullivan successively. But it is not easy to take 1 000 dollars from Sullivan's iron fist. Only one man named Tiger Wilson took Sullivan's bonus, and the other 59 people failed to support Sullivan's four rounds. Fortunately, Wilson was not knocked down by Sullivan in the fourth round. He returned to England with a prize of $65,438+0,000.

Since then, Sullivan has been very popular in American sports circles. His powerful offensive state, fierce boxing style and fiery temper fascinated boxing fans. After the tour, Sullivan defeated countless challengers. When he felt that the United States could not find an opponent, he crossed the Atlantic to Europe and toured for six months. No one will be Sullivan's real opponent. 1888, Sullivan returned to his hometown. From then on, it was difficult for him to find a close opponent. Lonely Sullivan fell into a dissolute life of drunkenness and drunkenness, and his body gained weight rapidly, and various diseases also took advantage of it. Just then, Fox, who really bears a grudge against Sullivan, made a comeback. This time, he invited the famous Jack Gillian to challenge Sullivan's title.

Gillian's coach is Charlie Mitchell. He is the best boxer in Britain and the originator of technical boxers. In two meetings with Sullivan, he not only knocked Sullivan down, but also used evasive techniques in the second game. He played with Sullivan for 3 hours and 50 minutes, which exhausted Sullivan and ended in a draw. The battle was considered a great shame by Sullivan.

1On July 8th, 88, the last world unarmed heavyweight championship in boxing history was held in a temporary stadium near Mississippi. The day before, on the afternoon of June 7th, 188, Mississippi Governor Laurie got accurate information that the unarmed boxing champion Sullivan and another boxing master Jill Ryan would have a big fight in his jurisdiction. According to the laws of the country at that time, people who initiated and participated in unarmed competitions would be considered illegal. Governor Laurie deployed a large number of National Guard members, blocked all land and water passages that might enter the state, and stood by with guns to prevent Sullivan and those fanatical boxing fans from entering Mississippi.

However, Governor Laurie's painstaking efforts failed to stop Sullivan and boxing fans watching the game. On the day when Governor Laurie was furious, the two sides took the special train to avoid the blockade of the guards and arrived at the meeting place smoothly.

At noon 10, the match between Sullivan and Jill Ryan began. Under Mitchell's guidance, Jill Ryan's evasion and procrastination tactics made Sullivan furious in previous rounds, from 10 to 12. Both sides spent a lot of energy, and the punching speed dropped significantly. Many spectators in the stands below fainted from heatstroke. The two boxers were also sweating and scarred. At halftime, when Sullivan's coach asked him with concern how long he could last, Sullivan roared, "He can last until tomorrow morning, and I can last until noon."

The game lasted 60 rounds and 70 rounds. By the 74th round of the competition, Gillian's eyes were swollen into a crack, his chest was beaten black and blue by Sullivan, and his mouth and nose were bleeding, but he still refused to admit defeat. At the end of the 75th round, a kind doctor outside warned Mitchell: "If you don't stop fighting, your boxer's life will be in danger". A few seconds later, unwilling Mitchell threw a white towel into the ring. Sullivan successfully defended his title in the last unarmed boxing championship. When challenger Jill Ryan was helped out of the ring, Fox, who had held a grudge against Sullivan for years, probably thought that Sullivan would never be knocked down again. As a gesture of reconciliation, he gave Sullivan a gold belt made in advance, which was originally for his boxer Jill Ryan. Who knows, Sullivan didn't look at this expensive gold belt at that time, just glanced at Fox.

However, the boxing fans in Sullivan's hometown did not let their world champion go home empty-handed. Inspired by Fox's gold belt, they raised $8,000 to build a gold belt for their champion, the famous Sullivan-Boston gold belt. It is made of 80 ounces of 12K gold, and inscribed on the pure gold congratulatory plate: The champion awarded to the champion John L. Sullivan bythondhestates was awarded by the people of john sullivan and the United States, with 397 diamonds embedded in his belt. This is not only the first gold belt awarded to the champion in boxing history, but also the most valuable gold belt. Sullivan has this gold belt for life. However, Sullivan, a lifelong alcoholic, was cornered by his fierce opponent's alcohol. When he was short of money, he sent his gold belt to the pawnshop for mortgage in exchange for wine money. This gold belt went to the pawnshop with Sullivan countless times in his life, 19 18, and it disappeared after Sullivan died. 1962 Nat Freschel, a columnist of Boxing magazine, saw this famous gold belt in the hands of a second-hand businessman in Baltimore, but 397 diamonds have disappeared, and only the disc made of gold is intact. Nate tried his best to get this precious gold belt, but he didn't get it. It was sold to the mint by second-hand merchants. This gold belt, known as the priceless treasure in boxing history, was sold by its owner at the price of $865,438+02 at that time and melted in the melting pot of the mint, leaving a great regret for the boxing world that can never be made up.

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Before Sullivan was knocked down, boxers were thought to be distinguished only by face-to-face attacks, while people laughed at them for twisting their hips or dodging in the ring like women. However, Cobbett has not been influenced by these inherent ideas. He absorbed the technical play of Mitchell and Gillian, and became a pioneer of modern advanced boxing techniques and tactics with his dexterity, quickness and skill. This technique has been passed down to this day. The most representative figure in boxing today is Lewis, the "Big Mac" who once held the ears of three boxing organizations. As many boxing critics have said, "there are few punches in the game, but you can win the game in the end."

1892, Sullivan, who became a hit in the entertainment circle because of her participation in the sitcom "Sincerely Help", toured in San Francisco with the troupe. At that time, a young boxer, James Ding Cobbett, was born in San Francisco, which was the first world champion wearing gloves. Although Cobbett let the old boxer who fought with Sullivan for 75 rounds capsize in the gutter shortly after Sullivan defeated Gillian, and drew with an Australian boxer Peter Jackson 189 1 on May 2, Cobbett did not give Sullivan the "biggest enemy" at that time. It is suggested that Sullivan and Cobbett hold a boxing exhibition match to add interest to the performance. With Sullivan's consent, this proposal was soon realized.

Sullivan didn't take this bank clerk who was eight years younger than him seriously. He made ridiculous demands that both sides wear evening dresses, white ties and tuxedos in the competition. During the performance, the arrogant champion did not even take off his clothes, so he had a boxing performance with Cobbett on the stage.

It turned out that the purpose of Cobbett and Sullivan's performance was to spy on Sullivan's real situation and prepare for the final defeat of the powerful champion. Sullivan was 34 years old at that time. Because of the lack of equal opponents, he didn't take part in a formal boxing match in the three years after defeating Jill Ryan. His bad habit of drinking makes him often get drunk, and his weight has increased from 95 kg in the past to 1 10 kg. It is conceivable that Sullivan, who was only 1.80 meters at that time, is as good as boxing today. Although he dominated the boxing world as the world heavyweight champion 10 years, the consciousness of giving up seems to have disappeared in Sullivan's mind, and the determination to defeat every opponent is Sullivan's goal in every boxing match. However, the 34-year-old Sullivan has consumed most of his physical strength by alcohol. After Cobbett tested Sullivan's ability in the exhibition competition, he felt confident, so he applied to challenge the world heavyweight champion, and Sullivan, who had always been confident, generously agreed.

On September 7th, 1892, the competition was held in New Orleans, USA. The night before the game, Sullivan was still lying drunk, while Cobbett, who was well prepared, was hiding in a church to recharge his batteries. Because the queensberry boxing rules were adopted for the first time, the competition lasted for 3 minutes, and both boxers had to wear boxing gloves. Therefore, in the battle between Sullivan and Cobbett,

In the first 65,438+02 rounds after the start of the match, Cobbett kept moving in the ring with skillful steps and rarely took the initiative to attack, while Sullivan, an 8-year-old from Cobbett, took a consistently tough offensive stance, followed Cobbett closely and attacked wildly. However, it is difficult for him to hit the opponent who is flying all over the court. /kloc-After 0/6 rounds, when Sullivan felt exhausted and his fist gradually lost sight, Cobbett turned from defense to attack, but Sullivan didn't attack quickly in previous games. In the 20th round of the competition, Sullivan fell to the ring for the first time, but the strong pride of the champion sustained him until the end of this round.

By the time the game reached the second1round, Sullivan's punch had lost its target. He just subconsciously punched blindly. Cobbett's punch hit Sullivan nonstop, and Sullivan staggered in the ring. However, when Cobbett hit Sullivan in the head with a combination boxing, Sullivan couldn't hold on any longer. After ten years of ruling the boxing world with his bare hands, the last champion finally faced the boxing ring and climbed unconscious on the ground. Cobbett became the first heavyweight champion to wear gloves in the world boxing history. At this point, the world professional boxing has turned a new page from Cobbett. After the game, Fox climbed into the ring with a gold belt in his hand, and New Corbett accepted the "dog collar" despised by Sullivan. Similar to Sullivan's gold belt, in 1897, Cobbett put it in the window of a shop in Indiana when he was performing operetta all over the United States, and it was stolen at night and never heard from again.

After the match with Cobbett, Sullivan retired from boxing, ending his legendary boxing career.

Sullivan is the most legendary figure in boxing history. He defeated hundreds of opponents in his life. This unique record is a myth that modern professional boxers can't reach. He played a great role in boxing history. Although he lost to the young Cobbett in the end, it will not hide that he is the real king and god of war. Sullivan was once a well-deserved Caesar in boxing.