Who are your favorite bare knuckled boxers?

[Eff Pandas]

Its hard to be much of a fan of guys you never got to see, but all the same I was always partial to William "Bendigo" Thompson from reading about him in the Ring Record Book back in the day. He only lost 1 fight (on DQ & which he later avenged).





A statue of him still stands in Nottingham


And maybe the dopest grave I've seen for someone who died in the 1800's.

[robertzimmerman]

Has anyone seen that Tom Hardy movie about a bareknuckle fighter?, Bronson or something like that.

Yes, it's a great film. It's a portrayal of one of Britain's most notorious and violent criminals. But although he's had plenty of fights, and some for money like what's shown in the film, he wasn't actually known as a bare knuckle fighter, in the sense of someone like Bartley Gorman or Dan Rooney.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Salvador

[robertzimmerman]

Its hard to be much of a fan of guys you never got to see, but all the same I was always partial to William "Bendigo" Thompson from reading about him in the Ring Record Book back in the day. He only lost 1 fight (on DQ & which he later avenged).





A statue of him still stands in Nottingham


And maybe the dopest grave I've seen for someone who died in the 1800's.

Great post mate.

I've got his biography.

I bought it about 15 years ago.

I'm from Sheffield. Apparently, he used to be the landlord of one of the pubs I go in in the town centre.

A great character.

[Eff Pandas]

Great post mate.

I've got his biography.

I bought it about 15 years ago.

I'm from Sheffield. Apparently, he used to be the landlord of one of the pubs I go in in the town centre.

A great character.

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't know he had a biography. Whats it called? Did a quick search & not seeing anything. Hope its not super rare or something like that.

I've been trying to transition to reading more after a long hiatus & this will be right in my wheelhouse.

[Hobo]

Charles Bronson in the movie hard times

[LoadedWraps]

Has anyone seen that Tom Hardy movie about a bareknuckle fighter?, Bronson or something like that.

Yes. I LOVE that movie! Think it's on netflix. That's what came to mind when I saw this thread.

Its hard to be much of a fan of guys you never got to see, but all the same I was always partial to William "Bendigo" Thompson from reading about him in the Ring Record Book back in the day. He only lost 1 fight (on DQ & which he later avenged).





A statue of him still stands in Nottingham


And maybe the dopest grave I've seen for someone who died in the 1800's.

Thanks for this. Really awesome stuff. Going to look this guy up.

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't know he had a biography. Whats it called? Did a quick search & not seeing anything. Hope its not super rare or something like that.

I've been trying to transition to reading more after a long hiatus & this will be right in my wheelhouse.

x2.

I will be looking for this biography as well. I was also an avid reader at one point but got turned off by it having to read more books for work than pleasure. Now I am actively trying to stimulate my brain that way and read more often.

[Fury4daWIN]

Jem Mace
Tom Cribb
Tom Molineaux
Daniel Mendoza
Boston Tom McMustache
Lenny Maclean
Bartley Gorman
Decca Heggie

[billeau2]

Stanley Ketchell and James Corbett? What the **** are some of you guys talking about. They wasn't bare knuckle lmfao.

Corbett fought both, I don't know about ketchell.

This article by Cox, as well as the other stuff I read does not describe when he made the transition, though when he fought Fitz it was with gloves.

When he Ko'ed Sullivan I believe (I could be wrong here) it was the last Bare knuckles fights!

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/corbett.htm

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/corbett.html

[LoadedWraps]

Jem Mace
Tom Cribb
Tom Molineaux
Daniel Mendoza
Boston Tom McMustache
Lenny Maclean
Bartley Gorman
Decca Heggie

[Ray Corso]

Charles Bronson......"Hard Times" the original "open hand" (nothing in hand, wraps, coins, gloves etc..) and "Full Contact" (front kick above waist, no sweeps, no head kicks) spinning back fist was ok!

I know a little bit about this style and form. This was illegal from it's inception in the early 1920's and was a cross between bare knuckle stand up and toe the line off drops and Savate moves but above the waist only.

It has more boxing elements but the legs work can be very damaging just like any leg contact could be.
If your dropped you must toe the line no one jumps on a defenseless fighter like in mma.

Check out the movie and you'll see that old Charlie had some serious hands!

Ray