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Bare-knuckle boxing (also known as bare-knuckle or bare-knuckle fighting) is a full-contact combat sport based on punching without any form of padding on the hands. The sport as it is known today originated in 17th-century England and differs from street fighting as it follows an accepted set of rules.
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Igor Yakovlevich Vysotsky (10 September 1953 – 2 April 2023) [1] was a Soviet amateur boxer who competed from 1973 to 1979, best known for twice defeating the triple Olympic Champion Teófilo Stevenson, being the only boxer out of more than two hundred of Stevenson's opponents to ever knock him out, though he himself never participated in the Olympics.
Joe Gans (born Joseph Gant; November 25, 1874 – August 10, 1910) was an American professional boxer. [1] [2] [3] Gans was rated the greatest lightweight boxer of all time [4] by boxing historian and Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer.
Hall of Fame boxer Eder Jofre, who held titles at bantamweight and featherweight, died Sunday at 86 in a hospital in Brazil. He is considered by many to be the greatest bantamweight ever.
These must have brought positive spotlight to upstate New York or done a considerable service to the sport of Bare-knuckle boxing.Honorary inductees are those that have not bare knuckle boxed, that is, those listed as a 'boxer' have boxed with gloves or wraps, and inductees associated with ice hockey are inducted for their contributions to the fighting aspects of the game (to date, both hockey ...
Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1913 – December 9, 1998) [1] was an American professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time (1952 – 1962). He had one of the longest professional careers in the history of the sport, competing from 1935 to 1963.