Tag: Knuckle

December 29, 2024

Oregon Prizefighters Forgotten Bare-Knuckle Champions of Portland & Astoria

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Free Download Barney Blalock, "Oregon Prizefighters: Forgotten Bare-Knuckle Champions of Portland & Astoria"
English | ISBN: 154021401X | 2015 | 162 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
In 1884, London’s prizefighting craze spread to Portland. Since the fights were illegal throughout the States, matches were fought in inconspicuous venues away from unwanted spectators. A winner could be hanged if the loser died. Champions like Dave Campbell, Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey and "Mysterious" Billy Smith were just a few contenders for the brutal, nearly forgotten sport. Join author Barney Blalock as he reveals the remarkable stories of Oregon’s bare-knuckle champions.

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June 5, 2024

Bare Knuckle Bobby Gunn, 73-0 Undefeated. A Dad. A Dream. A Fight Like You’ve Never Seen. [Audiobook]

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Free Download Bare Knuckle: Bobby Gunn, 73-0 Undefeated. A Dad. A Dream. A Fight Like You’ve Never Seen. (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B084GZMYR6 | 2024 | 8 hours and 56 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 256 MB
Author: Stayton Bonner
Narrator: Ari Fliakos
Father. Fighter. Champion. Outlaw. Hailed as an "exhilarating debut" by ✅Publishers Weekly, Bare Knuckle by former Rolling Stone editor Stayton Bonner (nominated for the Dan Jenkins Medal of Excellence in Sportswriting) takes listeners into a previously unknown world: the underground circuit of illegal bare-knuckle fighting. Bare Knuckle is the remarkable true tale of Bobby Gunn, the 73-0 undisputed champion of bare-knuckle boxing. An inspiring underdog story that comes across like a real-life Rocky. Bobby Gunn has been fighting for his existence since a childhood spent living under the hand of his volatile father, and would do anything to give his seven-year-old daughter a better life-including betting on himself in the underground world of bare-knuckle boxing. In 1984, Gunn was an eleven-year-old boxer in Ontario when his father woke him in the middle of the night to fight grown men in motel parking lots for money, his old man pocketing the cash. From there, Gunn traveled to Las Vegas, Tijuana, and beyond, competing in ringed matches as well as in biker bars and mobster dens on the side, brawling to make ends meet.

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January 4, 2024

History Of Knuckle Dusters The Ultimate Close-Quarters Weapon

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Free Download David Grant – History Of Knuckle Dusters: The Ultimate Close-Quarters Weapon
Paladin Press | 2007 | ISBN: 1581606303 | English | 100 pages | PDF | 2.32 MB
For more than a century, knuckle dusters and brass knuckles have rested in the pockets of those who need a small, handy impact weapon that is easily concealed and inexpensive to produce. History of Knuckle Dusters shows the actual knuckles through their history, including wartime knuckles, modern customs and mass-produced examples. An amazing array of designs and materials has gone into knuckle dusters, and their popularity is even greater today among collectors and those who use them for protection. Often demonized and vilified by the press and law enforcement, the knuckle duster has a colorful and interesting history and deserves to take its rightful place among the great close-quarter combat weapons of the world.

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