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Morrissey vs. Poole: Politics, Prizefighting and the Murder of Bill the Butcher

World Prizefighting Champion and Tammany Hall EnforcerOn July 26, 1854, World Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey challenged part-time prize-fighter and New York Whig enforcer William "Bill the Butcher" Poole to a street fight.The bad blood between Morrissey and Poole culiminated in Stanwix Hall on February 25, 1855.The outcome led to three trials and a twenty-year campaign to rebuild a reputation.Read more

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