On February 25, 1901, Johnson fought Joe Choynski in Galveston.

Sharkey's first bout against a front-line fighter occurred in 1896 when he fought Joe Choynski, who was later to knock out legendary heavyweight Jack Johnson, in an eight-round match.

Joseph Bartlett " Joe " Choynski (; November 8, 1868 – January 24, 1943 ) was an American boxer who fought professionally from 1888 to 1904.

During that bout, Choynski hit Jeffries with a right hand so powerful that the punch drove one of Jeffries ' teeth into his lip.

The aging Choynski saw natural talent and determination in Johnson and taught him the nuances of defense, stating " A man who can move like you should never have to take a punch ".

Choynski, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1991 .< ref >

In fact, James J. Jeffries claimed that the hardest blow he ever received in a bout came from Choynski during their 20-round draw.

Choynski, a popular and experienced heavyweight, knocked out Johnson in the third round.

Choynski was never given an opportunity to fight for the heavyweight title, but enjoyed some stunning successes against famed heavyweights James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson before they became champions.

On June 5, 1889, the legendary prize fight between James J. Corbett and Joe Choynski was held on a barge off the coast of Benicia.

Johnson attests that his success in boxing came from the coaching he received from Choynski.

Despite his handicap in size, McCoy battled the best heavyweights of his era, and defeated Joe Choynski, Gus Ruhlin and Peter Maher.

Jack Johnson ( boxer ) | Jack Johnson standing behind Joe Choynski.

Corbett had apparently hurt his hand, and Choynski learned of the injury.

Accordingly, Choynski " forgot " to bring his gloves to the match, thereby hoping the fight would proceed as a bare-knuckle bout.

Corbett, however, declined to fight bare-knuckle, but agreed to allow Choynski to wear leather riding gloves borrowed from a spectator.

Nevertheless, Corbett won the legendary bout when he KOed Choynski in the 27th round.

In 1998, Choynski ’ s ability and ring-record were officially recognised by his induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

His paternal grandfather, also named Abner, had fought in the American Revolutionary War.

On May 28, 585 BC, during the Battle of Halys fought against Cyaxares, king of Media, a solar eclipse took place ( see also Thales ); hostilities were suspended, peace concluded, and the Halys fixed as the boundary between the two kingdoms.

Jordanes also mentions that they fought with Hercules, and in the Trojan War, and that a smaller contingent of them endured in the Caucasus Mountains until the time of Alexander.

Generals were elected not only because their role required expert knowledge but also because they needed to be people with experience and contacts in the wider Greek world where wars were fought.

They also fought alongside Hannibal, killing ( in 216 BC ) the Roman general L. Postumius Albinus, whose skull was then turned into a sacrificial bowl.

Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer also fought at Poitiers under The Black Prince.

Sir Thomas Felton fought not only at Poitiers but also the Battle of Crécy.

Fans come from all over the world to see the places in Scotland where William Wallace fought for Scottish freedom, and also to the places in Scotland and Ireland to see the locations used in the film.

The Battle of the Nile ( also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay, in French as the Bataille d ' Aboukir or in Egyptian Arabic as معركة أبي قير البحرية ) was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1 – 3 August 1798.

The constellation was also used on the dark blue, shield-like patch worn by personnel of the U. S. Army's Americal Division, which was organized in the Southern Hemisphere, on the island of New Caledonia, and also the blue diamond of the U. S. 1st Marine Division, which fought on the Southern Hemisphere islands of Guadalcanal and New Britain.

City, and later state laws, that upgraded standards for the medical profession and fought urban epidemics of cholera, small pox, and yellow fever were not only passed, but also enforced.

He also managed to have the powers of the state's Public Service Commissions increased and fought strenuously, if not completely successfully, to get their decisions exempted from judicial review.

Elements of the FP were also used to form Belgian colonial units that fought in the East African Campaign during World War II.

He also fought for progressive reforms such as woman's rights, educational rights, and freedom of press.

The marcistas fought among themselves almost ceaselessly and also had to struggle against Flores's repeated attempts from exile to overthrow the government.

" Other public school teachers and teacher unions have also fought against school vouchers.

During this period, he also fought as an amateur boxer in 16 matches and obtained a title in Muay Thai.

His son Frederick Douglass Jr. also served as a recruiter and his other son, Lewis Douglass, fought for the 54th Massachusetts Regiment at the Battle of Fort Wagner.

Freikorps also fought in the Baltic, Silesia, Poland and East Prussia after the end of World War I, including aviation combat, often with significant success.

The Foreign Legion was primarily used, as part of the Armée d ' Afrique, to protect and expand the French colonial empire during the 19th century, but it also fought in almost all French wars including the Franco-Prussian War and both World Wars.

In World War I, the Foreign Legion fought in many critical battles on the Western Front, including Artois, Champagne, Somme, Aisne, and Verdun ( in 1917 ), and also suffered heavy casualties during 1918.

Similarly, the repression the authoritarian single-party regime he led imposed on the population and severe food shortages also left marks and, despite having always denied, Luís Cabral was accused of being responsible for the death of a large number of black Guinea-Bissauan soldiers who had fought along with the Portuguese Army against the PAIGC guerrillas during the Portuguese Colonial War.

The war is fought across four dimensions and whole sections of history are blocked off by either side and it is also suggested that events cross into different universes ( such as the events of Dead Romance ).

This international body he contrasted with imperialism, not only the imperialism of Germany, against which the war was being fought, but also the imperialism, which he considered more benign, of Britain and France.