Publisher's Synopsis
World Prizefighting Champion and Tammany Hall Enforcer
On 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.