Jeffries KOs Corbett

Saum ntuj 11, 1900, Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Jeffries fought nws chaw ua hauj lwm tus James J. Corbett. Corbett nyob rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship nyob hauv lub 1890s thaum ntxov. Corbett ntiav cov Jeffires kom nws npaj rau nws npe challengers powerfully built. Jeffries mus xeem yeej lub qab ntuj npe los ntawm tus txiv neej, leej twg tuav Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons.

Corbett yog ib heavyweight me, ces nws yeej ua hauj lwm Jeffries, leej twg khoom ib impressive physique rau thaum ntxov Twentieth xyoo pua yuav muaj ntsi xws li fais fab muag nws feem ntau nyob rau hauv nws npe defenses. Corbett siv nws ceev thiab elusiveness yuav tsum tsis txhob hnyav blows. Skillfully ua hauj lwm tawm ntawm nws lub jab, Corbett yuav counter strike ntawm tus misses ntawm nws adversary.

Nyob rau hauv 1897, Corbett fought qub lub teeb heavyweight boxing tau zus ib Bob Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons muaj Meskas haib blows nrog nws thiab ncej. Robbed ntawm tus ceev kom zoo dua rau tus Fitzsimmons me me ntsis, Corbett yog felled yog ib lub cev tua hauv lub 14th hloov.

Fitzsimmons cia li siv rau ob xyoos, tiam sis tsuas tov ib cov kws muaj txuj ci ntaus Jeffries nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 1899. Fitzsimmons supplemented nws cov nyiaj tau los ntawm kev ua tau zoo nyob rau theem plays, ib hom tactic kev boxers thiab wrestlers lub sijhawm. Tus inactivity no yeej tsis pab Fitzsimmons. Jeffries lov nws hauv lub 11th hloov.

James J. Jeffries xav cement nws thoob ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws heavyweight boxer nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb. Thaum James J. Corbett xav txhaj tshuaj tom nws qub npe, Jeffires zoo siab rau oblige.

Ib nkawm Californians, Jeffries thiab Corbett fought lawv sib ntaus sib tua hauv New York City. Cov txiv neej battled tus Seaside ncaws qws rau Coney Island. Cov promoter booked tus bout rau 25 muab suav.

Thaum lub qhov rooj qhib rau ntuj 11, 1900, 8,000 neeg saib piled mus rau hauv lub qhov muag tawm venue. Yog lub rooj vag rau lub bout $34,000. Tus khiav yuav nqa mus tsev $15,000, lub sijhawm uas tus swb yuav tsum ntsiag li nrog $5,000.

Raws li cov txiv neej rau lub nplhaib, yog lub cev disparity cuab kev. Jeffries thiab Corbett leej sawv li 6’01” los yog 6’02”. Txawm li cas los, Jeffries dwarfed Corbett, leej twg nkag mus rau lub nplhaib nyob 185 phaus. Weighed Jeffries ib tug loj heev 210 phaus.

Dua li ntawm qhov sib txawv me me zoo kawg li, Ze li ntawm Jeffries poob no bout. Tus 33 xyoo Corbett kaum cuaj xyoos nyoog Jeffries tab sis Corbett ntsia tus yau fighter. Jeffries pheej them ntawm Corbett, leej twg stepped tsum tseg thiab peppered nws tus hlub.

Yog hais tias tus bout tau ncaim tag nro cov 25 muab suav, Corbett yuav undoubtably muaj yeej rau kev txiav txim siab. Txawm li cas los, Jeffries thaum kawg tau txais lub xab fatiguing Corbett tim kaum tsev thaum lub 23rd hloov. Jeffries txawb ib sab laug haib dua Corbett tus ceev xwm. Nws yuav pom tau cov nyiaj no li Corbett slumped rau tus mem muj qus kaum.

Jeffries rov mus nws kaum tsev tias nws lub npe twg tsis npleem los ntawm nws tus ntiv tes relieved obviously. Jeffries yuav tua Corbett dua hauv 1903. Jeffries triumphant tom qab ntawd xwb 10 rounds hauv lub rematch. Corbett yuav tsis cam nws qub Title dua.

James J. Jeffries proved ib fighter haib. Nws yuav tsum tau tag nrho nws lub hwj huam rau cov kev sib tw ntawm nws tus nais thiab heavyweight tau zus ib, James J. Corbett.

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab, Twitter profile thiab Google phab.

Tau qhov twg los: Cov me nyuam. Louis Dispatch tom qab, Tej zaum 12, 1900 ib tsab, p. 1

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