Qeb: Bare Knuckle Prizefighting and Pro Boxing History

Nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 1893, newspapers across the country carried the story of a proposed match between current world light heavyweight boxing champion Jack McAuliffe and Saint Louis boxing instructor Mike Mooney. Although the match would seem odd because Mooney was such a lightly regarded challenger, the lure of $2500 a side is probably what brought the champion to the table. Adjusted

Hnub Wednesday, Tim 27, 1910, reigning World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought a six-round, non-title match with African American boxer Sam Langford. Langford is one of the greatest boxers of all-time. Txawm li cas los, Langford found himself frozen out of world title fights by promoters and boxers adhering to the “color line.” Promoters and boxers used the “color line” to prevent

Mike “Ntxaib” Sullivan thov Welterweight ntuj Boxing Championship, thaum nws decisioned Mellody koj niam nyob tim 1907. Possessing ob txhais tes hnyav thiab zoo tshaj boxing tej kev txawj ntse, Sullivan thov lawm yeej loj heev tus poj Joe Gans thiab yav tom ntej Welterweight ntiaj teb Boxing tau zus ib Harry Lewis thaum nws cov hauj lwm. Lewis yeej lub npe welterweight, Thaum twg Sullivan yuav tsis ua rau cov 147 phaus

1909 Pom Stanley Ketchel tseem nws torrid pace los ntawm tag nrho cov fighters nyob ib ncig ntawm tus middleweight txwv. Nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 1909, Ketchel muag ib tug tsis tshua muaj kev sib tw, Thaum nws fought reigning ntiaj teb teeb Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. O'Brien yog ib tug slick boxer, Uas siv nws ceev thiab elusiveness los pummel Ketchel nyob rau hauv cov rounds thaum ntxov. Dua li ntawm O'Brien tus loj kom zoo dua, Ketchel yog

Tuesday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast sib tw ntiaj teb Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson rau Nelson lub npe ntawm Richmond Arena hauv taw tes Richmond, California. Tus 28 xyoo Nelson yeej lub npe los knocking tawm tus poj Joe Gans hauv 1908. Boxing ua hauj lwm twg tsis cia siab tias Wolgast los swb Nelson txawm Wolgast tuav ib ntawv xov xwm kev txiav txim siab nyob Nelson hauv Nelson 1909. Pundits

Tsis muaj leej twg muab kom zoo dua qhov kev txiav txim siab tsis muaj kev txiav txim siab era ntawm kev boxing xws li Battling Levinsky. Levinsky yog ib tug skilled defensive boxer, Leej twg muab me ntsis puas thaum nws fights. Thaum Ring Magazine nug nws vim li cas nws thiaj li dhia, qee zaus noj 3 fights nyob rau hauv ib hnub nyob Ib ncig ntawm New York, Levinsky hais tias, “Kuv nyiam nyiaj thiab kuv yeej tsis tau mob.” Levinsky yog

Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, California. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, seconded Kilrain, who Muldoon trained for this fight. Muldoon trained Kilrain’s opponent, John L. Sullivan, for their 1889

Charles Henry “Nkaus” Blackburn tiav nws koob meej loj tshaj li ntawm tus kws qhia rau ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib Joe Louis ntawm 1934 mus 1942. Louis plhuav mus yuav tau ib lub heavyweights saum peb mus rau tsib nyob hauv keeb kwm kev boxing thiab ua ib co xav txog nws qhov heavyweight fighter zoo. “Nkaus” Blackburn tsim cov talents ntawm cov hluas tau zus ib thiab pab nws