Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. Pēc
Ceturtdien, September 7, 1876, Toms Allens aizstāvēja savu pasaules čempionātu cīņā ar kailām dūres smagajā svarā pret savu angli Džo Gosu.. Allen, sākotnēji no Birmingemas, England, apmetās Sv. Louis, Missouri. Allens galu galā kļuva par ASV. Pilsonis. Alens izrādīja nežēlīgu raksturu, gredzena iekšpusē un ārpusē, radot spēcīgus ienaidniekus starp sportistiem Amerikas Savienotajās Valstīs. Alens bija īpaši aizkaitināts
In March 1893, laikraksti visā valstī publicēja stāstu par ierosināto maču starp pašreizējo pasaules čempionu boksa pussmagajā svarā Džeku Makolifu un Sentluisas boksa instruktoru Maiku Mūniju.. Lai gan mačs varētu šķist dīvains, jo Mūnijs bija tik vieglprātīgs izaicinātājs, vilinājums $2500 puse, iespējams, ir tas, kas piecēla čempionu pie galda. Pielāgots
Trešdien, Aprīlis 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. Tomēr, 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
1909 redzēju, ka Stenlijs Kečels turpināja savu vētraino tempu cauri visiem labākajiem cīnītājiem ap vidējā svara robežu. In March 1909, Kečels saskārās ar retu izaicinājumu, gadā, kad viņš cīnījās ar pasaules čempionu vieglajā svarā Filadelfijā Džeku O’Braienu. O'Braiens bija gluds bokseris, kurš izmantoja savu ātrumu un netveramību, lai pirmajos raundos satriektu Kečelu. Neskatoties uz O'Braiena lieluma priekšrocībām, Tējkanna kaut ko
Otrdien, Februāris 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, Kalifornija. The 28-year-old Nelson won the title by knocking out the great Joe Gans in 1908. Boxing experts did not expect Wolgast to defeat Nelson even though Wolgast held a newspaper decision over Nelson in 1909. Pundits
During the 19th century, both prizefighters and duelists took advantage of the sandbar islands in the Mississippi River, around St. Louis, Missouri, to hold prizefights or duels. Authorities have frowned on duels to the death in any location. Tomēr, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.
No one took advantage of the No Decision era of professional boxing like Battling Levinsky. Levinsky was a skilled defensive boxer, who took little damage during his fights. When Ring Magazine asked him why he was so active, sometimes taking 3 fights in a day around New York, Levinsky said, “I like money and I never get hurt.” Levinsky was
Piektdien, Marts 13, 1891, Džeiks Kilreins Kalifornijas sporta klubā Sanfrancisko cīnījās ar Džordžu Godfriju, Kalifornija. Vīri cīnījās par trofeju un $5,000. Vīrieši ringā iegāja plkst 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, bijušais pasaules čempions smagajā cīņā, sekundēja Kilreins, kuru Muldons trenēja šai cīņai. Muldons apmācīja Kilreina pretinieku, John L. Sullivan, priekš viņiem 1889
Charles Henry “Domkrats” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 līdz 1942. Louis is widely considered to be one of the top three to five heavyweights in professional boxing history and some consider him the best heavyweight fighter. “Domkrats” Blekbērns attīstīja jaunā čempiona talantus un palīdzēja viņam