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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. Wara
Nhar il-Ħamis, Settembru 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, Ingilterra, settled in St. Louis, Missouri. Allen eventually became a U.S. Citizen. Allen showed a pugnacious personality, inside and outside the ring, making powerful enemies amongst the sporting men in the United States. Allen particularly irritated
In March 1893, gazzetti madwar il-pajjiż ħarġu l-istorja ta’ partita proposta bejn iċ-champion dinji attwali tal-boxing tal-piż ħafif Jack McAuliffe u l-għalliem tal-boxing ta’ Saint Louis Mike Mooney.. Għalkemm il-partita tkun tidher stramba minħabba li Mooney kien sfidant daqstant ħafif meqjus, l-attrazzjoni ta $2500 naħa hija probabbilment dak li ġab iċ-champion fuq il-mejda. Aġġustat
Nhar l-Erbgħa, April 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. Madankollu, 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 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. In March 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was
Nhar it-Tlieta, Frar 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast sfida ċ-Champion Dinji tal-Boxing Lightweight Battling Nelson għat-titlu ta’ Nelson f’Richmond Arena f’Point Richmond, California. Nelson ta’ 28 sena rebaħ it-titlu billi knock out lill-kbir Joe Gans ġewwa 1908. Esperti tal-boksing ma stennewx li Wolgast jegħleb lil Nelson minkejja li Wolgast kellu deċiżjoni tal-gazzetta fuq Nelson fi 1909. Pundits
Matul is-seklu 19, kemm prizefighters kif ukoll dulists ħadu vantaġġ mill-gżejjer sandbar fix-Xmara Mississippi, madwar St. Louis, Missouri, li jorganizza prizefights jew duelli. L-awtoritajiet ħarġu ħarsa lejn id-duelli għall-mewt fi kwalunkwe post. Madankollu, kemm Illinois kif ukoll Missouri pprojbixxew ukoll il-ġlied tal-premjijiet. Bloody Island f’nofs ix-Xmara Mississippi eżatt fit-tramuntana ta’ Downtown St.
Ħadd ma ħa vantaġġ mill-era No Decision tal-boxing professjonali bħal Battling Levinsky. Levinsky kien boxer difensiv tas-sengħa, li ftit ħasru waqt il-ġlied tiegħu. Meta Ring Magazine staqsieh għaliex kien daqshekk attiv, kultant tieħu 3 ġlied f’ġurnata madwar New York, Levinsky qal, “Inħobb il-flus u qatt ma nweġġa’.” Levinsky kien
Nhar il-Ġimgħa, Marzu 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain ġġieled kontra George Godfrey fil-California Athletic Club f’San Francisco, California. L-irġiel ġġieldu għal trofew u $5,000. L-irġiel daħlu fiċ-ċirku fi 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, eks Champion Dinji tal-Lotta Heavyweight, issekonda lil Kilrain, li Muldoon ħarreġ għal din il-ġlieda. Muldoon ħarreġ lill-avversarju ta’ Kilrain, John L. Sullivan, għal tagħhom 1889
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 li 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. “Jack” Blackburn żviluppa t-talenti taċ-champion żagħżugħ u għenuh