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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. Etter
On Thursday, September 7, 1876, Tom Allen forsvarte sitt World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship mot andre engelskmannen Joe Goss. Allen, opprinnelig fra Birmingham, England, bosatte seg i St. Louis, Missouri. Allen ble til slutt en U.S. Borger. Allen viste en strid personlighet, innenfor og utenfor ringen, skaper mektige fiender blant de sportslige mennene i USA. Allen spesielt irritert
In March 1893, aviser over hele landet brakte historien om en foreslått kamp mellom den nåværende verdensmesteren i lett tungvektsboksing Jack McAuliffe og Saint Louis bokseinstruktør Mike Mooney. Selv om kampen ville virke rar fordi Mooney var en så lett ansett utfordrer, lokket av $2500 en side er sannsynligvis det som brakte mesteren til tabellen. Justert
På onsdag, 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. However, 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
On Tuesday, February 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast utfordret verdensmester i lettvektboksing som kjempet mot Nelson om Nelsons tittel på Richmond Arena i Point Richmond, California. Den 28 år gamle Nelson vant tittelen ved å slå ut den store Joe Gans inn 1908. Bokseeksperter forventet ikke at Wolgast skulle beseire Nelson selv om Wolgast holdt en avisavgjørelse over Nelson i 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. However, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.
Ingen utnyttet No Decision-æraen for profesjonell boksing som Battling Levinsky. Levinsky var en dyktig defensiv bokser, som tok liten skade under kampene sine. Da Ring Magazine spurte ham hvorfor han var så aktiv, noen ganger tar 3 kamper på en dag rundt New York, sa Levinsky, “Jeg liker penger og blir aldri skadet.” Levinsky var
På fredag, March 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain kjempet mot George Godfrey på California Athletic Club i San Francisco, California. Mennene kjempet om et trofé og $5,000. Mennene gikk inn i ringen kl 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, tidligere verdensmester i tungvektbryting, utsendte Kilrain, som Muldoon trente for denne kampen. Muldoon trente Kilrains motstander, John L. Sullivan, for deres 1889
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 til 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 utviklet talentene til den unge mesteren og hjalp ham