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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Rhagfyr 12, 1916, Amddiffynnodd Sam Langford y “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, a enillodd gan Sam McVea ym mis Chwefror 1916. Rhwng 1904 a 1919, y bocswyr Affricanaidd-Americanaidd gorau, neu Ganadaiaid du fel Langford, yn sownd yn ymladd ei gilydd am “Lliwiog” Pencampwriaeth. Pe bai ymladdwr gwyn yn eu hymladd, dim ond i ddatblygu eu henw da eu hunain i
James J. Roedd Jeffries yn dominyddu bocsio pwysau trwm America o 1899 i 1904. Ar ôl ennill Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Trwm y Byd oddi ar Bob Fitzsimmons yn 1899, Jeffries gwneud 9 amddiffynfeydd teitl llwyddiannus yn ystod y pum mlynedd nesaf. Ymddeolodd yn ddiguro yn 1905 cyn cael eu denu yn ôl ar gyfer dychwelyd anffodus yn erbyn y gwych Jack Johnson. Ni enillodd Jeffries ei ornestau gyda bocsio uwchraddol
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. He also entered as one of
Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
Tra'n noeth migwrn gwobr ymladdwr Tom Allen ei eni yn Lloegr yn ystod 1840, treuliodd y rhan fwyaf o'i fywyd fel oedolyn yn St Louis ar ôl symud i'r Unol Daleithiau yn 1867. Wedi colled siomedig i Jem Mace yn 1870, lle gwnaeth argraff ar y gwylwyr gyda pherfformiad dewr mewn ymdrech goll, Dechreuodd Allen ymgyrchu am ergyd at American
Monte Attell was the younger brother of World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Monte would always be stuck in the shadow of his older brother but was a talented fighter in his own right. Monte would win the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship during his career and establish himself as a world class fighter. Yn 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major
Yn ystod ei rediad cyntaf fel Pencampwr Bocsio Pwysau Pwysau'r Byd, Roedd Abe Attell wedi'i leoli allan o St.. Louis, Missouri. Ar wahân i gael ei wersyll yn St.. Louis, Amddiffynnodd Attell ei deitl sawl gwaith yn St.. Louis’ Clwb Athletau West End. At the time, St. Louis oedd y ddinas fwyaf i'r gorllewin o Afon Mississippi yn yr Unol Daleithiau. Ganwyd Abraham Washington Attell
Bob “Rudy Robert” Paffiwr o Loegr oedd Fitzsimmons, a enillodd y pwysau canol diamheuol, pencampwriaethau byd pwysau trwm a phwysau ysgafn, ar droad yr 20fed Ganrif. Yn aml yn cael ei gamgymryd am Awstraliad oherwydd iddo ddechrau ei yrfa focsio yno, Teithiodd Fitzsimmons i'r Unol Daleithiau yn 1890 ymgyrchu am y bencampwriaeth pwysau canol. Safai Fitzsimmons ychydig yn is 6 feet tall but