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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Tuesday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Dawb lias ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Ntawm 1904 thiab 1919, the best African-American boxers, or black Canadians like Langford, were stuck fighting each other for “Colored” Championship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing ntawm 1899 mus 1904. Tom qab winning lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship ntawm Bob Fitzsimmons hauv 1899, Jeffries ua 9 Zoo npe defenses thaum lub tsib xyoos tom ntej no. Nws txijnkawm undefeated nyob rau hauv 1905 Ua ntej yuav lured rov qab rau ib ill-fated comeback tiv thaiv cov poj Jack Johnson. Jeffries tsis yeej nws bouts nrog superior boxing
Yog Jake Kilrain zoo paub ua lub xeem thiab toughest challenger rau John L. Tua Sullivan hauv cov xeem yas tes mus khaws ntiaj teb championship. Dua li ntawm Kilrain lub cev tsis tuav John L. Sullivan, nws muaj ib cov hauj lwm zoo cov ua ntej thiab tom qab qhov bout nrog tus mighty Sullivan. Ntaus rau 10 ntau xyoo nyob rau hauv bouts los, Feem ntau zoo tab sis nyob Kilrain tau
Nyob rau ib lub peb hlis ntuj tsaus ntuj hauv San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved aggressiveness ntshiab ua tej zaum yeej txiav txim siab. Tom qab 20 rounds cov boxing, referee Greggains, tus kws txiav txim xwb, muab qhov kev txiav txim dua tus yawm Jack Johnson rau Hart. Hart ntsib Johnson rau tim 28, 1905. Johnson nkag mus rau lub nplhaib ua tus betting nyiam. He also entered as one of
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
Thaum bare knuckle prizefighter Tom Allen yug hauv hais thaum 1840, Nws siv feem ntau ntawm nws lub neej laus nyob st Louis tom qab relocating rau lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas 1867. Tom qab ib disappointing poob rau Jem Mace hauv 1870, Qhov twg nws impressed spectators nrog ib gallant kev kawm nyob rau hauv ib lub dag zog poob dag zog, Allen pib campaigning rau txhaj tshuaj ntawm 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. Nyob rau hauv 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
Thaum nto moo rau ntaus John L. Sullivan nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb championship prizefight contested nyob rau hauv bare knuckle txoj cai, Jake Kilrain kuj muab ib feem ntawm ntau gloved bouts. Prizefighting yog transitioning ntawm bare knuckle txoj cai rau gloved bouts nyob rau hauv cov Marquess ntawm Queensberry txoj cai (amateur thiab professional boxing) Nyob rau lub caij 19th xyoo pua. Zoo li Sullivan, Kilrain yuav tua nyob rau hauv loj
During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. Louis, Missouri. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. Thaum lub sij hawm, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons yog ib tug english boxer, Leej twg yeej tus undisputed middleweight, heavyweight thiab teeb heavyweight ntiaj teb championships, Thaum tig lub xyoo pua 20th. Feem ntau yuam kev rau ib pawg vim nws pib nws boxing hauj lwm muaj, Fitzsimmons mus rau teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas 1890 Kev sib tw rau cov middleweight championship. Fitzsimmons sawv xwb nyob rau hauv 6 taw siab tab sis