Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
On February 23, 1906, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart defended his title in Los Angeles. When James J. Jeffries retired as heavyweight champion, Hart and Jack Sharkey fought for the vacant title. Hart was the surprise winner of the fight. Hart refused to fight Jack Johnson, the recognized best heavyweight. Instead he fought Tommy Burns, a 5’07” skilled boxer.
Johnny Reagan oli tähtis võitleja St.. Louis'i poksistseen 20. sajandi esimesel kümnendil. Algselt Brooklynist, Reagan kolis St.. Louis treenib Jack McKenna käe all. McKenna põhines oma operatsioonil St.. Louis, kus tema võitleja võitles peamiselt St.. Louis’ West Endi klubi. Reagan oli sel ajal tõusev kaal
Esmaspäeval, Mai 30, 1892, suurepärane Peter Jackson pidas kinnasmatši endise kaitsealuse Frank Slaviniga. Mõlemad mehed elasid ja võitlesid Austraalias, kuigi fännide huvi viis Jacksoni maailmaturneele, et kasutada ära rahalisi võimalusi Ameerika Ühendriikides ja Inglismaal. Nagu Austraalias, Jackson leidis sageli, et valged poksijad ei tahtnud temaga võidelda. vähe
St. Louis, 20. sajandi alguses, oli silmapaistev professionaalse poksi stseen. Abe Attell, kuigi sündinud San Franciscos, asus St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell kaitses oma sulgkaalu poksi maailmameistrivõistlust sagedase rivaali Harry Forbesi vastu. Forbes oli ka regulaarselt St. Louisi poksistseen. Forbes alistas Danny Dougherty
Sam Langford peetakse üheks suurimaks naela nael võitlejad kogu aeg. Sündis märtsis 4, 1883 Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, teda peetakse kõigi aegade suurimaks Kanada poksijaks. Tema võitluskarjäär ulatus aastast 1900 kuni 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Ta
Mail 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Claims to the championship were very murky at the time. Thuggery and dirty tricks often obscured who was actually American Champion. Jem Mace, who was considered World Champion twice while fighting in England, was signed to meet Tom
Mail 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
19. sajandil, most states banned bare-knuckled prizefighting and professional gloved boxing. Police often arrested fighter, managers, and promoters to stop prizefighting. A unique aspect of geography turned St. Louis into an ideal fight venue to get around the authorities’s activity to stop professional prizefighting. In the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, the river’s current created a handful
August 11, 1915, Praegune värvilise poksi raskekaalu maailmameister Sam McVey võitles Bostonis Sandy Fergusoniga, Massachusetts Atlase Athletic Associationi jõusaalis. McVey võitles ajastul, mil promootorid külmutasid kõik Aafrika-Ameerika poksijad, välja arvatud suur Jack Johnson, võitlusest maailmameistritiitli nimel. McVey alistas enamiku teistest suurtest mustanahalistest võitlejatest