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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.
Trodaire tábhachtach a bhí i Johnny Reagan sa St. Radharc dornálaíochta Louis le linn na chéad deich mbliana den 20ú hAois. Ó Brooklyn ó dhúchas, Bhog Reagan go St. Louis a thraenáil faoi Jack McKenna. Bhunaigh McKenna a oibríocht as St. Louis, áit a throid a trodaire go príomha ag St. Louis’ Club West End. Bhí meáchan bantam ag ardú do Reagan ag an am
On Monday, Bealtaine 30, 1892, rinne an t-iontach Peter Jackson bout glodáilte leis an iar-phríosúnach Frank Slavin. Bhí an bheirt fhear ina gcónaí agus ag troid san Astráil, cé gur thug spéis lucht leanúna Jackson ar camchuairt an domhain chun leas a bhaint as na deiseanna airgeadais sna Stáit Aontaithe agus i Sasana. Mar atá san Astráil, Is minic a d’aimsigh Jackson dornálaithe bána nach raibh toilteanach troid leis. Is beag
St. Louis, ag tús an 20ú hAois, bhí radharc dornálaíochta gairmiúil feiceálach aige. Abe Attell, cé gur rugadh é i San Francisco, bhí sé bunaithe i St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Chosain Attell a Chraobhchomórtais Dornálaíochta Meáchan Cleite an Domhain i gcoinne Harry Forbes, a chomhraic rialta. Bhí Forbes rialta freisin ar an St. Radharc dornálaíochta Louis. Bhuaigh Forbes Danny Dougherty do na
Sam Langford Meastar go bhfuil ceann de na punt is mó trodaithe punt de gach am. Rugadh ar an Mhárta 4, 1883 i Weymouth bhFál, Albain Nua, meastar gurb é an dornálaí Ceanadach is mó riamh é. Shín a ghairm bheatha troda ó 1900 to 1926. Langford sheas amháin 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Sé
On May 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Bhí na héilimh ar an gcraobh an-mhearcach ag an am. Is minic a chuir cleasanna salacha agus thuggery faoi deara cé a bhí i ndáiríre mar churaidh Mheiriceá. Jem Mace, a measadh mar Chraobh an Domhain faoi dhó agus é ag troid i Sasana, sínithe chun bualadh le Tom
On May 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
Sa 19ú haois, 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
Ar Lúnasa 11, 1915, current World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey fought Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts at the Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey fought in an era where promoters froze out all the African American boxers, except the great Jack Johnson, from fighting for the world championship. McVey defeated most of the other great Black fighters of this