Istoryen espò konba ak atis masyal
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 ak 1919 were the African-American boxers forced to fight each other for the “Colored Championship”. Even after the great Jack Johnson finally broke the color line and won the World Heavyweight Championship, he would only defend the title against white contenders. Kòm yon rezilta, the toughest challengers
Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a
Nan 1902, lavni chanpyon mondyal boksè pwa lou Marvin Hart te yon konkiran k ap monte. Goumen prensipalman soti nan vil natal li nan Louisville, Kentucky, Hart te matche ak Kid Carter nan Southern Athletic Club la nan mwa me 2, 1902. Nan 17-1, Hart te konnen yon lòt viktwa ta ale yon fason lontan nan sekirize yon batay tit pwa loud. Kid Carter ki fèt nan Brooklyn te gen entansyon
Sou Novanm 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 ane ki gen laj. Mace was world champion from 1860 to 1862 and again from 1866 to 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 to 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Nan Vandredi, Jen 10, 1910, Mondyal middleweight boksè chanpyon Stanley Ketchel goumen batay dènye l 'kont unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel te netwaye divizyon middleweight la, Se konsa, boksè pwomotè plede jwenn konpetisyon apwopriye pou Ketchel. Nan sèlman 24 ane fin vye granmoun, Ketchel te viv di ak goumen toujou ap lakòz yon pann byen bonè nan kò l 'yo. Apre batay Smith, Ketchel gen entansyon
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. Poole: Politik, Prizefighting ak touye moun an nan Bill Butcher nan. The hot air laid stagnant in the room as the man in the corner tried to sleep. Giving up on the possibility of sleep, the “Troy Giant” pulled himself into a sitting position on the edge of the bed.
The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. Ryan was a good fighter in his own right though. Ryan was born on March 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan was known through out his
Nan 2010, St. Louis te lavil la 58th pi gwo nan Etazini yo ak 19yèm pi gwo zòn nan metwopolitèn. Anviwon vire a nan syèk la, li te lavil la senkyèm oswa sizyèm pi gwo nan Etazini yo ak nan lwès nan pi gwo nan Rivyè Misisipi a. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
Nan Madi, Novanm 18, 1884, Chanpyon Mondyal Pwa lou Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting John L. Sullivan te goumen kont Al Greenfield nan Madison Square Garden nan vil Nouyòk. Sullivan te bezwen simonte plis pase jis opozan li nan batay sa a. Mesye yo te dakò pou yo goumen nan Lendi, Novanm 17, 1884, men otorite vil Nouyòk yo te menase mesye yo pou yo arete yo. Diskisyon an ak
Nan ane 1910 yo, Lit pwofesyonèl Ameriken an pèmanan te deplase soti nan konpetisyon lit lejitim nan egzibisyon ki te fikse davans. Enterè fanatik, kontwòl pwomotè ak mwens mete ak chire sou wrèstle yo tout te jwe yon wòl nan tranzisyon sa a. Yon lòt mwens pale sou presyon te deyò nan espò nan tèt li. Anvan 20yèm syèk la, boksè pwofesyonèl te ilegal nan peyi Etazini. Knuckle toutouni