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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
У чацвер, Лютага 26, 1903, Джэк Джонсан абараніў свой тытул чэмпіёна свету па боксе ў цяжкай вазе супраць непераможанага Сэма Маквея. Маквей прынёс а 6-0 рэкорд з шасцю накаўтамі ў матчы чэмпіянату. З таго часу, як прамоўтэры бокса адмовіліся дапусціць чорных байцоў да ўдзелу ў чэмпіянаце свету па боксе ў цяжкай вазе, лепшыя баксёры на рубяжы стагоддзяў змагаліся за каляровы свет
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Аднак, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Прафесійныя баі ў 19-м стагоддзі карысталіся дрэннай рэпутацыяй за межамі краіны
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 гадоў, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Сакавіка 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
On July 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Even though Georges Carpentier
Студзеня 26, 1934, United Artists released Palooka (1934), a feature film based on the popular comic strip. Stuart Erwin plays Joe Palooka but Jimmy Durante steals the show as his manager Knobby Walsh. Joe Palooka is the son of former world boxing champion Pete Palooka. When Joe was a baby, his mother Mayme, played by Marjorie Rambeau, бярэ яго
Том Ален нарадзіўся ў Бірмінгеме, Англія, але правёў некаторыя з самых вядомых баёў у Амерыцы. У 1867, Ален пераехаў у св. Луіс, найбуйнейшы горад на захад ад Місісіпі. Ален ніколі не сыходзіў і будзе выкарыстоўваць St. Луі ў якасці хатняй базы для трэніровак для прызавых баёў. Ален змагаўся ў асноўным у паядынках з голым суставам, бо амерыканскі бокс не быў бы такім
Лістапада 30, 1871, a large crowd of men boarded ten rail cars on the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas railroad as it stopped on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The train continued on to Montgomery Station near Bay St. Луіс, Mississippi, where the crowd left the rain and made their way into the woods. Such an odd procession
Кастрычнік 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Масачусэтс. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 фунты. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Прыехалі прыхільнікі абодвух мужчын
On July 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 для 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the