Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Am Donnerstag,, Februar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson verteidigte seine World Coloured Heavyweight Boxing Championship gegen den ungeschlagenen Sam McVey. McVey brachte ein 6-0 Rekord mit sechs Knockouts im Meisterschaftsspiel. Da sich die Boxveranstalter weigerten, schwarze Kämpfer um die Weltmeisterschaft im Schwergewichtsboxen konkurrieren zu lassen, Die besten Boxer der Jahrhundertwende kämpften für die World Coloured
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. Jedoch, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professionelle Kampfsportarten genossen im 19. Jahrhundert im Ausland einen schlechten Ruf
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 Jahre, 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
Im März 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
Im Juli 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.” Obwohl Georges Carpentier
Am January 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, nimmt ihn
Tom Allen wurde in Birmingham geboren, England, kämpfte aber einige seiner berühmtesten Kämpfe in Amerika. In 1867, Allen zog nach St. Louis, die größte Stadt westlich des Mississippi. Allen ist nie gegangen und würde St. Louis als seine Heimatbasis, um für Preiskämpfe zu trainieren. Allen kämpfte hauptsächlich in Preiskämpfen mit bloßen Fingerknöcheln, wie es beim amerikanischen Boxen nicht der Fall wäre
On November 30, 1871, Eine große Menschenmenge bestieg zehn Eisenbahnwaggons auf der New Orleans, Mobile und Texas Railroad, als sie in der Canal Street in New Orleans hielten, Louisiana. Der Zug fuhr weiter zum Bahnhof Montgomery in der Nähe der Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, wo die Menge den Regen verließ und sich auf den Weg in den Wald machte. So eine seltsame Prozession
Am Oktober 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Massachusetts. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 Pfund. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans beider Männer kamen herein
Im Juli 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 to 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