Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Την Πέμπτη, Φεβρουάριος 26, 1903, Jack Johnson defended his World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship against the undefeated Sam McVey. McVey brought a 6-0 record with six knockouts into the championship match. Since boxing promoters refused to let Black fighters compete for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, οι καλύτεροι πυγμάχοι γύρω από το γύρισμα του αιώνα πολέμησαν για το World Colored
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. Ωστόσο, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Οι επαγγελματικοί αγώνες τον 19ο αιώνα απολάμβαναν κακή φήμη εκτός
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 χρόνια, 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
Τον Μάρτιο του 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Νεβάδα. 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
Τον Ιούλιο 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.” Κι ας Ζορζ Καρπεντιέ
Τον Ιανουάριο 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, takes him
Ο Τομ Άλεν γεννήθηκε στο Μπέρμιγχαμ, Αγγλία αλλά έδωσε μερικούς από τους πιο διάσημους αγώνες του στην Αμερική. Σε 1867, Ο Άλεν μετακόμισε στο St. Louis, η μεγαλύτερη πόλη δυτικά του Μισισιπή. Ο Άλεν δεν έφυγε ποτέ και θα χρησιμοποιούσε το St. Ο Λούις είναι η βάση του για προπόνηση για αγώνες με έπαθλα. Ο Άλεν πολέμησε ως επί το πλείστον σε αγώνες με γυμνές αρθρώσεις όπως δεν θα ήταν η αμερικανική πυγμαχία
Τον Νοέμβριο του 30, 1871, ένα μεγάλο πλήθος ανδρών επιβίβασε δέκα σιδηροδρομικά αυτοκίνητα στη Νέα Ορλεάνη, Σιδηρόδρομος για κινητά και Τέξας καθώς σταμάτησε στην Canal Street στη Νέα Ορλεάνη, Louisiana. Το τρένο συνεχίστηκε προς το σταθμό Montgomery κοντά στο Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, όπου το πλήθος άφησε τη βροχή και έφτασε στο δάσος. Μια τόσο περίεργη πομπή
Τον Οκτώβριο του 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Μασαχουσέτη. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 λίρες. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Έφτασαν θαυμαστές και των δύο ανδρών
Τον Ιούλιο 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 να 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