Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Neljapäeval, Veebruar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson kaitses oma värvilise raskekaalu poksi maailmameistrivõistlust võitmatu Sam McVey vastu. McVey tõi a 6-0 rekord kuue nokautiga meistrivõistluste matšis. Kuna poksi edendajad keeldusid lubamast mustanahalistel võitlejatel võistelda poksi raskekaalu maailmameistrivõistlustel, sajandivahetuse parimad poksijad võitlesid värvilise maailma eest
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. Siiski, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professionaalsed võitlused 19. sajandil nautisid väljaspool seda kehva maine
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 aastat, 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
Märtsil 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
Juulil 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
On jaanuar 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, võtab ta
Tom Allen sündis Birminghamis, Inglismaal, kuid pidas mõned oma kuulsaimad võitlused Ameerikas. Sisse 1867, Allen kolis St. Louis, suurim linn Mississippist läänes. Allen ei lahkunud kunagi ja kasutas St. Louis oma kodubaasiks, et treenida auhinnavõitlusteks. Allen võitles enamasti paljaste sõrmenukkide võiduheitlustes, nagu Ameerika poks seda ei teeks
On November 30, 1871, suur hulk mehi astus New Orleansi kümne raudteevagunisse, Mobile ja Texase raudtee, kui see peatus New Orleansi Canal Streetil, Louisiana. Rong jätkas sõitu Montgomery jaama Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, kus rahvas jättis vihma ja suundus metsa. Selline veider rongkäik
Oktoobril 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 naela. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Mõlema mehe fännid saabusid
Juulil 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 kuni 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