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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Ar Déardaoin, Feabhra 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, the best boxers around the turn of the Century fought for the 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. Mar sin féin, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Bhí droch-cháil ar an troid ghairmiúil sa 19ú hAois taobh amuigh de
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 bliana, 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
Ar Márta 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
Ar Iúil 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.” Cé go Georges Carpentier
Ar Eanáir 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, tógann sé
Rugadh Tom Allen i mBirmingham, Shasana ach throid sé cuid dá troideanna is cáiliúla i Meiriceá. In 1867, Bhog Allen go St. Louis, an chathair is mó siar ó Mississippi. Níor fhág Allen riamh agus d’úsáidfeadh sé St. Louis mar bhunáit a bhaile chun oiliúint a chur ar troideanna duaise. Throid Allen den chuid is mó i gcomórtais luamháin lom mar ní bheadh dornálaíocht Mheiriceá
Ar Samhain 30, 1871, chuaigh slua mór fear ar bord deich ngluaisteán iarnróid ar an New Orleans, Iarnród Mobile agus Texas agus é ag stopadh ar Shráid na Canálach i New Orleans, Louisiana. Lean an traein ar aghaidh go Stáisiún Montgomery in aice le Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, áit ar fhág an slua an bháisteach agus rinne siad a mbealach isteach sa choill. A leithéid de mhórshiúl corr
Ar Deireadh Fómhair 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 punt. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Tháinig lucht leanúna an bheirt fhear isteach
Ar Iúil 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