היסטוריון ספורט קרבי ואמן לחימה
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
ביום חמישי, פברואר 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. אולם, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. לחימה מקצועית במאות ה -19 נהנתה ממוניטין עניים מחוץ
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 שנים, 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
On March 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, נבאדה. 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
בחודש יולי 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.” למרות ז'ורז קרפנטייה
On 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, לוקח אותו
טום אלן נולד בברמינגהם, אנגליה אבל נלחם בכמה מהקרבות המפורסמים ביותר שלו באמריקה. בתוך 1867, אלן עבר לסנט. לואיס, העיר הגדולה ביותר ממערב למיסיסיפי. אלן מעולם לא עזב והיה משתמש בסנט. לואי כבסיס הבית שלו להתאמן לקראת קרבות פרסים. אלן נלחם בעיקר בקרבות פרסים חשופים כפי שאיגרוף אמריקאי לא יהיה
בנובמבר 30, 1871, קהל גדול של גברים עלה על עשרה קרונות רכבת בניו אורלינס, רכבת ניידת וטקסס כשהיא עצרה ברחוב קאנאל בניו אורלינס, Louisiana. הרכבת המשיכה לתחנת מונטגומרי ליד Bay St. לואיס, מיסיסיפי, היכן שהקהל עזב את הגשם ועשה את דרכו אל היער. תהלוכה כל כך מוזרה
באוקטובר 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, מסצ'וסטס. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 קילו. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. אוהדים משני הגברים הגיעו
בחודש יולי 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "787" = bbox_w "796" = bbox_h "12" = fsize "20" = fweight "14" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = " 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