Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
On Thursday, Veljača 26, 1903, Jack Johnson obranio je titulu Svjetskog boksačkog prvaka u obojenoj teškoj kategoriji protiv neporaženog Sama McVeya. McVey je doveo a 6-0 rekord sa šest nokauta u prvenstvenoj utakmici. Budući da su boksački promotori odbili dopustiti crnim borcima da se natječu za Svjetsko boksačko prvenstvo u teškoj kategoriji, najbolji boksači na prijelazu stoljeća borili su se za Obojeni svijet
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. Međutim, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionalne borbe u 19. stoljeću uživale su lošu reputaciju izvan zemlje
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 godina, 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
Na ožujka 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
On July 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.” Iako Georges Carpentier
Siječnja 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, uzima ga
Tom Allen rođen je u Birminghamu, Engleska, ali vodio je neke od njegovih najpoznatijih borbi u Americi. U 1867, Allen se preselio u St.. Louis, najveći grad zapadno od Mississippija. Allen nikada nije otišao i koristio bi St.. Louis kao svoju matičnu bazu za trening za nagradne borbe. Allen se borio uglavnom u nagradnim borbama golih zglobova, kao što to američki boks ne bi bio
Studeni 30, 1871, velika gomila muškaraca ukrcala se u deset željezničkih vagona na New Orleansu, Mobilna i teksaška željeznica dok se zaustavljala u ulici Canal u New Orleansu, Louisiana. Vlak je nastavio do postaje Montgomery blizu Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, gdje je gomila ostavila kišu i uputila se u šumu. Tako čudna povorka
Prvog listopada 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 funti. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Ljubitelji muškarce stigao u
On July 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