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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Nan Jedi, Fevriye 26, 1903, Jack Johnson te defann chanpyona mondyal boksè pwa lou li a kont Sam McVey enfèt. McVey te pote yon 6-0 dosye ak sis knockouts nan match chanpyona a. Depi pwomotè boksè yo te refize kite konbatan Nwa yo konpetisyon pou chanpyona mondyal boksè pwa lou, bokseur yo pi byen alantou vire nan Syèk la te goumen pou Mondyal la ki gen koulè
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. Sepandan, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Batay pwofesyonèl nan 19yèm syèk la te jwi yon repitasyon pòv deyò nan
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 ane, 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
Sou Mas 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
Sou Jiye 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.” Menmsi Georges Carpentier
Nan mwa janvye 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, pran li
Tom Allen te fèt nan Birmingham, Angletè men li te goumen kèk nan batay ki pi popilè li nan Amerik la. Nan 1867, Allen demenaje ale rete nan St. Louis, pi gwo vil nan lwès Mississippi la. Allen pa janm kite e li ta sèvi ak St. Louis kòm baz lakay li pou antrene pou prizefights. Allen te goumen sitou nan prizefights toutouni kòm boksè Ameriken pa ta dwe
Sou Novanm 30, 1871, yon gwo foul moun te monte dis machin tren sou New Orleans, Mobil ak Texas ray tren jan li te kanpe sou Canal Street nan New Orleans, Louisiana. Tren an te kontinye ale nan Montgomery Station toupre Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, kote foul moun yo kite lapli a epi yo fè wout yo nan Woods yo. Yon pwosesyon enpè konsa
Sou Oktòb 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 liv. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fanatik tou de mesye yo te rive
Sou Jiye 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