Harcsporttörténész és harcművész
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Csütörtökön, Február 26, 1903, Jack Johnson megvédte a színes nehézsúlyú ökölvívó világbajnokságot a veretlen Sam McVey ellen. McVey hozott a 6-0 rekordot hat kiütéssel a bajnoki mérkőzésen. Mivel az ökölvívás támogatói nem engedték, hogy fekete harcosok versenyezzenek a nehézsúlyú ökölvívó-világbajnokságért, század fordulójának legjobb bokszolói küzdöttek a Színes Világért
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. Viszont, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. A 19. századi hivatásos harcok ezen kívül rossz hírnévnek örvendtek
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 év, 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
Március 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
Július 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 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, veszi őt
Tom Allen Birminghamben született, Angliában, de leghíresebb csatáit Amerikában vívta. -Ben 1867, Allen St. Louis, a legnagyobb város a Mississippitől nyugatra. Allen soha nem ment el, és a St. Louis az otthoni bázisa, ahol a díjharcokra edz. Allen többnyire csupasz ütőharcokban vívott, ahogy az amerikai bokszban nem
November 30, 1871, férfiak nagy tömege szállt fel tíz vasúti kocsiba New Orleansban, Mobil és texasi vasút, ahogy megállt a New Orleans-i Canal Streeten, Louisiana. A vonat továbbment Montgomery állomásra, a Bay St. közelében. Louis, Mississippi, ahol a tömeg otthagyta az esőt és bement az erdőbe. Olyan furcsa menet
Október 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 font. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Mindkét férfi rajongói megérkeztek
Július 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 a 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