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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Pada hari Kamis, Februari 26, 1903, Jack Johnson mempertahankan Kejuaraan Tinju Kelas Berat Berwarna Dunia melawan Sam McVey yang tak terkalahkan. McVey membawa a 6-0 rekor dengan enam KO dalam pertandingan kejuaraan. Karena promotor tinju menolak membiarkan petarung kulit hitam berkompetisi untuk Kejuaraan Tinju Kelas Berat Dunia, petinju terbaik pada pergantian abad berjuang demi Dunia Berwarna
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. However, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Pertarungan profesional di abad ke-19 memiliki reputasi yang buruk di luar dunia
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 tahun, 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
Pada bulan Maret 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
Pada tanggal 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.” Meskipun Georges Carpentier
Pada Januari 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, membawanya
Tom Allen lahir di Birmingham, Inggris tetapi melakukan beberapa pertarungannya yang paling terkenal di Amerika. Di 1867, Allen pindah ke St. Louis, kota terbesar di sebelah barat Mississippi. Allen tidak pernah pergi dan akan menggunakan St. Louis sebagai markasnya untuk berlatih memperebutkan hadiah. Allen sebagian besar bertarung dalam pertarungan hadiah bare knuckle karena tinju Amerika tidak akan melakukannya
Pada November 30, 1871, sekelompok besar pria menaiki sepuluh gerbong di New Orleans, Kereta api Mobile dan Texas saat berhenti di Canal Street di New Orleans, Louisiana. Kereta melanjutkan perjalanan ke Stasiun Montgomery dekat Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, dimana kerumunan meninggalkan hujan dan berjalan menuju hutan. Prosesi yang aneh
Pada Oktober 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 pon. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Penggemar kedua pria itu berdatangan
Pada tanggal 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 untuk 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