Certamina ludis Historicus et Martialis Artist
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Die Jovis, February 26, 1903, Jack Johnson suum Mundum Coloratum Gravium pugilatu pugilatum defendit contra invictum Sam McVey. McVey duxit a 6-0 recordarentur cum sex knockouts in pilae par. Cum pugilatu promotores noluerunt dimittere Nigrum pugnatores certatim pro mundo Gravis pugilatu VINDICIAE, optimi pugiles circum vertente saeculo pugnaverunt pro mundo 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. Autem, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 annis, 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, 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
In 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.” Etsi Georgius 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, accipit eum
Tom Allen natus est in Birminghamia, Sed pugnavit Anglia quaedam ex praeliis in America clarissimis. In 1867, Allen ad Sancti. Ludovicus, maxima urbs occidente Mississippi. Allen numquam reliquit et uteretur Sancti. Ludovici domum suam turpem ad praemia certamina instituendi. Allen maxime nudis talorum prizefights pugnavit ut American pugilatu non esset
Novembres 30, 1871, magna hominum turba decem railis cars in New Orleans conscendit, Mobile and Texas railroad as it stood on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tramen pergebat ad stationem Montgomery prope Bay St. Ludovicus, Mississippi, ubi multitudo pluviae relictae in silvas penetraverunt. Tam impar processio
Octobris 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 pondo. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans utriusque venerunt
In July 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 ut 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