Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Ceturtdien, Februāris 26, 1903, Džeks Džonsons aizstāvēja savu pasaules krāsaino boksa čempionātu smagajā svarā pret nepārspējamo Semu Makveju. Makvijs atnesa a 6-0 rekords ar sešiem nokautiem čempionāta mačā. Tā kā boksa popularizētāji atteicās ļaut melnādainajiem cīnītājiem sacensties par pasaules čempionātu boksa smagajā svarā, gadsimtu mijas labākie bokseri cīnījās par Pasaules krāsaino
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. Tomēr, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionālās cīņas 19. gadsimtā baudīja sliktu reputāciju ārpus tās
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 gadiem, 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
Martā 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
Jūlijā 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.” Pat ja Džordžs Kārpantjē
Janvārī 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, paņem viņu
Toms Allens dzimis Birmingemā, Anglijā, bet dažas no savām slavenākajām cīņām aizvadīja Amerikā. Uz 1867, Allens pārcēlās uz Sv. Louis, lielākā pilsēta uz rietumiem no Misisipi. Allens nekad neaizbrauca un izmantos Sv. Luiss ir viņa mājas bāze, lai trenētos cīņām par godu. Allen fought mostly in bare knuckle prizefights as American boxing would not be
Novembrī 30, 1871, liels vīriešu pūlis Ņūorleānā iekāpa desmit dzelzceļa vagonos, Mobilais un Teksasas dzelzceļš, kad tas apstājās Kanālstrītā Ņūorleānā, Louisiana. Vilciens turpināja ceļu uz Montgomeri staciju netālu no Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, kur pūlis atstāja lietu un devās mežā. Tāds dīvains gājiens
Oktobrī 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 mārciņas. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Ieradās abu vīriešu fani
Jūlijā 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 līdz 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