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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Nhar il-Ħamis, Frar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson iddefenda l-Kampjonat Dinji tiegħu tal-Boxing Heavyweight tal-Kulur kontra Sam McVey li ma ntlaqatx. McVey ġab a 6-0 rekord b’sitt knockouts fil-partita tal-kampjonat. Peress li l-promoturi tal-boxing irrifjutaw li jħallu lill-ġellieda l-Iswed jikkompetu għall-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Boxing Heavyweight, l-aqwa boxers madwar il-bidu tas-Seklu ġġieldu għad-Dinja Kkulurita
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. Madankollu, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Il-ġlied professjonali fis-Seklu 19 gawda minn reputazzjoni fqira barra minn
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 snin, 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
Dwar Marzu 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
Fuq Lulju 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
Fuq Jannar 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, jeħodlu
Tom Allen twieled f'Birmingham, L-Ingilterra iżda ġġieled xi wħud mill-aktar ġlied famużi tiegħu fl-Amerika. Fil 1867, Allen mar tgħix St. Louis, l-akbar belt fil-punent tal-Mississippi. Allen qatt ma telaq u kien juża St. Louis bħala l-bażi tad-dar tiegħu biex jitħarreġ għall-prizefights. Allen iġġieled l-aktar fil-prizefights bare knuckle kif il-boxing Amerikan ma jkunx
Fuq Novembru 30, 1871, a large crowd of men boarded ten rail cars on the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas railroad as it stopped on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The train continued on to Montgomery Station near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where the crowd left the rain and made their way into the woods. Such an odd procession
Ottubru 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 liri. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Il-partitarji taż-żewġt irġiel waslu fihom
Fuq Lulju 3, 1905, Marvin Hart daħlu fil-ġlieda għat-titlu dinja vakanti bħala 3 li 1 underdog. Jack Root li tkun l-ewwel kampjonat heavyweight dawl kien il-favorit li tirnexxi l-James J reċentement rtirati. Jeffries. Jeffries kieku referì din il-logħba titolu sabiex jissostitwieh. Marvin Hart kienet riċentament imsawwat Jack Johnson. Widely considered the