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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Txog hnub plaub, Lub ob hlis ntuj 26, 1903, Jack Johnson defended his World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship against the undefeated Sam McVey. McVey brought a 6-0 record with six knockouts into the championship match. Since boxing promoters refused to let Black fighters compete for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the best boxers around the turn of the Century fought for the World Colored
Nyob rau thaum lub peb hlis ntuj 1873, yas tes mus khaws prizefighter Ned “Cov Irish loj heev” O'Baldwin yog npaj rau ib tug neeg match nrog Jem Mace, uas tau thov lub ntiaj teb mus khaws khauj tsiav Prizefighting Championship. Txawm li cas los, ua ntej O'Baldwin yuav fim Mace, nws txais kev pab raws li muaj ob tus phooj ywg thiab koj txog haujlwm hu ua Hicken prizefighter. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of
Tom qab thaj tsam 9 fights ib xyoos li yav tag los 7 xyoo, Ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing tau zus ib Stanley “Tus neeg tua neeg Michigan” Ketchel nyob sab lim. Ketchel muab ib so ntawm Missouri ranch ntawm nws cov phooj ywg R Vws. P. Dickerson nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev los tsam lub cav muab nws lub zog thiab tej yam txaus siab rau cov. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 17, 1897, tam sim no ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Corbett nkag mus rau lub nplhaib boxing ntawm lub zos Carson, Nevada. Corbett muag rau kev sib tw ntawm tus middleweight boxing tau zus ib Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett nkag mus ua tus nyiam enjoying ob lub yuav luag nees nkaum phaus luj kom zoo dua thiab slick boxing txawj. “Ruddy Robert” raws li Fitzsimmons tau tej zaum kuj paub lub ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing Championship nyob hauv yeej lawm
Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 2, 1921 hauv lub zos tsho, New Jersey, reigning ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib Jack Dempsey ntsib lub teeb heavyweight boxing vaj ntxwv Georges Carpentier. Kiv cua boxing ntawd sib sau kom muaj kev tshwm sim uas yuav ua rau tus thawj duas lab rooj vag nyob hauv keeb kwm boxing. Ntais ntawv yuav pom cov laus boxing adage, “Ib tug txiv neej loj zoo ib txwm neeg ntaus tau ib tug zoo txiv neej me ntsis.” Even though Georges Carpentier
Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 26, 1934, United nyuab tso Palooka (1934), ib feature zaj duab xis le nrov comic sawb. Stuart Erwin plays Joe Palooka tab sis Jimmy Durante steals tus yeeb yam ua nws tus nai Knobby Walsh. Joe Palooka yog tus tub ntawm ntiaj teb qub boxing tau zus ib Pete Palooka. Thaum Joe yog ib tug me nyuam, nws niam Mayme, ua si los Marjorie Rambeau, takes him
Tom Allen yug hauv Birmingham, Hais tab sis fought ib txhia nws nto moo tshaj fights hauv America. Nyob rau hauv 1867, Allen nyuam qhuav txav los rau St. Louis, Lub nroog coob hnub poob ntawm lub Mississippipi. Allen yeej tsis tshuav thiab yuav siv St. Louis raws li nws lub tsev puag los qhia rau prizefights. Allen fought feem coob nyob rau hauv bare knuckle prizefights li American boxing yuav tsis tau
Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 30, 1871, Ib pawg neeg coob ntawm txiv neej boarded kaum rail tsheb rau lub New Orleans, Mobile thiab Texas railroad raws li nws tso tseg tsis rau txoj kev Canal hauv New Orleans, Louisiana. Lub tsheb ciav hlau txuas rau Montgomery chaw nres tsheb nyob ze Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Qhov twg pawg neeg tshuav cov nag thiab ua lawv txoj kev mus rau hauv cov tim hav zoov lawm. Tej tus txheej txheem khib nyiab
Nyob rau lub kaum hli ntuj 29, 1868, “Irish loj heev” Ned O'Baldwin thiab prizefighter Hmong Joe Wormald ntsib hauv yas tes mus khaws nqi zog-sib ntaus saab nrau Boston hauv Lynnville, Massachusetts. O'Baldwin sawv 6’06” siab thiab weighed ib ncig 220 phaus. Khoom ntawm ib tug tsausmuag maag, O'Baldwin muaj tus cwj pwm zoo meej rau lub nplhaib tiam sis tsis kev txawj saab nrau nws. Kiv cua ntawm ob tug txiv neej los txog hauv
Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 3, 1905, Marvin Hart nkag mus kev sib ntaus hauv lub ntiaj teb uas tsis muaj npe ua ib tug 3 mus 1 underdog. Jack cag uas yuav muaj thawj lub teeb heavyweight championship yog cov nyiam kom ua tiav cov nyuam qhuav retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries yuav referee no npe match muab nws. Marvin Hart twb nyuam qhuav raug ntaus Jack Johnson. Widely considered the