Историк боевых видов спорта и боец
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
On Thursday, Февраль 26, 1903, Джек Джонсон защитил свой титул чемпиона мира по боксу среди цветных в супертяжелом весе против непобежденного Сэма Маквея.. Маквей принес 6-0 рекорд с шестью нокаутами в матче чемпионата. Поскольку промоутеры бокса отказались позволить чернокожим бойцам соревноваться за титул чемпиона мира по боксу в супертяжелом весе., лучшие боксеры начала века сражались за цветных мира
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. <Промежуток bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" FSIZE = "14" fweight = "3" красный = "255" зеленый = "255" синий = "255" альфа = ", before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Профессиональные бои в XIX веке пользовались плохой репутацией за пределами
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 лет, 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
Марта 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Невада. 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
On 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.” Хотя Жорж Карпентье
Января 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, берет его
Том Аллен родился в Бирмингеме, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. В 1867, Allen moved to St. Луис, the largest city west of the Mississippi. Allen never left and would use St. Louis as his home base to train for prizefights. Allen fought mostly in bare knuckle prizefights as American boxing would not be
Ноября 30, 1871, большая толпа мужчин села на десять железнодорожных вагонов Нового Орлеана., Мобайл и Техасская железная дорога, остановившаяся на Канал-стрит в Новом Орлеане., Луизиана. Поезд продолжил путь до станции Монтгомери возле Бэй-стрит.. Луис, Mississippi, где толпа оставила дождь и направилась в лес. Такая странная процессия
Октября 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Массачусетс. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 фунты. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Приехали поклонники обоих мужчин.
On July 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 для 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