Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
On Thursday, Február 26, 1903, Jack Johnson obhájil svoje majstrovstvá sveta v farebnom boxe v ťažkej váhe proti neporazenému Samovi McVeymu. McVey priniesol a 6-0 rekord so šiestimi knockoutmi v majstrovskom zápase. Keďže propagátori boxu odmietli nechať čiernych bojovníkov súťažiť o majstrovstvá sveta v boxe v ťažkej váhe, najlepší boxeri na prelome storočí bojovali o World 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. Však, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionálne boje v 19. storočí sa mimo neho tešili zlej povesti
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 rokov, 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
Marca 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
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.” Aj keď Georges 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, berie ho
Tom Allen sa narodil v Birminghame, Anglicko, ale niektoré zo svojich najznámejších zápasov odohral v Amerike. V 1867, Allen sa presťahoval do St. Louis, najväčšie mesto západne od Mississippi. Allen nikdy neodišiel a použil by St. Louis ako svoju domovskú základňu na trénovanie na zápasy o ceny. Allen bojoval väčšinou v zápasoch na holých kolenách, ako by americký box nebol
Novembra 30, 1871, veľký zástup mužov nastúpil do desiatich železničných vagónov na New Orleans, Mobilná a Texaská železnica, keď sa zastavila na Canal Street v New Orleans, Louisiana. Vlak pokračoval na stanicu Montgomery neďaleko Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, kde dav opustil dážď a vydal sa do lesa. Taký zvláštny sprievod
Októbra 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 libier. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Prišli fanúšikovia oboch mužov
On July 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 na 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