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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Četrtek, Februar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson je branil svoj naslov svetovnega prvaka v obarvanem boksu v težki kategoriji proti neporaženemu Samu McVeyu. McVey je prinesel a 6-0 rekord s šestimi nokavti na prvenstveni tekmi. Ker so boksarski promotorji temnopoltim borcem zavrnili tekmovanje za svetovno prvenstvo v boksu v težki kategoriji, najboljši boksarji na prelomu stoletja so se borili za obarvanega sveta
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. Vendar, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionalno bojevanje v 19. stoletju je zunaj uživalo slab ugled
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 let, 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
Julija 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.” Čeprav Georges Carpentier
Januarja 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, ga vzame
Tom Allen se je rodil v Birminghamu, Angliji, vendar se je nekaj svojih najbolj znanih bojev boril v Ameriki. V 1867, Allen se je preselil v St. Louis, največje mesto zahodno od Mississippija. Allen ni nikoli odšel in bi uporabil St. Louis kot svojo domačo bazo za trening za borbe za nagrade. Allen se je večinoma boril v borbah z golimi členki, saj ameriški boks ne bi bil
Novembra 30, 1871, velika množica moških se je vkrcala na deset železniških vagonov na New Orleansu, Mobilna in teksaška železnica, ko se je ustavila na ulici Canal Street v New Orleansu, Louisiana. Vlak je nadaljeval pot do postaje Montgomery blizu Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, kjer je množica pustila dež in se podala v gozd. Tako čudna procesija
Oktobra 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 funtov. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Prišli so oboževalci obeh moških
Julija 3, 1905, Marvin Hart je začel boj za prosto naslov svetovnega prvaka kot 3 za 1 underdog. Jack Root, ki bi bila prva svetloba težka prvenstvo je bil favorit za uspeh nedavno upokojenega James J. Jeffries. Jeffries bi sodnik to naslovno zadetek, ki ga nadomešča. Marvin Hart je pred kratkim pretepli Jack Johnson. Widely considered the