Historian i sporteve luftarake dhe artist luftarak
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Të enjten, Shkurt 26, 1903, Jack Johnson mbrojti kampionatin e tij botëror të boksit të peshave të rënda me ngjyra kundër të pamposhturit Sam McVey. McVey solli një 6-0 rekord me gjashtë nokaut në ndeshjen e kampionatit. Meqenëse promovuesit e boksit refuzuan t'i linin luftëtarët me ngjyrë të konkurronin për Kampionatin Botëror të Boksit për Pesha të rënda, boksierët më të mirë në fund të shekullit luftuan për Botën e Ngjyrë
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. Megjithatë, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Luftimet profesionale në shekullin e 19-të gëzonin një reputacion të dobët jashtë
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 vjet, 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
Në mars 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
Në korrik 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.” Edhe pse Georges Carpentier
Ne Janar 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, e merr atë
Tom Allen ka lindur në Birmingham, Anglia, por luftoi disa nga luftimet e tij më të famshme në Amerikë. Në 1867, Allen u zhvendos në St. Louis, qyteti më i madh në perëndim të Misisipit. Allen nuk u largua kurrë dhe do të përdorte St. Louis si bazën e tij në shtëpi për t'u stërvitur për ndeshjet e çmimeve. Allen luftoi kryesisht në ndeshjet e çmimeve me gishta të zhveshur siç nuk do të ishte boksi amerikan
Në nëntor 30, 1871, një turmë e madhe burrash hipën në dhjetë makina hekurudhore në New Orleans, Hekurudha celulare dhe Teksasi ndërsa ndaloi në Canal Street në New Orleans, Louisiana. Treni vazhdoi për në Stacionin Montgomery pranë Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, ku turma la shiun dhe mori rrugën drejt pyllit. Një procesion kaq i çuditshëm
Në tetor 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 £. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fansat e të dy burrave mbërritën
Në korrik 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 në 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