Историчар борбених спортова и борилачки уметник
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
On Thursday, Фебруар 26, 1903, Џек Џонсон је одбранио своје светско првенство у боји у тешкој категорији против непораженог Сема Меквеја. МцВеи је донео а 6-0 рекорд са шест нокаута у првенственом мечу. Пошто су боксерски промотери одбили да дозволе црним борцима да се такмиче за Светско првенство у боксу у тешкој категорији, најбољи боксери на прелому века борили су се за свет обојених
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. <Спан ббок_к = "289" ббок_и = "553" ббок_в = "56" ббок_х = "20" фсизе = "14" фвеигхт = "3" црвено = "255" зелено = "255" плави = "255" алфа = ", before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Професионалне борбе у 19. веку уживале су лошу репутацију изван
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 године, 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
На 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.” Иако Жорж Карпентијер
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, узима га
Том Ален је рођен у Бирмингему, Енглеској, али је водио неке од својих најпознатијих борби у Америци. У 1867, Ален се преселио у Ст. Лоуис, највећи град западно од Мисисипија. Ален никада није отишао и користио би Ст. Лоуису као својој матичној бази за обуку за наградне борбе. Ален се борио углавном у борбама голим зглобовима, као што амерички бокс не би био
Новембра 30, 1871, велика гомила мушкараца укрцала се у десет вагона на Њу Орлеансу, Мобилна и тексашка пруга док се заустављала у улици Цанал у Њу Орлеансу, Louisiana. Воз је наставио до станице Монтгомери близу Беј Ст. Лоуис, Mississippi, где је гомила оставила кишу и кренула у шуму. Тако чудна поворка
Октобра 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 фунти. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Стигли су навијачи обојице
On July 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 до 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Џефрис. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the