Category: Bare Knuckle Prizefighting and Pro Boxing History

Sa Huwebes, Pebrero 26, 1903, Ipinagtanggol ni Jack Johnson ang kanyang World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship laban sa walang talo na si Sam McVey. May dala si McVey a 6-0 record na may anim na knockout sa championship match. Dahil ang mga tagataguyod ng boksing ay tumanggi na hayaan ang mga Black fighters na makipagkumpetensya para sa World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, ang pinakamahusay na mga boksingero sa paligid ng pagliko ng Siglo ay nakipaglaban para sa World Colored

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Sa Marso 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

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Sa Hulyo 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.” Kahit na si Georges Carpentier

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Sa Hulyo 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 upang 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

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