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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional boxing contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
“Phem heev” Terry McGovern tau ib lub koob npe nrov ua ib tug tus punchers haib tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv keeb kwm ntawm cov chav haujlwm Mental sib zog ntawm kev boxing. McGovern weighed ntawm 112 thiab 126 phaus. Tsis zoo li tus koj txog haujlwm me fighters, leej twg overwhelmed nws tw nrog xuas nrig ntaus ntim, McGovern khoom fais fab exceptional knockout. McGovern proved nws lub hwj huam rau hnub, Cuaj hlis 12, 1899, when he fought British
Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 7, 1882, John L. Sullivan fought Ryan liaj rau title, uas tau yeej tus American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship, tiam sis tej zaum tsis lub ntiaj teb Title nws tshawb tau li. Nyob rau hauv 1880, Liaj ia Ryan yeej lub npe nyob rau hauv kev sib ntaus thawj thiab tsuas nqi zog nws ua ntej txojkev lub hwjchim liamhim puncher Sullivan. Cov txiv neej uas tau ntsib hauv Mississippi River City, Mississippi around
Tom qab Jack Johnson pib tau tau zus ib, uas tsis muaj zog contenders los pej xeem siab rau mount ntawm James J. Jeffires, cov tau zus ib tus txijnkawm heavyweight, kom tas mus. nws laus thiab tua Johnson. Jeffries twb yog tus thawj thiab credible feem ntau ntawm cov “Vam cia dawb” contenders. Nyob rau hauv nws cov prime, Jeffries tej zaum tsis tau tuav Johnson. Tom 35 xyoos thiab ze li ntawm 300
Nyob rau hnub tim 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette ntsib ntiaj teb dawb lias Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib Sam McVey rau lub npe nyob rau hauv kev sib ntaus ntawm tas. Ua ntej lub classic bout yog tag, cov txiv neej yuav box rau 49 muab suav dua 3 teev thiab 30 feeb. Ntawm lub ob hlis ntuj 5, 1903, Thaum twg nws yeej “Denver” Ed Martin rau hlis ntuj nqeg 26, 1908, Thauj tw
Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 5, 1900, 4 hnub ua ntej ib showdown nrog Bantamweight Boxing tau zus ib Terry McGovern, Featherweight ntiaj teb Boxing tau zus ib George Dixon tsim ib tug ntawv tshaj tawm rau ntsawj txias heev ntawm tag nrho nws los ntawm UFW nqaj qaum. Dixon tshaj tawm uas yeej los yog raug txiav ceg, nws yuav tsum retiring los ntawm lub nplhaib tom qab lub bout nrog McGovern. Qhov kawg tshaj ib tug neeg saib xyuas xav mloog ua ntej ib
John L. Sullivan muaj dominated ntiv nplhaib nqi zog thaum nws cov hauj lwm. Possessing ntaubntawv uas 40 yeej xwb, tsis muaj losses thiab ob draws, “Tus Boston muaj zog tub” txawm yog invincible. Sullivan yeej lub ntiaj teb championship rau 1882 thiab dispensed tag nrho challengers culminating nrog rau kev sib ntaus ntawm lub xyoo pua Nineteenth nrog Jake Kilrain. Tom qab defeating Kilrain nyob rau hauv qhov kev bout epic, John L.
Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 22, 1918, former World Bantamweight and Featherweight Boxing Champion “Terrible” Terry McGovern died in New York City’s Kings County Hospital. McGovern checked in a few days earlier with what McGovern thought was a severe upper respiratory infection. Txawm li cas los, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.
Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) nyob rau hnub tim 17, 1942. Zasu Pitts stars as Aunt Emma Bates. In her youth, Aunt Emma was engaged to up-and-coming professional fighter Jim O’Banion. Her sister didn’t approve of the match, so they sent her on a trip to break up the couple. Aunt Emma regretted it and starts following the career
John L. Sullivan yog tus nqi zog hauv heavyweight ntaus tau tau zus ib. Nws transitioned nqi zog ntaus ntawm cov yas tes mus khaws era rau niaj hnub boxing raws li cov kev cai Marquis ntawm Queensbury los tsis kam mus tua nyob yam li tsis-los bouts. Ua ntej nws cog lus no, nws coj ib feem nyob hauv qhov kev sib ntaus ntawm lub xyoo pua puv 19 nrog ntawm Jake Kilrain formidable. Jake Kilrain was
Sam McVey laj laj tus tsis muaj sij hawm rau dub fighters hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thaum lub xyoo pua Twentieth thaum ntxov. Txiav txim tawm mus rau cov teb chaws Europe hauv McVey 1907, qhov uas nws fought mus txog 1911. McVey fought hauv Australia peb ntau xyoo ua ntej rov mus rau teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas. Qhov highlight hais zaj duab xis ntawm Fabkis nyob 1911 nrog “Battling” Jim Johnson shows