Category: Bare Knuckle Prizefighting and Pro Boxing History

“Terrible” Terry McGovern earned a reputation as one of the most powerful punchers in the history of the lighter divisions of professional boxing. McGovern weighed between 112 และ 126 ปอนด์. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, <ช่วง bbox_x = "324" bbox_y = "509" bbox_w = "53" bbox_h fsize = "17" = "11" fweight = "3" สีแดง = "255" สีเขียว = สีฟ้า "210" = "31" อัลฟา = " 12, 1899, when he fought British

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. ที่ 35 years of age and nearly 300

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เมื่อวันที่ 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 นาที. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “เดนเวอร์” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, เมื่อ

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เมื่อวันที่ 5, 1900, four days before a showdown with Bantamweight Boxing Champion Terry McGovern, Featherweight World Boxing Champion George Dixon made an announcement to chill the spine of all his supporters. Dixon announced that win or lose, he would be retiring from the ring after the bout with McGovern. The last thing a manager wants to hear before a

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จอห์น L. ซัลลิแวนได้ครอบงำแหวนรางวัลในอาชีพของเขา. ถือบันทึกของ 40 ชนะ, การสูญเสียและไม่มีสองดึง, “บอสตันบอยแข็งแกร่ง” ได้รับการพิจารณาอยู่ยงคงกระพัน. ซัลลิแวนได้รับรางวัลการแข่งขันชิงแชมป์โลกใน 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. After defeating Kilrain in this epic bout, จอห์น L.

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On February 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. <ช่วง bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1491" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize fweight = "14" = "3" สีแดง = "255" สีเขียว = "255" สีฟ้า = "255" อัลฟา = ", doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows

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