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Posts about combat sports history from 1870 to 1930.
Nan Madi, Janvye 19, 1909, Doktè. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Doktè. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
In this post, which was previously a podcast, we will discuss the epic sixty-one round draw between James J. Corbett and Peter Jackson in 1891. This bout prepared Corbett for his successful challenge of John L. Sullivan in 1892. Main Content – Sou Mas 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Chanpyona mondyal Sullivan a te kraze koulè a
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: Wrèstle a pi pè nan 19yèm syèk la. Evan Lewis te yon ekspè soumèt kalifye pandan epòk la lejitim lit pwofesyonèl byenke li te t 'pran pati nan yon koup planifye davans alimèt. Nan mwa janvye 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “trangle Sorakichi pou
For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, lè yo te kanpe nan yon
Sam McVey fatige nan mank nan opòtinite pou konbatan nwa nan Etazini yo pandan bonè ventyèm syèk la. McVey deside kite pou Ewòp nan 1907, kote li t'ap goumen jouk 1911. McVey goumen nan Ostrali pou twa plis ane anvan yo tounen nan Etazini yo. Sa a fim rekò kout soti nan France nan 1911 ak “Ap batay” Jim Johnson shows
Sou Desanm 8, 1903, Sam Langford goumen reliant ki lejè chanpyon nan boksè nan pwovens li kote l nan Boston, Massachusetts. Anvan yo fè batay Langford, pi ekspè boksè te santi Joe Gans pa t 'ka bat nan yon bout lejitim. Li te fèt nan Baltimore, Maryland, Gans te kapab kraze baryè a pa genyen koulè Mondyal lejè boksè chanpyona a. Sam Langford is often considered
John Morrissey claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in a controversial bout with Yankee Sullivan in October 1853. After beating a murder charge for his participation in the murder of Bill “The Butcher” Poole, Morrissey decided to defend his title against John C. Heenan, “the Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey defeated Heenan in the October 1858 bout held in
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” nan St. Louis during the 1904 San Patipri Mondyal la. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “the Benicia Boy”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. Li te antre tou kòm youn nan