Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Op Woensdag, April 27, 1910, reigning World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought a six-round, non-title match with African American boxer Sam Langford. Langford is one of the greatest boxers of all-time. Egter, Langford found himself frozen out of world title fights by promoters and boxers adhering to the “color line.” Promoters and boxers used the “color line” to prevent
Toe die groot Jack Johnson Tommy Burns vir die Wêreld-swaargewigbokskampioenskap verslaan het, die boksonderneming het begin soek na 'n "wit hoop" om Johnson te verslaan. In desperaatheid om iemand te vind om Johnson te verslaan, promotors en sportskrywers het die voormalige Wêreld-swaargewigkampioen James J. Jeffries om sy aftrede te beëindig om met Johnson te veg. Jeffries het onoorwonne uitgetree in 1905. After
During the 19th century, both prizefighters and duelists took advantage of the sandbar islands in the Mississippi River, around St. Louis, Missouri, to hold prizefights or duels. Authorities have frowned on duels to the death in any location. Egter, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.
On Thursday, September 7, 1876, Tom Allen het sy Wêreld Swaargewig Bare Knuckle-prysvegkampioenskap teen mede-Engelsman Joe Goss verdedig. Allen, oorspronklik van Birmingham, Engeland, gevestig in St. Louis, Missouri. Allen het uiteindelik 'n V.S. Burger. Allen het 'n strydende persoonlikheid getoon, binne en buite die ring, maak kragtige vyande onder die sportmanne in die Verenigde State. Allen veral geïrriteerd
In the 19th century, most states banned bare-knuckled prizefighting and professional gloved boxing. Police often arrested fighter, managers, and promoters to stop prizefighting. A unique aspect of geography turned St. Louis into an ideal fight venue to get around the authorities’s activity to stop professional prizefighting. In the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, the river’s current created a handful
Op Vrydag, Junie 10, 1910, Wêreld-middelgewigbokskampioen Stanley Ketchel het sy laaste geveg teen die ongekende Jim Smith geveg. Ketchel het die middelgewigafdeling uitgeskakel, dus het bokspromotors gesukkel om geskikte kompetisie vir Ketchel te vind. Slegs 24 jaar oud, Ketchel het hard gelewe en geveg wat voortdurend 'n vroeë afbreek van sy liggaam veroorsaak het. Nadat hy met Smith geveg het, Ketchel was van plan om
John L. Sullivan was die oorgang swaargewig prys veg kampioen. He transitioned prize fighting from the bare knuckle era to modern boxing under the Marquis of Queensbury rules by refusing to fight in any more non-gloved bouts. Before he made this pledge, he took part in the Fight of the 19th Century with the formidable Jake Kilrain. Jake Kilrain was
In March 1893, koerante regoor die land het die storie gedra van 'n voorgestelde wedstryd tussen huidige wêreld-ligswaargewigbokskampioen Jack McAuliffe en Saint Louis-boksinstrukteur Mike Mooney. Alhoewel die wedstryd vreemd sou lyk omdat Mooney so 'n ligte uitdager was, die lok van $2500 'n kant is waarskynlik wat die kampioen na die tafel gebring het. Aangepas
Op Dinsdag, Januarie 19, 1909, Dr. 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. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
Augustus 11, 1915, huidige wêreldkleurige swaargewigbokskampioen, Sam McVey, het met Sandy Ferguson in Boston geveg, Massachusetts by die Atlas Athletic Association-gimnasium. McVey het geveg in 'n era waar promotors al die Afro-Amerikaanse boksers uitgevries het, behalwe die groot Jack Johnson, om vir die wêreldkampioenskap te veg. McVey het die meeste van die ander groot Swart vegters hiervan verslaan