Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Ve středu, Duben 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. Však, 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
When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. Po
V průběhu 19. stol, jak vítězové, tak duelanti využili písečných ostrovů v řece Mississippi, kolem sv. Louis, Missouri, pořádat souboje o ceny nebo duely. Úřady se mračily na souboje k smrti na jakémkoli místě. Však, Illinois a Missouri také zakázaly souboje o ceny. Krvavý ostrov uprostřed řeky Mississippi severně od Downtown St.
Ve čtvrtek, Září 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, England, settled in St. Louis, Missouri. Allen eventually became a U.S. Citizen. Allen showed a pugnacious personality, inside and outside the ring, making powerful enemies amongst the sporting men in the United States. Allen particularly irritated
V 19. stol, 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
V pátek, Červen 10, 1910, Mistr světa v boxu ve střední váze Stanley Ketchel svedl svůj poslední zápas proti neohlášenému Jimu Smithovi. Ketchel vyklidil střední váhu, takže propagátoři boxu se snažili najít vhodnou konkurenci pro Ketchela. At only 24 let, Ketchel žil tvrdě a neustále bojoval, což způsobilo brzké zhroucení jeho těla. Po boji se Smithem, Ketchel to zamýšlel
John L. Sullivan byl přechodný těžké váze cena bojování šampion. 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
V březnu 1893, newspapers across the country carried the story of a proposed match between current world light heavyweight boxing champion Jack McAuliffe and Saint Louis boxing instructor Mike Mooney. Although the match would seem odd because Mooney was such a lightly regarded challenger, the lure of $2500 a side is probably what brought the champion to the table. Adjusted
V úterý, Leden 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, Seattle lékař a pro zápasník, který byl dost dobrý, aby vyhrál americkou Heavyweight šampionát, nevysvětlitelně rozhodl se vyzkoušet jeho umění u profesionálního boxu. Jeho soupeř byl přítel a sparing partnera, “Denver” Ed Martin, kdo by vyhrál Barevný svět Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
Srpna 11, 1915, současný mistr světa v barevném boxu v těžké váze Sam McVey se v Bostonu utkal se Sandy Fergusonem, Massachusetts v tělocvičně Atlas Athletic Association. McVey bojoval v době, kdy promotéři zmrazili všechny afroamerické boxery, kromě velkého Jacka Johnsona, z bojů o mistrovství světa. McVey porazil většinu ostatních velkých černých bojovníků tohoto