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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Merkrede, Aprilo 27, 1910, reganta monda meza peza boksanta ĉampiono Stanley Ketchel batalis ses-rondon, Ne-titola matĉo kun afrik-usona boksisto Sam Langford. Langford estas unu el la plej grandaj boksistoj de ĉiuj tempoj. Tamen, 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. Post kiam
Dum la 19-a jarcento, kaj premiobatalantoj kaj duelistoj ekspluatis la sablobenkinsulojn en la Misisipo, ĉirkaŭ St. Louis, Misuro, okazigi premibatalojn aŭ duelojn. Aŭtoritatoj sulkigis duelojn ĝismorte en iu ajn loko. Tamen, kaj Ilinojso kaj Misurio ankaŭ malpermesis premibatalon. Bloody Island en la mezo de la Misisipo ĵus norde de Downtown St.
#?A?de, septembra 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, Anglio, settled in St. Louis, Misuro. 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
En la 19-a jarcento, 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
Vendrede, Junio 10, 1910, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought his last fight against unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel has cleared out the middleweight division, so boxing promoters struggled to find suitable competition for Ketchel. Ĉe nura 24 Jaroj malnova, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
John L. Sullivan estis la transira superpezula premio batalanta ĉampionon. 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
En marto 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
Marde, Januaro 19, 1909, D-ro. Benjamin Rulilo, Seatla kuracisto kaj profesia luktisto kiu estis bona sufiĉa gajni la amerikan Superpezulan Ĉampionecon, Neklarigeble decidita provi lian manon ĉe profesia bokso. Lia oponanto estis amiko kaj disputada partnero, “Denver” Ed Martin, Kiu gajnus la Kolorita Mondan Superpezulan Bokson Ĉampioneco. D-ro. Benjamin Franklin Roller estis unika atleto
Sur aŭgusto 11, 1915, current World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey fought Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts at the Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey fought in an era where promoters froze out all the African American boxers, except the great Jack Johnson, from fighting for the world championship. McVey defeated most of the other great Black fighters of this