Ahli Sejarah Sukan Pertempuran dan Seniman Mempertahankan Diri
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Pada hari Rabu, 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. Walau bagaimanapun, 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. After
Semasa abad ke-19, kedua-dua pemenang hadiah dan pemenang bertanding mengambil kesempatan daripada pulau-pulau pasir di Sungai Mississippi, sekitar St. Louis, Missouri, untuk mengadakan pertarungan hadiah atau duel. Pihak berkuasa telah mengerutkan kening dalam pertarungan hingga maut di mana-mana lokasi. Walau bagaimanapun, kedua-dua Illinois dan Missouri juga mengharamkan perebutan hadiah. Pulau Berdarah di tengah-tengah Sungai Mississippi di utara Downtown St.
Pada hari Khamis, September 7, 1876, Tom Allen mempertahankan Kejohanan Pertarungan Hadiah Bare Knuckle Heavyweight Dunianya menentang rakan senegara Inggeris Joe Goss. Allen, berasal dari Birmingham, England, menetap di St. Louis, Missouri. Allen akhirnya menjadi A.S. Warganegara. Allen menunjukkan personaliti yang garang, dalam dan luar gelanggang, menjadikan musuh yang kuat di kalangan lelaki sukan di Amerika Syarikat. Allen sangat jengkel
Pada abad ke-19, 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
Pada hari Jumaat, Jun 10, 1910, Juara Tinju Middleweight Dunia Stanley Ketchel bertarung dalam pertarungan terakhirnya menentang Jim Smith yang tidak digembar-gemburkan. Ketchel telah membersihkan bahagian middleweight, jadi penganjur tinju bergelut untuk mencari persaingan yang sesuai untuk Ketchel. At only 24 lama tahun, Ketchel hidup susah dan bertarung secara berterusan menyebabkan kerosakan awal badannya. Selepas melawan Smith, Ketchel berniat untuk
John L. Sullivan adalah peralihan heavyweight hadiah juara pertempuran. 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
Pada bulan Mac 1893, akhbar-akhbar di seluruh negara menyiarkan kisah cadangan perlawanan antara juara tinju kelas berat ringan dunia semasa Jack McAuliffe dan pengajar tinju Saint Louis Mike Mooney. Walaupun perlawanan itu kelihatan ganjil kerana Mooney adalah pencabar yang dipandang ringan, tarikan daripada $2500 sebelah mungkin yang membawa juara ke meja. Dilaraskan
Pada hari Selasa, Januari 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
On August 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