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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
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. Tom qab
Xyoo 19914, Ob prizefighters thiab duelists coj kom zoo dua cov sandbar Islands tuaj hauv tus dej Mississippi dej, nyob ib ncig ntawm St. Louis, Missouri, tuav prizefights los yog duels. Tub ceev xwm muaj frowned rau duels rau cov tuag nyob rau hauv tej qhov chaw. Txawm li cas los, Illinois thiab Missouri kuj outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island nyob nruab nrab ntawm tus dej Mississippi river north of Downtown St.
Txog hnub plaub, Cuaj hlis 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended nws ntiaj teb Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship tiv thaiv koj txog haujlwm Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, Muas thaum chiv thawj ntawm Birmingham, Hais, tswm nyob St. Louis, Missouri. Allen nws thiaj li los ua ib tug neeg. Citizen. Allen tsom ib pugnacious cwm pwm, sab nraum lub nplhaib, Ua haib tsiaj ntawm cov txiv neej ntaus pob ncaws pob nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas. Allen tshwj xeeb tshaj yog irritated
Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub rau hli ntuj 10, 1910, Ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought nws kawg sib ntaus tus unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel muaj cleared tawm tus middleweight faib, Ces boxing promoters struggled nrhiav suitable sib txeeb rau Ketchel. Ntawm xwb 24 xyoo, Ketchel nyob nyuaj thiab fought lossi yuav ua tau ib breakdown thaum ntxov ntawm nws lub cev. Tom qab ntaus Smith, Ketchel npaj siab rau
Nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 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
Tsis muaj leej twg muab kom zoo dua qhov kev txiav txim siab tsis muaj kev txiav txim siab era ntawm kev boxing xws li Battling Levinsky. Levinsky yog ib tug skilled defensive boxer, Leej twg muab me ntsis puas thaum nws fights. Thaum Ring Magazine nug nws vim li cas nws thiaj li dhia, qee zaus noj 3 fights nyob rau hauv ib hnub nyob Ib ncig ntawm New York, Levinsky hais tias, “Kuv nyiam nyiaj thiab kuv yeej tsis tau mob.” Levinsky yog
Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 17, 1897, tam sim no ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Corbett nkag mus rau lub nplhaib boxing ntawm lub zos Carson, Nevada. Corbett muag rau kev sib tw ntawm tus middleweight boxing tau zus ib Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett nkag mus ua tus nyiam enjoying ob lub yuav luag nees nkaum phaus luj kom zoo dua thiab slick boxing txawj. “Ruddy Robert” raws li Fitzsimmons tau tej zaum kuj paub lub ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing Championship nyob hauv yeej lawm
Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 2, 1921 hauv lub zos tsho, New Jersey, reigning ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib Jack Dempsey ntsib lub teeb heavyweight boxing vaj ntxwv Georges Carpentier. Kiv cua boxing ntawd sib sau kom muaj kev tshwm sim uas yuav ua rau tus thawj duas lab rooj vag nyob hauv keeb kwm boxing. Ntais ntawv yuav pom cov laus boxing adage, “Ib tug txiv neej loj zoo ib txwm neeg ntaus tau ib tug zoo txiv neej me ntsis.” Even though Georges Carpentier
Saum ntuj 11, 1900, Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Jeffries fought nws tus tswv James J. Corbett. Corbett nyob rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship nyob hauv lub 1890s thaum ntxov. Corbett ntiav cov Jeffires kom nws npaj rau nws npe challengers powerfully built. Jeffries mus xeem yeej lub qab ntuj npe los ntawm tus txiv neej, leej twg tuav Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
Tus ob peb yog tus paub txog qhov prizefighter liaj Ryan tej zaum paub nws li John L. Sullivan kev tsim txom. Sullivan tuav Ryan rau lub Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship rau 1882. Ryan yog fighter zoo rau nws tus kheej kom ho. Ryan yug rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 15, 1851 nyob rau hauv Ireland. Nws tsev neeg mus Troy emigrated, New York. Ryan was known through out his