Ketchel redder seg selv

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På fredag, June 10, 1910, Verdensmester i mellomvektboksing, Stanley Ketchel, kjempet sin siste kamp mot den ukjente Jim Smith. Ketchel har ryddet ut mellomvektsdivisjonen, så boksepromotørene slet med å finne passende konkurranse for Ketchel. På bare 24 år gammel, Ketchel levde hardt og kjempet konstant og forårsaket et tidlig sammenbrudd av kroppen hans. Etter å ha kjempet mot Smith, Ketchel hadde tenkt å

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Ketchel Starches Sullivan

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Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound

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Ketchel Fights Light Heavy Champ

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1909 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. In March 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was

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Muldoon Spars With Sullivan

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William Muldoon was the reigning World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and a noted physical culturist, when Muldoon was engaged by John L. Sullivan’s backers to get their fighter in shape. Sullivan was the reigning World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Champion. He signed an agreement to meet his toughest challenger, Jake Kilrain, in July 1889. Sullivan admitted he was in bad shape,

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John L. Sullivan arrestert

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On Tuesday, November 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan kjempet mot Al Greenfield ved Madison Square Garden i New York City. Sullivan trengte å overvinne mer enn bare motstanderen i denne kampen. Mennene ble opprinnelig enige om å slåss mandag, November 17, 1884, men myndighetene i New York truet mennene med arrestasjon. Kranglingen med

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Kilrain kjemper mot Godfrey i Brutal Fight

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På fredag, March 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain kjempet mot George Godfrey på California Athletic Club i San Francisco, California. Mennene kjempet om et trofé og $5,000. Mennene gikk inn i ringen kl 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, tidligere verdensmester i tungvektbryting, utsendte Kilrain, som Muldoon trente for denne kampen. Muldoon trente Kilrains motstander, John L. Sullivan, for deres 1889

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