Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
V stredu, Apríl 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. After
V priebehu 19. storočia, borci aj duelanti využili pieskové ostrovy v rieke Mississippi, okolo sv. Louis, Missouri, usporiadať súboje o ceny alebo duely. Úrady sa zamračili na duely na smrť na akomkoľvek mieste. Však, Illinois aj Missouri tiež zakázali boj o ceny. Krvavý ostrov uprostred rieky Mississippi severne od Downtown St.
On Thursday, September 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. storočí, 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 piatok, Jún 10, 1910, Svetový šampión v boxe v strednej váhe Stanley Ketchel bojoval svoj posledný zápas proti neohlásenému Jimovi Smithovi. Ketchel vyčistil strednú váhu, takže propagátori boxu sa snažili nájsť vhodnú konkurenciu pre Ketchela. Na iba 24 years old, Ketchel žil tvrdo a neustále bojoval, čo spôsobilo skoré zrútenie jeho tela. Po boji so Smithom, Ketchel zamýšľal
John L. Sullivan bol prechodný ťažkej váhe cena bojovanie šampión. 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
In March 1893, Noviny po celej krajine priniesli príbeh o navrhovanom zápase medzi súčasným svetovým šampiónom v poloťažkej váhe v boxe Jackom McAuliffe a inštruktorom boxu zo Saint Louis Mikeom Mooneym.. Aj keď sa tento zápas môže zdať zvláštny, pretože Mooney bol taký ľahkovážny vyzývateľ, návnada $2500 strana je pravdepodobne to, čo priviedlo šampióna k stolu. Upravené
On Tuesday, Január 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
Augusta 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