“Boer” Burns Trains Jeffries

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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

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Tom Allen Wins, Kind Of

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During the 19th century, both prizefighters and duelists took advantage of the sandbar islands in the Mississippi River, around St. Louis, Missouri, to hold prizefights or duels. Authorities have frowned on duels to the death in any location. Egter, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.

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Tom Allen beroof

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On Thursday, September 7, 1876, Tom Allen het sy Wêreld Swaargewig Bare Knuckle-prysvegkampioenskap teen mede-Engelsman Joe Goss verdedig. Allen, oorspronklik van Birmingham, Engeland, gevestig in St. Louis, Missouri. Allen het uiteindelik 'n V.S. Burger. Allen het 'n strydende persoonlikheid getoon, binne en buite die ring, maak kragtige vyande onder die sportmanne in die Verenigde State. Allen veral geïrriteerd

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Ketchel Red Homself

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Op Vrydag, Junie 10, 1910, Wêreld-middelgewigbokskampioen Stanley Ketchel het sy laaste geveg teen die ongekende Jim Smith geveg. Ketchel het die middelgewigafdeling uitgeskakel, dus het bokspromotors gesukkel om geskikte kompetisie vir Ketchel te vind. Slegs 24 jaar oud, Ketchel het hard gelewe en geveg wat voortdurend 'n vroeë afbreek van sy liggaam veroorsaak het. Nadat hy met Smith geveg het, Ketchel was van plan om

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Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

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Op Maart 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in

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