“Farmer” 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. Pärast

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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. Siiski, 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 rööviti

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Neljapäeval, September 7, 1876, Tom Allen kaitses oma raskekaalu paljasnukivõitluse maailmameistrivõistlusi kaasinglase Joe Gossi vastu.. Allen, algselt Birminghamist, England, asus elama St. Louis, Missouri. Allenist sai lõpuks USA. Kodanik. Allen näitas närust isiksust, ringi sees ja väljas, luua võimsaid vaenlasi Ameerika Ühendriikide sportlaste seas. Allen oli eriti ärritunud

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Ketchel Saves Himself

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Reedel, Juuni 10, 1910, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought his last fight against unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel has cleared out the middleweight division, so boxing promoters struggled to find suitable competition for Ketchel. At only 24 aastat vana, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to

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Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

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Märtsil 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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