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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. After
Pandan 19yèm syèk la, tou de prizefighters ak duelists te pran avantaj sou zile sandbar yo nan Rivyè Mississippi, alantou St. Louis, Missouri, pou kenbe prizefights oswa duèl. Otorite yo te vire tèt yo sou lut nan lanmò nan nenpòt kote. Sepandan, tou de Illinois ak Missouri te entèdi tou prizefighting. Bloody Island nan mitan Rivyè Mississippi jis nan nò Downtown St.
Nan Jedi, September 7, 1876, Tom Allen te defann chanpyona World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting li kont parèy Angle Joe Goss.. Allen, orijinèlman soti nan Birmingham, Angletè, etabli nan St. Louis, Missouri. Allen evantyèlman te vin yon US. Sitwayen. Allen te montre yon pèsonalite pugnacious, andedan ak deyò bag la, fè lènmi pisan pami spòtif Ozetazini. Allen patikilyèman irite
Nan Vandredi, Jen 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. Nan sèlman 24 ane fin vye granmoun, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
In March 1893, jounal atravè peyi a te pote istwa yon match pwopoze ant chanpyon mondyal boksè pwa loud aktyèl Jack McAuliffe ak enstriktè boksè Saint Louis Mike Mooney.. Malgre ke match la ta sanble enpè paske Mooney te tankou yon pwovokatè alalejè konsidere, lure nan $2500 yon bò se pwobableman sa ki te pote chanpyon an sou tab la. Ajiste
Pa gen moun ki te pran avantaj de epòk No Decision nan boksè pwofesyonèl tankou Battling Levinsky. Levinsky te yon boksè defansiv kalifye, ki te fè ti domaj pandan batay li yo. Lè Ring Magazine te mande l poukisa li te tèlman aktif, pafwa pran 3 batay nan yon jou alantou New York, Levinsky te di, “Mwen renmen lajan e mwen pa janm blese.” Levinsky te
Sou Mas 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
Sou Jiye 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Menmsi Georges Carpentier
Sou Me 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. Ryan was a good fighter in his own right though. Ryan was born on March 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan was known through out his