“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. Etter

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Tom Allen ranet

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On Thursday, September 7, 1876, Tom Allen forsvarte sitt World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship mot andre engelskmannen Joe Goss. Allen, opprinnelig fra Birmingham, England, bosatte seg i St. Louis, Missouri. Allen ble til slutt en U.S. Borger. Allen viste en strid personlighet, innenfor og utenfor ringen, skaper mektige fiender blant de sportslige mennene i USA. Allen spesielt irritert

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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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Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

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På Mars 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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