Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 te 1942. Louis is widely considered to be one of the top three to five heavyweights in professional boxing history and some consider him the best heavyweight fighter. “Jack” Blackburn het die talente van die jong kampioen ontwikkel en hom gehelp
Op Dinsdag, Desember 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Tussen 1904 en 1919, the best African-American boxers, or black Canadians like Langford, were stuck fighting each other for “Colored” Championship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 te 1904. After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899, Jeffries made 9 successful title defenses during the next five years. He retired undefeated in 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
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
Op Julie 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.” Even though Georges Carpentier
Terwyl kaal kneukel prysvegter Tom Allen is gebore in Engeland tydens 1840, hy het die grootste deel van sy volwasse lewe in St Louis deurgebring nadat hy na die Verenigde State in 1867. Na 'n teleurstellende nederlaag teen Jem Mace in 1870, waar hy toeskouers met 'n galante vertoning in 'n verloorpoging beïndruk het, Allen het hom begin beywer vir 'n skoot op American
Monte Attell was die jonger broer van die wêreldveergewigbokskampioen Abe Attell. Monte sou altyd vasgevang wees in die skadu van sy ouer broer, maar was 'n talentvolle vegter in eie reg. Monte sou die Wêreld Bantamgewig Bokskampioenskap tydens sy loopbaan wen en homself as 'n wêreldklas vegter vestig. In 1904, hy was 'n 19-jarige opkomende
Tydens sy eerste lopie as Wêreldveergewigbokskampioen, Abe Attell was gebaseer uit St. Louis, Missouri. Behalwe dat hy sy kamp in St. Louis, Attell het sy titel verskeie kere by St. Louis’ West End Atletiekklub. At the time, St. Louis was die grootste stad wes van die Mississippi-rivier in die Verenigde State. Gebore Abraham Washington Attell
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons was 'n Engelse bokser, wat die onbetwiste middelgewig gewen het, swaargewig- en ligswaargewig-wêreldkampioenskappe, aan die begin van die 20ste eeu. Dikwels vir ’n Australiër aangesien omdat hy sy boksloopbaan daar begin het, Fitzsimmons het na die Verenigde State gereis in 1890 om hom vir die middelgewigkampioenskap te beywer. Fitzsimmons het net onder gestaan 6 voet hoog maar