مؤرخ الرياضة القتالية وفنان القتال
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. لكن, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. تمتع القتال الاحترافي في القرن التاسع عشر بسمعة سيئة خارج البلاد
على يوليو 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 إلى 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the
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نوفمبر 30, 1871, استقل حشد كبير من الرجال عشر عربات قطار في نيو أورلينز, سكة حديد موبايل وتكساس حيث توقفت في شارع كانال في نيو أورليانز, لويزيانا. واصل القطار طريقه إلى محطة مونتغمري بالقرب من Bay St. لويس, Mississippi, حيث ترك الحشد المطر وشقوا طريقهم إلى الغابة. مثل هذا الموكب الغريب
On February 22, 1918, former World Bantamweight and Featherweight Boxing Champion “Terrible” Terry McGovern died in New York City’s Kings County Hospital. McGovern checked in a few days earlier with what McGovern thought was a severe upper respiratory infection. لكن, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.
لم يستغل أحد حقبة عدم اتخاذ القرار في الملاكمة الاحترافية مثل باتلينج ليفينسكي. كان ليفينسكي ملاكمًا دفاعيًا ماهرًا, الذي تعرض لأضرار طفيفة خلال معاركه. عندما سألته مجلة Ring عن سبب نشاطه الشديد, أخذ في بعض الأحيان 3 معارك في يوم واحد حول نيويورك, قال ليفينسكي, “أنا أحب المال ولا أتأذى أبدًا.” كان ليفينسكي
على مارس 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, نيفادا. 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
على يوليو 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.” على الرغم من جورج كاربنتييه
في مايو 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. كان رايان مقاتلًا جيدًا في حد ذاته. ولد ريان في مارس 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. كان رايان معروفًا من خلاله