Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
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. Fodd bynnag,, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Roedd ymladd proffesiynol yn y 19eg Ganrif yn mwynhau enw gwael y tu allan i
Ar Orffennaf 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 i 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
Yn 2010, St. Louis oedd y ddinas yn 58 mwyaf yn yr Unol Daleithiau a'r ardal fetropolitanaidd fwyaf 19eg. Tua throad y ganrif, yr oedd y pumed neu'r chweched mwyaf ddinas yn yr Unol Daleithiau a'r gorllewin fwyaf o Afon Mississippi. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
Ar Dachwedd 30, 1871, a large crowd of men boarded ten rail cars on the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas railroad as it stopped on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The train continued on to Montgomery Station near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where the crowd left the rain and made their way into the woods. Such an odd procession
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. Fodd bynnag,, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.
Ni fanteisiodd unrhyw un ar y cyfnod Dim Penderfyniad o focsio proffesiynol fel Battling Levinsky. Roedd Levinsky yn focsiwr amddiffynnol medrus, na chymerodd fawr o niwed yn ystod ei ymladdfeydd. Pan ofynnodd Ring Magazine iddo pam ei fod mor weithgar, weithiau yn cymryd 3 ymladd mewn diwrnod o gwmpas Efrog Newydd, Meddai Levinsky, “Rwy'n hoffi arian ac nid wyf byth yn cael fy mrifo.” Roedd Levinsky
Ar Fawrth 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
Ar Orffennaf 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.” Er bod Georges Carpentier
Ar Fai 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
Mae'r ychydig o bobl sy'n gwybod am y Prizefighter Paddy Ryan yn ôl pob tebyg yn ei adnabod fel John L. Dioddefwr Sullivan. Sullivan guro Ryan ar gyfer Pencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm Prizefighting yn 1882. Ond roedd Ryan yn ymladdwr da ynddo'i hun. Ganed Ryan ar Fawrth 15, 1851 yn Iwerddon. Roedd ei deulu ymfudodd i Troy, Efrog Newydd. Roedd Ryan yn adnabyddus trwy gydol ei