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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
I 1902, fremtidige verdensmester i sværvægtsboksning Marvin Hart var en stigende kandidat. Kæmper primært ud af sin hjemby Louisville, Kentucky, Hart blev matchet mod Kid Carter i Southern Athletic Club i maj 2, 1902. På 17-1, Hart vidste, at endnu en sejr ville gå langt i at sikre en sværvægtstitelkamp. Den Brooklyn-fødte Kid Carter havde til hensigt
Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
1909 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. In March 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was
In this post, which was previously a podcast, we will discuss the epic sixty-one round draw between James J. Corbett and Peter Jackson in 1891. This bout prepared Corbett for his successful challenge of John L. Sullivan in 1892. På marts 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color line to
For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, when they stopped in at a
Den January 5, 1900, four days before a showdown with Bantamweight Boxing Champion Terry McGovern, Featherweight World Boxing Champion George Dixon made an announcement to chill the spine of all his supporters. Dixon announced that win or lose, he would be retiring from the ring after the bout with McGovern. The last thing a manager wants to hear before a
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Efter 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. Han meldte sig også ind som en af
Mens den er berømt for at kæmpe mod John L. Sullivan i den sidste verdensmesterskabspræmiekamp, der konkurrerede under bar kno regler, Jake Kilrain deltog også i mange handskekampe. Præmiekampen gik fra regler for bare knoer til behandskekampe under Marquess of Queensberry-reglerne (tidlig amatør og professionel boksning) i slutningen af det 19. århundrede. Ligesom Sullivan, Kilrain ville kæmpe i dur
William Muldoon var den regerende World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion og en bemærket fysisk kulturforsker, da Muldoon blev forlovet af John L. Sullivans bagmænd for at få deres fighter i form. Sullivan var den regerende World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Champion. Han underskrev en aftale om at møde sin hårdeste udfordrer, Jake Kilrain, i juli 1889. Sullivan indrømmede, at han var i dårlig form,
På tirsdag, Februar 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast udfordrede verdensmester i letvægtsboksning, der kæmpede mod Nelson om Nelsons titel på Richmond Arena i Point Richmond, Californien. Den 28-årige Nelson vandt titlen ved at slå den store Joe Gans ud 1908. Boxing experts did not expect Wolgast to defeat Nelson even though Wolgast held a newspaper decision over Nelson in 1909. Pundits