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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 to 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” D'fhorbair Blackburn buanna an chraobh óg agus chabhraigh sé leis
Ar Dé Máirt, December 12, 1916, Chosain Sam Langford na “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, a bhuaigh sé ó Sam McVea i mí Feabhra 1916. Idir 1904 agus 1919, na dhornálaithe Afraic-Mheiriceánach is fearr, nó Ceanadaigh dhubha mar Langford, bhí bhfostú ag troid lena chéile ar son “daite” Craobh. Dá ndéanfadh trodaire bán troid leo, ní raibh ann ach a gcáil féin a fhorbairt go
James J. Bhí Jeffries chun tosaigh sa dornálaíocht throm mheáchain ó Mheiriceá 1899 to 1904. Tar éis dó Craobh Dornálaíochta Meáchan Trom an Domhain a bhuachan ó Bob Fitzsimmons i 1899, Jeffries déanta 9 cosaintí teidil rathúla sna cúig bliana amach romhainn. Chuaigh sé ar scor gan sárú i 1905 a mhealladh ar ais le haghaidh teacht ar ais droch-fhortún i gcoinne an sár Jack Johnson. Níor bhuaigh Jeffries a chuid babhtaí le dornálaíocht níos fearr
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
Ar Márta 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 Iúil 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.” Cé go Georges Carpentier
Rugadh Tom Allen i Sasana le linn dó a bheith ina throdaire cniotála lom 1840, chaith sé an chuid is mó dá shaol fásta i St Louis tar éis dó bogadh go dtí na Stáit Aontaithe i 1867. Tar éis cailliúint díomách do Jem Mace i 1870, nuair a chuaigh sé i bhfeidhm ar an lucht féachana le feidhmíocht chróga in iarracht caillte, Thosaigh Allen i mbun feachtais le haghaidh lámhaigh Mheiriceá
Ba é Monte Attell an deartháir níos óige le Curadh Dornálaíochta Meáchan Cleite an Domhain Abe Attell. Bheadh Monte i bhfostú i gcónaí faoi scáth a dhearthár níos sine ach bhí sé ina throdaire cumasach ann féin. Bhuaigh Monte Craobhchomórtas Dornálaíochta Meáchan Bantam an Domhain le linn a ghairmréime agus bhunódh sé é féin mar throdaire den chéad scoth. In 1904, bhí sé 19 bliain d'aois aníos
Le linn a chéad rith mar Chraobhchomórtas Dornálaíochta Meáchan Cleite an Domhain, Bhí Abe Attell bunaithe as St. Louis, Missouri. Seachas a champa a bheith aige i St. Louis, Chosain Attell a theideal arís agus arís eile ag St. Louis’ Club Lúthchleas Gael. At the time, St. Ba í Louis an chathair is mó siar ó Abhainn Mississippi sna Stáit Aontaithe. Rugadh Abraham Washington Attell
Bob “Rudaí Roibeard” Ba dornálaí Sasanach é Fitzsimmons, cé a bhuaigh an meáchan meánach gan amhras, craobhchomórtais dhomhanda meáchain throma agus éadroma, ag casadh an 20ú hAois. Is minic a shíltear gur Astrálach é toisc gur thosaigh sé a ghairm bheatha dornálaíochta ansin, Thaistil Fitzsimmons go dtí na Stáit Aontaithe i 1890 chun feachtas a dhéanamh don chraobh meánmheáchain. Sheas Fitzsimmons díreach faoi 6 troigh ar airde ach