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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 से 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” ब्लैकबर्न ने युवा चैंपियन की प्रतिभा विकसित की और उसकी मदद की
मंगलवार को, दिसंबर 12, 1916, सैम लैंगफोर्ड का बचाव किया “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, जिसमें उन्होंने फरवरी में सैम McVea से जीता 1916. के बीच 1904 और 1919, सबसे अच्छा अफ्रीकी अमेरिकी मुक्केबाज, लैंगफोर्ड की तरह या काले कनाडाई, के लिए एक दूसरे से लड़ने फंस गईं “रंगीन” चैंपियनशिप. तो एक सफेद सेनानी उनका विरोध किया, यह केवल करने के लिए अपने स्वयं के प्रतिष्ठा का विकास किया गया
जेम्स जे. जेफ़रीज़ ने अमेरिकी हैवीवेट मुक्केबाजी पर अपना दबदबा बनाया 1899 से 1904. बॉब फिट्ज़सिमन्स से विश्व हैवीवेट बॉक्सिंग चैम्पियनशिप जीतने के बाद 1899, जेफ़्रीज़ ने बनाया 9 अगले पाँच वर्षों के दौरान सफल शीर्षक रक्षा. में वह अपराजित होकर सेवानिवृत्त हुए 1905 महान जैक जॉनसन के खिलाफ दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण वापसी के लिए लालच में आने से पहले. जेफ़्रीज़ ने बेहतर मुक्केबाजी से अपने मुकाबले नहीं जीते
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. सोलिवन, 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
मार्च पर 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, नेवडा. 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
जुलाई को 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
While bare knuckle prizefighter Tom Allen was born in England during 1840, he spent the majority of his adult life in St Louis after relocating to the United States in 1867. After a disappointing loss to Jem Mace in 1870, where he impressed spectators with a gallant performance in a losing effort, Allen started campaigning for a shot at American
Monte Attell was the younger brother of World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Monte would always be stuck in the shadow of his older brother but was a talented fighter in his own right. Monte would win the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship during his career and establish himself as a world class fighter. में 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. लुइस, मिसौरी. Besides having his camp in St. लुइस, Attell defended his title several times at St. लुइस’ West End Athletic Club. समय, सेंट. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons was an English boxer, who won the undisputed middleweight, heavyweight and light heavyweight world championships, at the turn of the 20th Century. Often mistaken for an Australian because he started his boxing career there, Fitzsimmons traveled to the United States in 1890 to campaign for the middleweight championship. Fitzsimmons stood just under 6 feet tall but