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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” Blackburn devlope talan jèn chanpyon an e li te ede l
Nan Madi, Desanm 12, 1916, Sam Langford te defann la “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, ki li te genyen nan Sam McVea nan mwa fevriye 1916. Ant 1904 ak 1919, pi bon boksè Afriken-Ameriken yo, oswa Kanadyen nwa tankou Langford, yo te bloke goumen youn ak lòt pou “Koulè” Chanpyona. Si yon konbatan blan te goumen ak yo, li te sèlman yo devlope pwòp repitasyon yo
James J. Jeffries domine Ameriken pwa loud boksè de 1899 to 1904. Apre li te genyen chanpyona mondyal boksè pwa lou de Bob Fitzsimmons nan 1899, Jeffries te fè 9 defans tit siksè pandan senk ane kap vini yo. Li te pran retrèt san defèt nan 1905 anvan dwe atire tounen pou yon reaparisyon malere kont gwo Jack Johnson la. Jeffries pa t genyen batay li yo ak boksè siperyè
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
Sou Mas 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
Sou Jiye 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.” Menmsi 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. Nan 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
Pandan premye kouri li kòm chanpyon mondyal boksè pwa plim, Abe Attell te baze nan St. Louis, Missouri. Anplis gen kan li nan St. Louis, Attell te defann tit li plizyè fwa nan St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, St. Louis te pi gwo vil nan lwès Rivyè Mississippi nan Etazini. Li te fèt 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