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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Charles Henry “Nkaus” Blackburn tiav nws koob meej loj tshaj li ntawm tus kws qhia rau ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib Joe Louis ntawm 1934 mus 1942. Louis plhuav mus yuav tau ib lub heavyweights saum peb mus rau tsib nyob hauv keeb kwm kev boxing thiab ua ib co xav txog nws qhov heavyweight fighter zoo. “Nkaus” Blackburn tsim cov talents ntawm cov hluas tau zus ib thiab pab nws
Tuesday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Dawb lias ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Ntawm 1904 thiab 1919, the best African-American boxers, or black Canadians like Langford, were stuck fighting each other for “Colored” Championship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing ntawm 1899 mus 1904. Tom qab winning lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship ntawm Bob Fitzsimmons hauv 1899, Jeffries ua 9 Zoo npe defenses thaum lub tsib xyoos tom ntej no. Nws txijnkawm undefeated nyob rau hauv 1905 Ua ntej yuav lured rov qab rau ib ill-fated comeback tiv thaiv cov poj Jack Johnson. Jeffries tsis yeej nws bouts nrog superior boxing
Yog Jake Kilrain zoo paub ua lub xeem thiab toughest challenger rau John L. Tua Sullivan hauv cov xeem yas tes mus khaws ntiaj teb championship. Dua li ntawm Kilrain lub cev tsis tuav John L. Sullivan, nws muaj ib cov hauj lwm zoo cov ua ntej thiab tom qab qhov bout nrog tus mighty Sullivan. Ntaus rau 10 ntau xyoo nyob rau hauv bouts los, Feem ntau zoo tab sis nyob Kilrain tau
Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 17, 1897, tam sim no ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Corbett nkag mus rau lub nplhaib boxing ntawm lub zos Carson, Nevada. Corbett muag rau kev sib tw ntawm tus middleweight boxing tau zus ib Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett nkag mus ua tus nyiam enjoying ob lub yuav luag nees nkaum phaus luj kom zoo dua thiab slick boxing txawj. “Ruddy Robert” raws li Fitzsimmons tau tej zaum kuj paub lub ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing Championship nyob hauv yeej lawm
Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 2, 1921 hauv lub zos tsho, New Jersey, reigning ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib Jack Dempsey ntsib lub teeb heavyweight boxing vaj ntxwv Georges Carpentier. Kiv cua boxing ntawd sib sau kom muaj kev tshwm sim uas yuav ua rau tus thawj duas lab rooj vag nyob hauv keeb kwm boxing. Ntais ntawv yuav pom cov laus boxing adage, “Ib tug txiv neej loj zoo ib txwm neeg ntaus tau ib tug zoo txiv neej me ntsis.” Even though Georges Carpentier
Thaum bare knuckle prizefighter Tom Allen yug hauv hais thaum 1840, Nws siv feem ntau ntawm nws lub neej laus nyob st Louis tom qab relocating rau lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas 1867. Tom qab ib disappointing poob rau Jem Mace hauv 1870, Qhov twg nws impressed spectators nrog ib gallant kev kawm nyob rau hauv ib lub dag zog poob dag zog, Allen pib campaigning rau txhaj tshuaj ntawm 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. Nyob rau hauv 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. Louis, Missouri. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. Thaum lub sij hawm, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons yog ib tug english boxer, Leej twg yeej tus undisputed middleweight, heavyweight thiab teeb heavyweight ntiaj teb championships, Thaum tig lub xyoo pua 20th. Feem ntau yuam kev rau ib pawg vim nws pib nws boxing hauj lwm muaj, Fitzsimmons mus rau teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas 1890 Kev sib tw rau cov middleweight championship. Fitzsimmons sawv xwb nyob rau hauv 6 taw siab tab sis