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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Nyob rau hauv 1902, future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart was a rising contender. Fighting primarily out of his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Hart was matched against Kid Carter at the Southern Athletic Club on May 2, 1902. Tom 17-1, Hart knew another victory would go a long way in securing a heavyweight title fight. The Brooklyn-born Kid Carter intended to
Mike “Ntxaib” Sullivan thov Welterweight ntuj Boxing Championship, thaum nws decisioned Mellody koj niam nyob tim 1907. Possessing ob txhais tes hnyav thiab zoo tshaj boxing tej kev txawj ntse, Sullivan thov lawm yeej loj heev tus poj Joe Gans thiab yav tom ntej Welterweight ntiaj teb Boxing tau zus ib Harry Lewis thaum nws cov hauj lwm. Lewis yeej lub npe welterweight, Thaum twg Sullivan yuav tsis ua rau cov 147 phaus
1909 Pom Stanley Ketchel tseem nws torrid pace los ntawm tag nrho cov fighters nyob ib ncig ntawm tus middleweight txwv. Nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 1909, Ketchel muag ib tug tsis tshua muaj kev sib tw, Thaum nws fought reigning ntiaj teb teeb Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. O'Brien yog ib tug slick boxer, Uas siv nws ceev thiab elusiveness los pummel Ketchel nyob rau hauv cov rounds thaum ntxov. Dua li ntawm O'Brien tus loj kom zoo dua, Ketchel yog
Hauv no ncej, uas yog ib tug podcast yav tas los, peb yuav sib tham txog cov epic RAUCAUM ib kab kos ntawm James J. Corbett thiab Peter Jackson hauv 1891. No bout npaj Corbett rau nws sib tw tau ntawm John L. Sullivan hauv 1892. Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 21, 1891, lub contender loj tshaj plaws rau tus tsaug John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color line to
Rau lub kaum hli ntuj 5, 1861 ib tsab ntawm tus Cincinnati niaj hnub xovxwm, editors kuag ib zaj dabneeg tshem cov hlau qhov kev pab los ntawm cov dab lub sij hawm. Hlau zaj dabneeg qhia txog ntawm kev sib ntaus ntawm cov lus qub prizefighting tau zus ib Tom Sayers thiab kev kawm lus Askiv tau zus ib Jem Mace. Sayers thiab Mace muaj touring muaj circuses Hmong, when they stopped in at a
Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 5, 1900, 4 hnub ua ntej ib showdown nrog Bantamweight Boxing tau zus ib Terry McGovern, Featherweight ntiaj teb Boxing tau zus ib George Dixon tsim ib tug ntawv tshaj tawm rau ntsawj txias heev ntawm tag nrho nws los ntawm UFW nqaj qaum. Dixon tshaj tawm uas yeej los yog raug txiav ceg, nws yuav tsum retiring los ntawm lub nplhaib tom qab lub bout nrog McGovern. Qhov kawg tshaj ib tug neeg saib xyuas xav mloog ua ntej ib
Nyob rau ib lub peb hlis ntuj tsaus ntuj hauv San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved aggressiveness ntshiab ua tej zaum yeej txiav txim siab. Tom qab 20 rounds cov boxing, referee Greggains, tus kws txiav txim xwb, muab qhov kev txiav txim dua tus yawm Jack Johnson rau Hart. Hart ntsib Johnson rau tim 28, 1905. Johnson nkag mus rau lub nplhaib ua tus betting nyiam. He also entered as one of
Thaum nto moo rau ntaus John L. Sullivan nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb championship prizefight contested nyob rau hauv bare knuckle txoj cai, Jake Kilrain kuj muab ib feem ntawm ntau gloved bouts. Prizefighting yog transitioning ntawm bare knuckle txoj cai rau gloved bouts nyob rau hauv cov Marquess ntawm Queensberry txoj cai (amateur thiab professional boxing) Nyob rau lub caij 19th xyoo pua. Zoo li Sullivan, Kilrain yuav tua nyob rau hauv loj
William Muldoon yog lub reigning ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion thiab ib tug muab sau lub cev culturist, Thaum Muldoon yog nrog John L. Sullivan tus backers tau lawv fighter zoo lawm. Sullivan yog lub reigning ntiaj teb Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting tau zus ib. Nws kos npe rau ib daim ntawv pom zoo kom tau raws li nws txoj kev sib tw toughest, Jake Kilrain, Nyob rau hauv lub Xya hli ntuj 1889. Sullivan tu nws nyob zoo lawm,
Tuesday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast sib tw ntiaj teb Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson rau Nelson lub npe ntawm Richmond Arena hauv taw tes Richmond, California. Tus 28 xyoo Nelson yeej lub npe los knocking tawm tus poj Joe Gans hauv 1908. Boxing ua hauj lwm twg tsis cia siab tias Wolgast los swb Nelson txawm Wolgast tuav ib ntawv xov xwm kev txiav txim siab nyob Nelson hauv Nelson 1909. Pundits