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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 la 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 developed the talents of the young champion and helped him
Marți, Decembrie 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Între 1904 și 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 a dominat boxul american la categoria grea din 1899 la 1904. După ce a câștigat Campionatul Mondial de Box la categoria grea de la Bob Fitzsimmons în 1899, a făcut Jeffries 9 apărarea de succes a titlului în următorii cinci ani. S-a retras neînvins în 1905 înainte de a fi atras înapoi pentru o revenire nefastă împotriva marelui Jack Johnson. Jeffries nu și-a câștigat meciurile cu box superior
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
La martie 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
Iulie 2, 1921 în Jersey City, New Jersey, Domneasca mondial la categoria grea box campion Jack Dempsey cu lumina rege box la categoria grea Georges Carpentier. Fanii s-au înghesuit la box eveniment care rezultă în prima poarta de milioane de dolari în istoria boxului. Meciul se va dovedi vechea zicală box, “Un om bun mare bate întotdeauna un om cuminte.” 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. În 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
În timpul primei curse ca campion mondial de box la greutatea plumii, Abe Attell avea sediul în St.. Louis, Missouri. Pe lângă faptul că își are tabăra în St.. Louis, Attell și-a apărat titlul de mai multe ori la St.. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. La momentul, St. Louis era cel mai mare oraș la vest de râul Mississippi din Statele Unite. Născut Abraham Washington Attell
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons a fost un boxer englez, care a câștigat la categoria medie incontestabilă, campionatele mondiale la categoria grea și la categoria semigrea, la începutul secolului al XX-lea. Adeseori confundat cu un australian pentru că și-a început cariera de box acolo, Fitzsimmons a călătorit în Statele Unite în 1890 să militeze pentru campionatul la categoria mijlocie. Fitzsimmons stătea chiar sub 6 feet tall but