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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Charles Henry “Джек” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 для 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. “Джек” Blackburn розробив таланти молодого чемпіона і допоміг йому
У вівторок, Грудень 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Між 1904 і 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. Джеффріс домінував в американському боксі у важкій вазі 1899 для 1904. Після перемоги на чемпіонаті світу з боксу у важкій вазі у Боба Фіцсіммонса в 1899, Джеффріс зробив 9 успішний захист титулу протягом наступних п'яти років. Він пішов у відставку непереможеним у 1905 перш ніж бути заманеним назад для нещасливого повернення проти великого Джека Джонсона. Джеффріс не вигравав свої поєдинки з чудовим боксом
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
Березень 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Невада. 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
On July 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
У той час як призер Том Аллен народився в Англії під час 1840, він провів більшу частину свого дорослого життя в Сент-Луїсі після переїзду до Сполучених Штатів 1867. Після невтішної поразки від Джема Мейса в 1870, де він вразив глядачів галантною грою в програшному матчі, Аллен почав агітувати за постріл в американця
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. У 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
Під час свого першого виступу в якості чемпіона світу з боксу в напівлегкій вазі, Ейб Аттелл базувався в Санкт-Петербурзі. Луїс, Міссурі. Besides having his camp in St. Луїс, Attell defended his title several times at St. Луїс’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, Вулиця. 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