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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Tom Allen twieled f'Birmingham, L-Ingilterra iżda ġġieled xi wħud mill-aktar ġlied famużi tiegħu fl-Amerika. Fil 1867, Allen mar tgħix St. Louis, l-akbar belt fil-punent tal-Mississippi. Allen qatt ma telaq u kien juża St. Louis bħala l-bażi tad-dar tiegħu biex jitħarreġ għall-prizefights. Allen iġġieled l-aktar fil-prizefights bare knuckle kif il-boxing Amerikan ma jkunx
Nhar it-Tlieta, Novembru 18, 1884, Iċ-Champion Dinji tal-Ġlieda tal-Premju tal-Piż Tqil Bare-Knuckle John L. Sullivan ġġieled kontra Al Greenfield f'Madison Square Garden fi New York City. Sullivan kellu bżonn jegħleb aktar milli sempliċement l-avversarju tiegħu f’dan il-bout. L-irġiel oriġinarjament qablu li jiġġieldu nhar it-Tnejn, Novembru 17, 1884, iżda l-awtoritajiet ta’ New York City heddew lill-irġiel b’arrest. The wrangling with
Nhar il-Ġimgħa, Marzu 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain ġġieled kontra George Godfrey fil-California Athletic Club f’San Francisco, California. L-irġiel ġġieldu għal trofew u $5,000. L-irġiel daħlu fiċ-ċirku fi 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, eks Champion Dinji tal-Lotta Heavyweight, issekonda lil Kilrain, li Muldoon ħarreġ għal din il-ġlieda. Muldoon ħarreġ lill-avversarju ta’ Kilrain, John L. Sullivan, għal tagħhom 1889
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 li 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 żviluppa t-talenti taċ-champion żagħżugħ u għenuh
Nhar it-Tlieta, Diċembru 12, 1916, Sam Langford iddefenda l- “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, li reba[ ming[and Sam McVea fi Frar 1916. Bejn 1904 u 1919, l-aqwa boxers Afrikani-Amerikani, jew Kanadiżi suwed bħal Langford, kienu mwaħħla jiġġieldu lil xulxin għal “Kkulurita” Kampjonat. Jekk ġellied abjad ma jiġġieledhom, kien biss biex jiżviluppaw ir-reputazzjoni tagħhom stess biex
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 li 1904. After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899, Jeffries made 9 successful title defenses during the next five years. He retired undefeated in 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing
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
Filwaqt li bare knuckle prizefighter Tom Allen twieled fl-Ingilterra matul 1840, qatta’ l-ma;;oranza tal-[ajja adulta tieg[u f’St Louis wara li rriloka fl-Istati Uniti fi 1867. Wara telfa diżappuntanti kontra Jem Mace fil 1870, fejn impressjona lill-ispettaturi bi prestazzjoni galanti fi sforz telliefa, Allen beda jikkampanja għal sparatura lejn l-Amerika
Monte Attell kien ħu ż-żgħir taċ-Champion Dinji tal-Boxing Featherweight Abe Attell. Monte dejjem kien jeħel fid-dell ta’ ħuh il-kbir iżda kien ġellied b’talent fih innifsu. Monte kien jirbaħ il-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Boxing Bantamweight matul il-karriera tiegħu u jistabbilixxi ruħu bħala ġellied ta’ klassi dinjija. Fil 1904, kien ġuvni ta’ 19-il sena
Waqt l-ewwel ġirja tiegħu bħala Champion tad-Dinja tal-Boxing Featherweight, Abe Attell kien ibbażat minn St. Louis, Missouri. Minbarra li għandu l-kamp tiegħu f’St. Louis, Attell iddefenda t-titlu tiegħu diversi drabi f’St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, St. Louis kienet l-akbar belt fil-punent tax-Xmara Mississippi fl-Istati Uniti. Imwieled Abraham Washington Attell