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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
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
Tom Allen yug hauv Birmingham, Hais tab sis fought ib txhia nws nto moo tshaj fights hauv America. Nyob rau hauv 1867, Allen nyuam qhuav txav los rau St. Louis, Lub nroog coob hnub poob ntawm lub Mississippipi. Allen yeej tsis tshuav thiab yuav siv St. Louis raws li nws lub tsev puag los qhia rau prizefights. Allen fought feem coob nyob rau hauv bare knuckle prizefights li American boxing yuav tsis tau
Tuesday, Kaum ib hlis 18, 1884, Ntiaj teb heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting tau zus ib John L. Sullivan fought Al Greenfield ntawm Madison Square vaj nyob New York City. Sullivan yuav tsum tau overcome ntau tshaj xwb nws tus nrog sib ntaus hauv no bout. Cov txiv neej muas thaum chiv thawj pom zoo mus tua rau hnub Zwj Hli, Kaum ib hlis 17, 1884, Tiam sis New York City tub ceev xwm raug teeb meem cov txiv neej uas ntes. Tus wrangling nrog
Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, California. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, seconded Kilrain, who Muldoon trained for this fight. Muldoon trained Kilrain’s opponent, John L. Sullivan, for their 1889
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
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