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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 23, 1906, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart defended his title in Los Angeles. Thaum James J. Jeffries retired as heavyweight champion, Hart and Jack Sharkey fought for the vacant title. Hart was the surprise winner of the fight. Hart refused to fight Jack Johnson, the recognized best heavyweight. Instead he fought Tommy Burns, a 5’07” skilled boxer.
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
Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 30, 1871, Ib pawg neeg coob ntawm txiv neej boarded kaum rail tsheb rau lub New Orleans, Mobile thiab Texas railroad raws li nws tso tseg tsis rau txoj kev Canal hauv New Orleans, Louisiana. Lub tsheb ciav hlau txuas rau Montgomery chaw nres tsheb nyob ze Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Qhov twg pawg neeg tshuav cov nag thiab ua lawv txoj kev mus rau hauv cov tim hav zoov lawm. Tej tus txheej txheem khib nyiab
Johnny Reagan yog ib qho tseem ceeb fighter hauv lub St. Louis boxing scene thaum thawj xyoo caum ntawm lub xyoo pua 20th. Muas thaum chiv thawj ntawm Brooklyn, Reagan nyuam qhuav txav los rau St. Louis los qhia nyob rau hauv Jack McKenna. McKenna raws li nws lub lag luam tawm hauv St. Louis, Qhov twg nws fighter feem ntau fought ntawm St. Louis’ Hnub poob xaus qws. Reagan yog ib tug microscopic bantamweight thaum lub sij hawm
Txog hnub plaub, Cuaj hlis 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended nws ntiaj teb Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship tiv thaiv koj txog haujlwm Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, Muas thaum chiv thawj ntawm Birmingham, Hais, tswm nyob St. Louis, Missouri. Allen nws thiaj li los ua ib tug neeg. Citizen. Allen tsom ib pugnacious cwm pwm, sab nraum lub nplhaib, Ua haib tsiaj ntawm cov txiv neej ntaus pob ncaws pob nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas. Allen tshwj xeeb tshaj yog irritated
Xyoo 19914, Ob prizefighters thiab duelists coj kom zoo dua cov sandbar Islands tuaj hauv tus dej Mississippi dej, nyob ib ncig ntawm St. Louis, Missouri, tuav prizefights los yog duels. Tub ceev xwm muaj frowned rau duels rau cov tuag nyob rau hauv tej qhov chaw. Txawm li cas los, Illinois thiab Missouri kuj outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island nyob nruab nrab ntawm tus dej Mississippi river north of Downtown St.
Hnub Monday, Tej zaum 30, 1892, Tus poj Peter Jackson boxed ib bout gloved bout nrog tus protégé Frank Slavin. Leej txiv neej nyob thiab fought nyob Australia, Txawm hais tias kiv cua txaus siab coj Jackson ncig xyuas lub ntiaj teb coj kom zoo dua cov nyiaj txiag hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thiab hais. Raws li nyob rau Australia, Jackson feem ntau pom dawb boxers unwilling mus tua nws. mentsis
St. Louis, Thaum pib lub xyoo pua 20th, Muaj ib tug mas professional boxing scene. Abe Attell, Txawm hais tias yug hauv San Francisco, raws li nyob rau hauv St. Louis. Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 1, 1904, Attell defended nws ntiaj teb Featherweight Boxing Championship tiv thaiv rival Harry Forbes. Forbes no kuj yog ib tug mus tsis tu ncua rau lub St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes tua yeej Danny Dougherty rau lub
Sam Langford puas tau yog ib qhov loj tshaj quj quj fighters txhua lub sij hawm. Yug rau lub peb hlis ntuj 4, 1883 nyob rau hauv cov kev uas yuav ntog Weymouth, Nova Scotia, Nws yog qhov loj tshaj Canadian boxer txhua lub sij hawm. Nws ntaus hauj lwm stretched ntawm 1900 mus 1926. Langford tsuas sawv 5 taw rau thiab ib nrab nti siab thiab weighed 185 phaus thaum nws heaviest. Nws
Saum ntuj 10, 1870, 39-xyoo prizefighter Jem Mace ntsib prizefighter 30 xyoo Tom Allen hauv Kennerville, Louisiana rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Cov neeg pab leg ntaubntawv rau lub championship tau murky heev thaum lub sij hawm. Thuggery thiab dirty tricks feem ntau obscured uas yog ua tau American Champion. Jem Mace, Uas yog xam tau tias ntiaj teb tau zus ib ob zaug thaum sib ntaus hauv hais, Kos npe mus ntsib Tom