Историк боевых видов спорта и боец
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Том Аллен родился в Бирмингеме, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. В 1867, Allen moved to St. Луис, the largest city west of the Mississippi. Allen never left and would use St. Louis as his home base to train for prizefights. Allen fought mostly in bare knuckle prizefights as American boxing would not be
Во вторник, Ноябрь 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan fought Al Greenfield at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sullivan needed to overcome more than just his opponent in this bout. The men originally agreed to fight on Monday, Ноябрь 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with
В пятницу, Март 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Калифорния. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. Уильям Малдун, 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 “Jack” 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. “Jack” Blackburn developed the talents of the young champion and helped him
Во вторник, Декабрь 12, 1916, Сэм Лэнгфорд защищал “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, который он выиграл у Сэма МакВи в феврале 1916. Между 1904 и 1919, лучшие афроамериканские боксеры, или черные канадцы вроде Лэнгфорда, застряли, борясь друг с другом за “Цветной” Чемпионат. Если бы белый боец сражался с ними, it was only to develop their own reputation to
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 для 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
Борец с голыми кулаками Том Аллен родился в Англии во время 1840, он провел большую часть своей взрослой жизни в Сент-Луисе после переезда в Соединенные Штаты в 1867. После обидного поражения от Джема Мейса в 1870, где он поразил зрителей галантным исполнением в проигрышной попытке, Аллен начал кампанию за выстрел в американцев.
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. В 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. Луис, Миссури. Besides having his camp in St. Луис, Attell defended his title several times at St. Луис’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, Улица. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell