Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Op Dinsdag, November 18, 1884, Wêreld-swaargewig kaalknokkel-prysvegkampioen John L. Sullivan het Al Greenfield by Madison Square Garden in New York geveg. Sullivan moes meer as net sy teenstander in hierdie geveg oorkom. Die mans het oorspronklik ingestem om Maandag te baklei, November 17, 1884, maar die owerhede van New York het die mans met arrestasie gedreig. Die gestoei met
Op Vrydag, Maart 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Kalifornië. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 namiddag. 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 “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 te 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 het die talente van die jong kampioen ontwikkel en hom gehelp
Op Dinsdag, Desember 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Tussen 1904 en 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 from 1899 te 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
Terwyl kaal kneukel prysvegter Tom Allen is gebore in Engeland tydens 1840, hy het die grootste deel van sy volwasse lewe in St Louis deurgebring nadat hy na die Verenigde State in 1867. Na 'n teleurstellende nederlaag teen Jem Mace in 1870, waar hy toeskouers met 'n galante vertoning in 'n verloorpoging beïndruk het, Allen het hom begin beywer vir 'n skoot op American
Tom Allen is in Birmingham gebore, England on April 23, 1840 maar hy het bekend geword as 'n swaargewig kaal kneukel prysvegter in Amerika. Vestig in St. Louis around 1867, Allen het die Amerikaanse swaargewigkampioenskap in 1873 en het die titel gehou tot 1876. Hy het vir 'n jaar na Engeland teruggekeer voordat hy na St. Louis vir goed in 1878. Back
Monte Attell was die jonger broer van die wêreldveergewigbokskampioen Abe Attell. Monte sou altyd vasgevang wees in die skadu van sy ouer broer, maar was 'n talentvolle vegter in eie reg. Monte sou die Wêreld Bantamgewig Bokskampioenskap tydens sy loopbaan wen en homself as 'n wêreldklas vegter vestig. In 1904, hy was 'n 19-jarige opkomende
Tydens sy eerste lopie as Wêreldveergewigbokskampioen, Abe Attell was gebaseer uit St. Louis, Missouri. Behalwe dat hy sy kamp in St. Louis, Attell het sy titel verskeie kere by St. Louis’ West End Atletiekklub. At the time, St. Louis was die grootste stad wes van die Mississippi-rivier in die Verenigde State. Gebore Abraham Washington Attell