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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Oliver Leonard Kirk gen distenksyon an pou yo te sèlman boxer la Olympic pou pou genyen yon meday lò nan de klas pwa separe nan menm jwèt yo Olympic. Oliver Kirk akonpli feat sa a nan pwovens li kote l Olympics nan 1904. St. Louis anime twazyèm Olympiad la pandan la 1904 Mondyal la san Patipri Ekspozisyon. Menm jan ak jwèt yo Paris kat ane anvan, St. Louis gave
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
Pandan ke li popilè pou batay John L. Sullivan nan dènye prizefight chanpyona mondyal la te konteste anba règ pwent yo, Jake Kilrain tou te patisipe nan anpil batay gan. Prizefighting te fè tranzisyon soti nan règ pwent pye yo nan batay gan anba Règ Marquess of Queensberry. (boksè amatè ak pwofesyonèl bonè) nan fen 19yèm syèk la. Tankou Sullivan, Kilrain ta goumen nan pi gwo
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 ak 1919 were the African-American boxers forced to fight each other for the “Colored Championship”. Even after the great Jack Johnson finally broke the color line and won the World Heavyweight Championship, he would only defend the title against white contenders. Kòm yon rezilta, the toughest challengers
Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a
Sou Novanm 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 ane ki gen laj. Mace was world champion from 1860 to 1862 and again from 1866 to 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 to 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 ak 126 liv, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Sou Jiye 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. Poole: Politik, Prizefighting ak touye moun an nan Bill Butcher nan. The hot air laid stagnant in the room as the man in the corner tried to sleep. Giving up on the possibility of sleep, the “Troy Giant” pulled himself into a sitting position on the edge of the bed.
Sou Me 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
Nan 2010, St. Louis te lavil la 58th pi gwo nan Etazini yo ak 19yèm pi gwo zòn nan metwopolitèn. Anviwon vire a nan syèk la, li te lavil la senkyèm oswa sizyèm pi gwo nan Etazini yo ak nan lwès nan pi gwo nan Rivyè Misisipi a. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in