전투 스포츠 역사가 및 무술가
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
올리버 레너드 커크 같은 올림픽에서 두 개의 체급에서 금메달을 획득하는 유일한 올림픽 권투 선수의 구별이. 올리버 커크는 자신의 고향 올림픽에서이 위업을 달성 1904. 생. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, 생. Louis gave
12 월 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. 생. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. 루이. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
존 L과의 싸움으로 유명하지만. 맨 너클 규칙에 따라 경쟁한 지난 세계 선수권 대회에서 설리반, Jake Kilrain은 또한 많은 글러브 시합에 참여했습니다.. 시합은 맨주먹 규칙에서 퀸즈베리 후작 규칙에 따라 장갑을 끼고 시합으로 전환하고 있었습니다. (초기 아마추어 및 프로 복싱) 19세기 후반. 설리반처럼, 킬레인은 메이저에서 싸울 것이다
제가 여러 포스팅에 썼듯이, 최고의 헤비급 복서들 1900 과 1919 아프리카계 미국인 권투선수들은 서로 싸우도록 강요받았습니다. “컬러 챔피언십”. 위대한 잭 존슨이 마침내 컬러 라인을 깨고 월드 헤비웨이트 챔피언십에서 우승한 후에도, 그는 백인 경쟁자에 대해서만 타이틀을 방어 할 것입니다. 결과, 가장 어려운 도전자
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
11 월 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 살. Mace was world champion from 1860 에 1862 and again from 1866 에 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 에 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 과 126 파운드, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. 7 월 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. 풀: 정치, Prizefighting과 정육점 빌의 살인. 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.
월에 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
에 2010, 생. 루이스는 미국에서 58 번째로 큰 도시와 19로 큰 대도시 지역이었다. 세기의 차례 주위에, 그것은 미국에서 다섯 번째 나 6 번째로 큰 도시와 미시시피 강 최대의 서쪽이었다. 생. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in