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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Oliver Leonard Kirk muaj lub txim hluav taws xob los yog cov boxer Olympic xwb los yeej muaj puav pheej nyob hauv ob hoob yuag cais hauv kev ua si zoo tib yam Olympic kub. Oliver Kirk accomplished no feat ntawm nws hometown Olympics nyob rau 1904. St. Louis hosted lub Olympiad thib peb hauv lub 1904 World's Fair Exposition. Zoo li tus ua si Paris plaub xyoos ua ntej, St. Louis gave
Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 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
Thaum nto moo rau ntaus John L. Sullivan nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb championship prizefight contested nyob rau hauv bare knuckle txoj cai, Jake Kilrain kuj muab ib feem ntawm ntau gloved bouts. Prizefighting yog transitioning ntawm bare knuckle txoj cai rau gloved bouts nyob rau hauv cov Marquess ntawm Queensberry txoj cai (amateur thiab professional boxing) Nyob rau lub caij 19th xyoo pua. Zoo li Sullivan, Kilrain yuav tua nyob rau hauv loj
Raws li kuv tau sau ntawv nyob rau hauv ntau posts, Qhov zoo heavyweight boxers ntawm 1900 thiab 1919 Tau cov neeg Asmeskas-American boxers yuam mus tua sib rau cov “Xim Championship”. Txawm tias tom qab tus poj Jack Johnson thaum kawg rhuav cov kab xim thiab yeej lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Championship, Nws yuav tsuas cug lub npe tiv thaiv contenders dawb contenders. Yog li ntawd, cov toughest challengers
Sam McVey yuav yeej lub qab ntuj dawb lias Heavyweight Boxing Championship hauv ib era uas zoo tshaj plaws cov fighters peb nkawm dub thiab khov hauv lub npe duab. Nws pib 1903 pw zoo li, nws yuav tso siab rau ntuj Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Jeffries muab nws ib match. Jeffries tsis kam siv rau lub “kab xim” pub rau luag
Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 30, 1910, ntaub ntawv tawm uas qub qab ntuj Heavyweight Prizefighting tau zus ib Jem Mace taws tuag tas nyob hais tuaj 79 xyoo. Mace tau tau zus ib qab ntuj los 1860 mus 1862 thiab rov los 1866 mus 1876. Tom qab reportedly ua haujlwm tau nyiaj ib lab las hauj lwm spanned 1857 mus 1909, Jem Mace penniless tuag. Nws nteg so
“Phem heev” Terry McGovern proved lawv yuav muaj tsawg fighter tig rau ntawm lub xyoo pua Twentieth. Thaum me boxers packed tsis muaj hwj huam nyob hauv lawv cov punches, McGovern, neeg sib scaled 110 thiab 126 phaus, hwj huam dab knockout zoo kawg li. “Phem heev” Terry ntau tas nws tw nyob rau hauv cov plaub thawj rounds. Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 1, 1899, Brooklyn McGovern raws li yus lub Chicago Johnny Richie rau
Tsev xa no yog ib qho excerpt ntawm cov phau ntawv revised Morrissey vs. Poole: Txoj, Prizefighting thiab cov nqi rau cov neeg tua tsiaj tua neeg. Huab cua kub nteg teev nyob rau hauv lub hoob nrog tus txiv neej nyob rau hauv kaum sim pw. Muab rau tseem pw tsaug zog, cov "Troy Giant" rho nws tus kheej mus ua ib tug zaum txoj hauj lwm nyob rau ntawm ntug kev txaj.
Saum ntuj 11, 1900, Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Jeffries fought nws tus tswv James J. Corbett. Corbett nyob rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship nyob hauv lub 1890s thaum ntxov. Corbett ntiav cov Jeffires kom nws npaj rau nws npe challengers powerfully built. Jeffries mus xeem yeej lub qab ntuj npe los ntawm tus txiv neej, leej twg tuav Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
Nyob rau hauv 2010, St. Louis twb 58th ib lub zos hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thiab puv 19 ib tsam cheeb tsam. Nyob ib ncig ntawm tus tig ntawm lub xyoo pua, Nws yog tus fifth los yog ntau tshaj sixth lub zos hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thiab cov coob west of tus hav dej Mississippi River. St. Louis muaj ib yam ntawm cov khaub ncaws ntau tshaj, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in