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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Tuesday, Kaum ib hlis 18, 1884, Ntiaj teb heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting tau zus ib John L. Sullivan fought Al Greenfield ntawm Madison Square vaj nyob New York City. Sullivan yuav tsum tau overcome ntau tshaj xwb nws tus nrog sib ntaus hauv no bout. Cov txiv neej muas thaum chiv thawj pom zoo mus tua rau hnub Zwj Hli, Kaum ib hlis 17, 1884, Tiam sis New York City tub ceev xwm raug teeb meem cov txiv neej uas ntes. Tus wrangling nrog
Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, California. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. 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 “Nkaus” Blackburn tiav nws koob meej loj tshaj li ntawm tus kws qhia rau ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib Joe Louis ntawm 1934 mus 1942. Louis plhuav mus yuav tau ib lub heavyweights saum peb mus rau tsib nyob hauv keeb kwm kev boxing thiab ua ib co xav txog nws qhov heavyweight fighter zoo. “Nkaus” Blackburn tsim cov talents ntawm cov hluas tau zus ib thiab pab nws
Tuesday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Dawb lias ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Ntawm 1904 thiab 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 ntawm 1899 mus 1904. Tom qab winning lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship ntawm Bob Fitzsimmons hauv 1899, Jeffries ua 9 Zoo npe defenses thaum lub tsib xyoos tom ntej no. Nws txijnkawm undefeated nyob rau hauv 1905 Ua ntej yuav lured rov qab rau ib ill-fated comeback tiv thaiv cov poj Jack Johnson. Jeffries tsis yeej nws bouts nrog superior boxing
Yog Jake Kilrain zoo paub ua lub xeem thiab toughest challenger rau John L. Tua Sullivan hauv cov xeem yas tes mus khaws ntiaj teb championship. Dua li ntawm Kilrain lub cev tsis tuav John L. Sullivan, nws muaj ib cov hauj lwm zoo cov ua ntej thiab tom qab qhov bout nrog tus mighty Sullivan. Ntaus rau 10 ntau xyoo nyob rau hauv bouts los, Feem ntau zoo tab sis nyob Kilrain tau
Thaum bare knuckle prizefighter Tom Allen yug hauv hais thaum 1840, Nws siv feem ntau ntawm nws lub neej laus nyob st Louis tom qab relocating rau lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas 1867. Tom qab ib disappointing poob rau Jem Mace hauv 1870, Qhov twg nws impressed spectators nrog ib gallant kev kawm nyob rau hauv ib lub dag zog poob dag zog, Allen pib campaigning rau txhaj tshuaj ntawm American
Tom Allen yug hauv Birmingham, Hais rau hnub tim 23, 1840 Tab sis nws los ua nto moo ua ib heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter nyob America. Hauv St. Louis ib ncig 1867, Allen yeej tus American Heavyweight Championship hauv 1873 thiab tuav lub npe mus txog rau thaum 1876. Nws rov qab mus hais rau ib xyoo ua ntej rov qab mus St. Louis rau zoo nyob rau hauv 1878. Tom qab
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. Nyob rau hauv 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. Louis, Missouri. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. Thaum lub sij hawm, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell