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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Oliver Leonard Kirk har æren av å være den eneste OL-bokseren til å vinne en gullmedalje i to separate vektklasser i samme OL. Oliver Kirk oppnådd denne bragden på hans hjemby OL i 1904. St. Louis vert den tredje Olympiad under 1904 Verdensutstillingen Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
I desember 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
Mens kjent for å kjempe mot John L. Sullivan i den siste premiekampen i verdensmesterskapet konkurrerte under bare knokeregler, Jake Kilrain deltok også i mange hanskekamper. Premiekampen gikk over fra regler for bare knoke til hanskekamper under Marquess of Queensberry-reglene (tidlig amatør og profesjonell boksing) på slutten av 1800-tallet. Som Sullivan, Kilrain ville kjempe i dur
Som jeg har skrevet i flere innlegg, de beste tungvektsbokserne mellom 1900 and 1919 ble de afroamerikanske bokserne tvunget til å kjempe mot hverandre for “Farget mesterskap”. Selv etter at den store Jack Johnson endelig brøt fargelinjen og vant World Heavyweight Championship, han ville bare forsvare tittelen mot hvite kandidater. As a result, de tøffeste utfordrerne
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
November 30, 1910, rapportene kom fra England som tidligere World Heavyweight prizefighting Champion Jem Mace hadde dødd på 79 år. Mace var verdensmesteren fra 1860 til 1862 og igjen fra 1866 til 1876. Etter angivelig å tjene en million dollar i en karriere som strakte seg 1857 til 1909, Jem Mace døde pengelens. 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 and 126 pounds, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Juli 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. Poole: Politikk, Prizefighting og Murder of Bill the Butcher. 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.
Mai 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
I 2010, St. Louis var den 58. største byen i USA og den 19. største byområde. Rundt århundreskiftet, det var den femte eller sjette største byen i USA og den største vest for Mississippi-elven. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in