Oliver Kirk e o 1904 St. Louis Olimpíadas

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Oliver Leonard Kirk tem a distinção de ser o único boxeador olímpico a ganhar uma medalha de ouro em duas categorias de peso diferentes nos mesmos Jogos Olímpicos. Oliver Kirk conseguido este feito em sua cidade natal Olimpíadas de 1904. St. Louis sediou a terceira Olimpíada durante o 1904 Exposição Feira Mundial. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Jake Kilrain Boxes to a Draw

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While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major

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Sam Langford Fights the Dixie Kid

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As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 e 1919 were the African-American boxers forced to fight each other for theColored 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. As a result, the toughest challengers

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Sam McVey coloca pressão sobre a Champ

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Sam McVey iria ganhar o World Heavyweight Championship Colored Boxing em uma era onde os três melhores lutadores eram negros e congelado para fora da foto do título. Ele começou 1903 tão bem, ele iria colocar pressão sobre Champion World Heavyweight Boxing James J. Jeffries para dar-lhe uma partida. Jeffries se recusou a quebrar o “linha de cor” by giving a

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“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

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“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 e 126 libras, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. On July 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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