Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Oliver Leonard Kirk has the distinction of being the only Olympic boxer to win a gold medal in two separate weight classes in the same Olympic Games. Oliver Kirk accomplished this feat at his hometown Olympics in 1904. St. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
I december 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
Medan känd för att slåss mot John L. Sullivan i den senaste priskampen i världsmästerskapet som tävlades under bara knogregler, Jake Kilrain deltog också i många handskarmatcher. Prisfighting gick över från regler för nakna knogar till handskar under Marquess of Queensberry-reglerna (tidig amatör- och proffsboxning) i slutet av 1800-talet. Som Sullivan, Kilrain skulle slåss i dur
Som jag har skrivit i flera inlägg, de bästa tungviktsboxarna mellan 1900 och 1919 var de afroamerikanska boxarna tvungna att slåss med varandra för “Färgat mästerskap”. Även efter att den store Jack Johnson äntligen bröt färglinjen och vann världsmästerskapet i tungvikt, han skulle bara försvara titeln mot vita utmanare. Som ett resultat, de tuffaste utmanarna
Sam McVey skulle vinna World Färgat Heavyweight Boxing Championship i en tid där de tre bästa fighters var svarta och utfryst av titeln bilden. Han började 1903 så bra, han skulle sätta press på världstungviktsboxning James J. Jeffries att ge honom en match. Jeffries vägrade att bryta “Color Line” by giving a
På November 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 år. Mace was world champion from 1860 till 1862 and again from 1866 till 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 till 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 och 126 pounds, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. På Juli 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. Till: Politik, PROFFSBOXNING och Mordet på 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.
På maj 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. Ludvig var den 58: e största staden i USA och den 19: e största storstadsområdet. Runt sekelskiftet, Det var den femte eller sjätte största staden i USA och den största väster om Mississippifloden. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in