Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons alikuwa bondia wa Kiingereza, ambaye alishinda uzani wa kati usio na ubishi, mashindano ya uzani mzito na nyepesi, mwanzoni mwa Karne ya 20. Mara nyingi alikosea kama Mustralia kwa sababu alianza kazi yake ya ndondi huko, Fitzsimmons alisafiri kwenda Merika huko 1890 kufanya kampeni ya ubingwa wa uzani wa kati. Fitzsimmons walisimama chini tu 6 urefu wa miguu lakini
On February 23, 1906, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart defended his title in Los Angeles. When James J. Jeffries retired as heavyweight champion, Hart and Jack Sharkey fought for the vacant title. Hart was the surprise winner of the fight. Hart refused to fight Jack Johnson, the recognized best heavyweight. Instead he fought Tommy Burns, a 5’07” skilled boxer.
Novemba 30, 1871, umati mkubwa wa wanaume walipanda magari kumi ya reli kwenye New Orleans, Reli ya rununu na Texas iliposimama kwenye Mtaa wa Canal huko New Orleans, Louisiana. Treni iliendelea hadi Kituo cha Montgomery karibu na Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, ambapo umati uliacha mvua na kuingia msituni. Maandamano ya ajabu kama haya
Johnny Reagan alikuwa mpiganaji muhimu huko St.. Maonyesho ya ndondi ya Louis wakati wa muongo wa kwanza wa Karne ya 20. Asili kutoka Brooklyn, Reagan alihamia St.. Louis kufundisha chini ya Jack McKenna. McKenna aliweka operesheni yake nje ya St.. Louis, ambapo mpiganaji wake alipigania huko St.. Louis’ Klabu ya West End. Reagan alikuwa bantamweight inayoongezeka wakati huo
Siku ya Jumatatu, Mei 30, 1892, Peter Jackson alipigana pambano la glavu na aliyekuwa mfuasi Frank Slavin. Wanaume wote wawili waliishi na kupigana huko Australia, ingawa shauku ya mashabiki ilimfanya Jackson kuzuru ulimwengu ili kutumia fursa za kifedha nchini Marekani na Uingereza. Kama huko Australia, Jackson mara nyingi alikuta mabondia wa kizungu hawataki kupigana naye. Wachache
St. Louis, mwanzoni mwa karne ya 20, alikuwa na eneo maarufu la ndondi. Abe Attell, ingawa alizaliwa San Francisco, ilikuwa na makao yake huko St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell alitetea Ubingwa wake wa Dunia wa Uzani wa Featherweight dhidi ya mpinzani wake wa mara kwa mara Harry Forbes. Forbes pia ilikuwa ya kawaida kwenye tamasha la St. eneo la ndondi la Louis. Forbes walimshinda Danny Dougherty kwa tuzo hiyo
Sam Langford ni kuchukuliwa moja ya pound kubwa kwa wapiganaji chupa ya wakati wote. Alizaliwa Machi 4, 1883 katika Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, anachukuliwa kuwa bondia mkubwa zaidi wa Kanada wa wakati wote. Kazi yake ya mapigano ilianzia 1900 kwa 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Yeye
Mei 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Madai ya ubingwa wakati huo yalikuwa ya kutatanisha. Ujambazi na hila chafu mara nyingi zilifichwa nani alikuwa Bingwa wa Amerika. Jem Mace, ambaye alichukuliwa kuwa Bingwa wa Dunia mara mbili wakati akipigana huko Uingereza, ilisainiwa kukutana na Tom
Oliver Leonard Kirk kinaweza kuwa tu ya Olimpiki boxer kushinda medali ya dhahabu katika mbili tofauti madarasa uzito katika huo Michezo ya Olimpiki. Oliver Kirk yametimia feat hii katika mji wake michezo ya Olimpiki katika 1904. St. Louis mwenyeji Olympiad ya tatu wakati wa 1904 Dunia Fair Ufafanuzi. Kama Michezo Paris miaka minne kabla ya, St. Louis gave
In 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