Nhà sử học và võ sĩ thể thao chiến đấu
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Oliver Leonard Kirk có phân biệt được các võ sĩ quyền Anh Olympic duy nhất để giành chiến thắng một huy chương vàng trong hai lớp trọng lượng riêng biệt trong Thế vận hội Olympic cùng. Oliver Kirk hoàn thành kỳ tích này ở quê nhà Thế vận hội 1904. St. Louis tổ chức Olympic thứ ba trong 1904 Hội chợ triển lãm thế giới. Like the Paris Games four years before, 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
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
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 và 1919 were the African-American boxers forced to fight each other for the “Colored 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
Sam McVey sẽ giành chiến thắng trong thế giới màu Heavyweight Championship Boxing trong một thời đại mà ba con cá tốt nhất là màu đen và đông lạnh ra khỏi hình ảnh tiêu đề. Ông bắt đầu 1903 ra rất tốt, ông sẽ gây áp lực lên World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries để cho anh ta một trận đấu. Jeffries đã từ chối để phá vỡ “dòng màu” by giving a
Vào ngày 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 tuổi. Mace was world champion from 1860 để 1862 and again from 1866 để 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 để 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 và 126 bảng, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Vào ngày 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. Đến: Chính trị, Prizefighting và Murder của 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.
Ngày 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
Trong 2010, St. Louis là thành phố lớn thứ 58 ở Hoa Kỳ và khu vực đô thị lớn nhất 19. Ở thời điểm chuyển giao thế kỷ, nó là thành phố thứ năm hoặc thứ sáu lớn nhất tại Hoa Kỳ và phía tây lớn nhất của sông Mississippi. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in