Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
V 10. letech 20. století, Americký profesionální wrestling se natrvalo přesunul z legitimních wrestlingových soutěží k předem připraveným exhibicím. Zájem fanoušků, Svou roli v tomto přechodu hrála kontrola promotéra a menší opotřebení zápasníků. Další méně mluvil o tlaku byl mimo sport samotný. Před 20. stoletím, profesionální box byl ve Spojených státech nezákonný. Holý kloub
Ve čtvrtek, Únor 26, 1903, Jack Johnson obhájil své mistrovství světa v barevném boxu v těžké váze proti neporaženému Samu McVeymu. McVey přinesl a 6-0 rekord se šesti knockouty v mistrovském utkání. Protože propagátoři boxu odmítli nechat černé bojovníky soutěžit o mistrovství světa v boxu v těžké váze, nejlepší boxeři přelomu století bojovali o World Colored
Srpna 11, 1915, současný mistr světa v barevném boxu v těžké váze Sam McVey se v Bostonu utkal se Sandy Fergusonem, Massachusetts v tělocvičně Atlas Athletic Association. McVey bojoval v době, kdy promotéři zmrazili všechny afroamerické boxery, kromě velkého Jacka Johnsona, z bojů o mistrovství světa. McVey porazil většinu ostatních velkých černých bojovníků tohoto
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 let, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Července 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 na 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Však, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of
Října 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Massachusetts. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 liber. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fanoušci obou mužů dorazili dovnitř
“Terrible” Terry McGovern earned a reputation as one of the most powerful punchers in the history of the lighter divisions of professional boxing. McGovern weighed between 112 a 126 liber. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, Září 12, 1899, when he fought British
Dne 7, 1882, John L. Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan for a title, which was certainly the American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship but probably not the World Title it was billed as. V 1880, Paddy Ryan won the title in his first and only prize fight before facing the ferocious power puncher Sullivan. The men met in Mississippi City, Mississippi kolem
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, proto oba promotéři