Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
En la década de 1910, La lucha libre profesional estadounidense pasó permanentemente de competencias de lucha legítimas a exhibiciones preestablecidas.. Interés de los fans, El control del promotor y un menor desgaste de los luchadores jugaron un papel en esta transición.. Otra presión de la que menos se habló fue fuera del deporte en sí.. Antes del siglo XX, El boxeo profesional era ilegal en Estados Unidos.. nudillo desnudo
El jueves, Febrero 26, 1903, Jack Johnson defendió su Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo Peso Pesado de Color ante el invicto Sam McVey. McVey trajo un 6-0 récord con seis nocauts en el partido por el campeonato. Desde que los promotores del boxeo se negaron a permitir que los luchadores negros compitieran por el Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo de Peso Pesado., Los mejores boxeadores de principios de siglo lucharon por el mundo de color.
En agosto 11, 1915, El actual campeón mundial de boxeo de peso pesado de color, Sam McVey, luchó contra Sandy Ferguson en Boston., Massachusetts en el gimnasio de la Atlas Athletic Association. McVey peleó en una era en la que los promotores congelaron a todos los boxeadores afroamericanos., excepto el gran jack johnson, de luchar por el campeonato mundial. McVey derrotó a la mayoría de los otros grandes luchadores negros de este
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 año, 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
En julio 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 a 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. Sin embargo, 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
En octubre 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 libras. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Los fans de ambos hombres llegaron
“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 y 126 libras. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, September 12, 1899, when he fought British
En febrero 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. In 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 alrededor
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, es por eso que ambos promotores