Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
1910., Ameerika Ühendriikide professionaalne maadlus püsivalt kolis õigustatud maadlus võistlused jätavad näitused. Fan huvi, promootor kontrolli ja vähem kulumist maadlejate kõik mänginud rolli see üleminek. Teine vähem rääkinud rõhk oli väljaspool sport ise. Enne 20. sajandi, Profipoksi oli ebaseaduslik USA. lihtsalt vait
Neljapäeval, Veebruar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson kaitses oma värvilise raskekaalu poksi maailmameistrivõistlust võitmatu Sam McVey vastu. McVey tõi a 6-0 rekord kuue nokautiga meistrivõistluste matšis. Kuna poksi edendajad keeldusid lubamast mustanahalistel võitlejatel võistelda poksi raskekaalu maailmameistrivõistlustel, sajandivahetuse parimad poksijad võitlesid värvilise maailma eest
August 11, 1915, Praegune värvilise poksi raskekaalu maailmameister Sam McVey võitles Bostonis Sandy Fergusoniga, Massachusetts Atlase Athletic Associationi jõusaalis. McVey võitles ajastul, mil promootorid külmutasid kõik Aafrika-Ameerika poksijad, välja arvatud suur Jack Johnson, võitlusest maailmameistritiitli nimel. McVey alistas enamiku teistest suurtest mustanahalistest võitlejatest
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 aastat, 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
Juulil 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 kuni 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. Siiski, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professionaalsed võitlused 19. sajandil nautisid väljaspool seda kehva maine
Oktoobril 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 naela. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Mõlema mehe fännid saabusid
“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 ja 126 naela. 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
On February 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. Sisse 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 ümberringi
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, mistõttu mõlemad promootorid