Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Como escribín en varias publicacións, os mellores boxeadores de peso pesado entre 1900 e 1919 foron os boxeadores afroamericanos obrigados a loitar entre si polo “Campionato de cores”. Mesmo despois de que o gran Jack Johnson finalmente rompese a liña de cores e gañase o Campionato Mundial de Peso Pesado, só defendería o título ante os aspirantes brancos. As a result, os máis duros retadores
Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a
En novembro 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 anos de idade. Mace was world champion from 1860 para 1862 and again from 1866 para 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 para 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 e 126 libras, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. En xullo de 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. Poole: Política, Prizefighting eo asasinato de 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.
En 2010, St. Louis foi a 58 ª maior cidade dos Estados Unidos e 19 maior área metropolitana. Ao redor da virada do século, foi a quinta ou sexta maior cidade dos Estados Unidos ea maior a oeste do río Mississippi. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
Nos anos 1910, A loita libre profesional americana pasou permanentemente dos concursos de loita lexítimo a exhibicións previamente organizadas. Interese dos fans, o control do promotor e o menor desgaste dos loitadores xogaron un papel nesta transición. Outra presión menos falada foi fóra do propio deporte. Antes do Século XX, o boxeo profesional era ilegal nos Estados Unidos. Nudillo nu
O xoves, Febreiro 26, 1903, Jack Johnson defendeu o seu Campionato Mundial de Boxeo Peso Pesado de Colores contra o invicto Sam McVey. McVey trouxo un 6-0 récord con seis nocauts no partido do campionato. Dado que os promotores do boxeo negáronse a permitir que os loitadores negros competisen polo Campionato Mundial de Boxeo Peso Pesado, os mellores boxeadores ao redor do cambio de século loitaron polo World Colored
En agosto 11, 1915, o actual campión mundial de boxeo de peso pesado de cores, Sam McVey, loitou contra Sandy Ferguson en Boston, Massachusetts no ximnasio da Asociación Atlética Atlas. McVey loitou nunha época na que os promotores conxelaron a todos os boxeadores afroamericanos, excepto o gran Jack Johnson, de loitar polo campionato do mundo. McVey derrotou á maioría dos outros grandes loitadores negros deste
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 anos, 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