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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
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
En xullo de 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entrou na loita polo título mundial vacante por 3 para 1 oprimido. 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. Amplamente considerado o
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. Porén, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. A loita profesional no século XIX gozaba dunha mala reputación fóra de
En outubro 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. Fans of both men arrived in
“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 e 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, Setembro 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. En 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 around
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, which is why both promoters