Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Á 1910, Bandarísk atvinnuglíma færðist varanlega frá lögmætum glímukeppnum yfir í fyrirfram skipulagðar sýningar. Áhugi aðdáenda, eftirlit með forgöngumönnum og minna slit á glímumönnum áttu sinn þátt í þessum umskiptum. Annað minna umtalað álag var utan íþróttarinnar sjálfrar. Fyrir 20. öld, atvinnuhnefaleikar voru ólöglegir í Bandaríkjunum. Beran hnúa
Á fimmtudaginn, Febrúar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson varði heimsmeistaramótið í lituðum þungavigt í hnefaleikum gegn hinum ósigraði Sam McVey. McVey kom með a 6-0 met með sex rothöggum í meistarakeppninni. Þar sem hnefaleikameistarar neituðu að láta svarta bardagamenn keppa um heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt í hnefaleikum, bestu hnefaleikakapparnir í kringum aldamótin börðust um heimlitaða
Ágúst 11, 1915, núverandi heimsmeistari í þungavigt í hnefaleikum, Sam McVey, barðist við Sandy Ferguson í Boston, Massachusetts í Atlas Athletic Association líkamsræktarstöðinni. McVey barðist á tímum þar sem verkefnisstjórar frusu út alla afrísku bandarísku hnefaleikakappana, nema hinn frábæri Jack Johnson, frá því að berjast um heimsmeistaratitilinn. McVey sigraði flesta aðra frábæru svarta bardagamenn í þessu
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 ár, 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
Júlí 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 til 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. Þó, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Atvinnubardaga á 19. öld naut lélegs orðspors utan
Á október 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 £. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Aðdáendur beggja mannanna komu inn
“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 og 126 £. 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. Í 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