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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Negli anni '10, Il wrestling professionistico americano passò definitivamente da gare di wrestling legittime a esibizioni prestabilite. Interesse dei tifosi, il controllo del promotore e la minore usura dei lottatori hanno giocato un ruolo in questa transizione. Un’altra pressione di cui si parla meno era quella esterna allo sport stesso. Prima del 20° secolo, la boxe professionistica era illegale negli Stati Uniti. Nocca nuda
Giovedi ', Febbraio 26, 1903, Jack Johnson ha difeso il suo campionato mondiale di boxe dei pesi massimi colorati contro l'imbattuto Sam McVey. McVey ha portato una media di battuta di 6-0 record con sei ko nella partita di campionato. Dal momento che i promotori della boxe si sono rifiutati di lasciare che i combattenti neri competessero per il campionato mondiale di boxe dei pesi massimi, i migliori pugili all'inizio del secolo combattevano per il mondo colorato
Agosto 11, 1915, l'attuale campione mondiale di boxe dei pesi massimi di colore Sam McVey ha combattuto contro Sandy Ferguson a Boston, Massachusetts presso la palestra dell'Atlas Athletic Association. McVey ha combattuto in un'epoca in cui i promotori escludevano tutti i pugili afroamericani, tranne il grande Jack Johnson, dalla lotta per il campionato del mondo. McVey ha sconfitto la maggior parte degli altri grandi combattenti neri in questo
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 anni, 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
On July 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. Tuttavia, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. I combattimenti professionali nel 19 ° secolo godevano di una scarsa reputazione al di fuori di
Ottobre 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 sterline. 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 sterline. 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
Nel febbraio 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 in giro
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, ecco perché entrambi i promotori