Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
1910. gados, Amerikāņu profesionālā cīņa uz visiem laikiem pārcēlās no likumīgām cīņas sacensībām uz iepriekš organizētām izstādēm. Fanu interese, veicinātāja kontrolei un mazākam cīkstoņu nolietojumam bija nozīme šajā pārejā. Vēl viens mazāk runāts par spiedienu bija ārpus paša sporta. Pirms 20. gs, profesionālais bokss Amerikas Savienotajās Valstīs bija nelikumīgs. Pliks dūres
Ceturtdien, Februāris 26, 1903, Džeks Džonsons aizstāvēja savu pasaules krāsaino boksa čempionātu smagajā svarā pret nepārspējamo Semu Makveju. Makvijs atnesa a 6-0 rekords ar sešiem nokautiem čempionāta mačā. Tā kā boksa popularizētāji atteicās ļaut melnādainajiem cīnītājiem sacensties par pasaules čempionātu boksa smagajā svarā, gadsimtu mijas labākie bokseri cīnījās par Pasaules krāsaino
Augustā 11, 1915, Pašreizējais pasaules čempions boksa smagajā svarā Sems Makvejs Bostonā cīnījās ar Sandiju Fergusonu, Masačūsetsā Atlas Athletic Association sporta zālē. Makvijs cīnījās laikmetā, kad veicinātāji iesaldēja visus afroamerikāņu bokserus, izņemot izcilo Džeku Džonsonu, no cīņas par pasaules čempionātu. Makvijs uzvarēja lielāko daļu citu lielisko melnādaino cīnītāju
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 gadiem, 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
Jūlijā 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 līdz 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. Tomēr, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionālās cīņas 19. gadsimtā baudīja sliktu reputāciju ārpus tās
Oktobrī 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 mārciņas. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Ieradās abu vīriešu fani
“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 and 126 mārciņas. 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. Uz 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, Apkārt Misisipi
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, tāpēc abi veicinātāji