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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Kif ktibt f’diversi postijiet, l-aqwa boxers heavyweight bejn 1900 u 1919 kienu l-boxers Afrikani-Amerikani mġiegħla jiġġieldu lil xulxin għall- “Kampjonat tal-Kulur”. Anke wara li l-kbir Jack Johnson fl-aħħar kiser il-linja tal-kulur u rebaħ il-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Piż Tqil, kien jiddefendi biss it-titlu kontra kontendenti bojod. As a result, l-aktar sfidanti iebsa
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
Fuq Novembru 30, 1910, rapporti ġew minn England dik li qabel kienet Heavyweight Champion tad-Dinja Prizefighting Jem Mace kien miet fi 79 sena. Mace kien champion tad-dinja minn 1860 li 1862 u għal darb'oħra mill- 1866 li 1876. Wara Allegatament jaqla miljun dollaru fil-karriera li spanned 1857 li 1909, Jem Mace miet 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 u 126 liri, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Fuq Lulju 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. Biex: Politics, Prizefighting u l-qtil ta 'Bill l-biċċier. 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.
Fil 2010, St. Louis kien l-58 akbar belt fl-Istati Uniti u l-akbar żona metropolitana 19. Madwar il-bidu tas-seklu, kien il-ħames jew sitt l-akbar belt fl-Istati Uniti u l-akbar punent tax-Xmara Mississippi. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
Fl-1910s, Il-lotta professjonali Amerikana mċaqalqa b'mod permanenti minn kompetizzjonijiet ta' lotta leġittimi għal wirjiet rranġati minn qabel. Interess tal-partitarji, kontroll tal-promotur u inqas xedd u kedd fuq il-wrestlers kollha kellhom rwol f'din it-tranżizzjoni. Oħra li tkellem anqas dwar pressjoni kienet barra mill-isport innifsu. Qabel is-Seklu 20, il-boxing professjonali kien illegali fl-Istati Uniti. Knuckle vojta
Nhar il-Ħamis, Frar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson iddefenda l-Kampjonat Dinji tiegħu tal-Boxing Heavyweight tal-Kulur kontra Sam McVey li ma ntlaqatx. McVey ġab a 6-0 rekord b’sitt knockouts fil-partita tal-kampjonat. Peress li l-promoturi tal-boxing irrifjutaw li jħallu lill-ġellieda l-Iswed jikkompetu għall-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Boxing Heavyweight, l-aqwa boxers madwar il-bidu tas-Seklu ġġieldu għad-Dinja Kkulurita
Fuq Awissu 11, 1915, Iċ-Champion tal-Boxing tal-Heavyweight tal-Kulur Dinjija attwali Sam McVey ġġieled lil Sandy Ferguson f’Boston, Massachusetts fil-ġinnasju tal-Atlas Athletic Association. McVey ġġieled f'era fejn il-promoturi ffriżaw lill-boxers Afrikani Amerikani kollha, ħlief il-kbir Jack Johnson, mill-ġlieda għall-kampjonat tad-dinja. McVey għeleb ħafna mill-ġellieda l-oħra l-Iswed kbar ta 'dan
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 snin, 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