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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
In the 1910s, American professional wrestling permanently moved from legitimate wrestling contests to prearranged exhibitions. Fan interest, promoter control and less wear and tear on the wrestlers all played a role in this transition. Another less talked about pressure was outside of the sport itself. Prior to the 20th Century, professional boxing was illegal in the United States. Bare knuckle
Txog hnub plaub, Lub ob hlis ntuj 26, 1903, Jack Johnson defended his World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship against the undefeated Sam McVey. McVey brought a 6-0 record with six knockouts into the championship match. Since boxing promoters refused to let Black fighters compete for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the best boxers around the turn of the Century fought for the World Colored
Rau lub yim hli ntuj 11, 1915, current World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey fought Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts at the Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey fought in an era where promoters froze out all the African American boxers, except the great Jack Johnson, from fighting for the world championship. McVey defeated most of the other great Black fighters of this
Tom qab thaj tsam 9 fights ib xyoos li yav tag los 7 xyoo, Ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing tau zus ib Stanley “Tus neeg tua neeg Michigan” Ketchel nyob sab lim. Ketchel muab ib so ntawm Missouri ranch ntawm nws cov phooj ywg R Vws. P. Dickerson nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev los tsam lub cav muab nws lub zog thiab tej yam txaus siab rau cov. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 3, 1905, Marvin Hart nkag mus kev sib ntaus hauv lub ntiaj teb uas tsis muaj npe ua ib tug 3 mus 1 underdog. Jack cag uas yuav muaj thawj lub teeb heavyweight championship yog cov nyiam kom ua tiav cov nyuam qhuav retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries yuav referee no npe match muab nws. Marvin Hart twb nyuam qhuav raug ntaus Jack Johnson. Widely considered the
Nyob rau thaum lub peb hlis ntuj 1873, yas tes mus khaws prizefighter Ned “Cov Irish loj heev” O'Baldwin yog npaj rau ib tug neeg match nrog Jem Mace, uas tau thov lub ntiaj teb mus khaws khauj tsiav Prizefighting Championship. Txawm li cas los, ua ntej O'Baldwin yuav fim Mace, nws txais kev pab raws li muaj ob tus phooj ywg thiab koj txog haujlwm hu ua Hicken prizefighter. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of
Nyob rau lub kaum hli ntuj 29, 1868, “Irish loj heev” Ned O'Baldwin thiab prizefighter Hmong Joe Wormald ntsib hauv yas tes mus khaws nqi zog-sib ntaus saab nrau Boston hauv Lynnville, Massachusetts. O'Baldwin sawv 6’06” siab thiab weighed ib ncig 220 phaus. Khoom ntawm ib tug tsausmuag maag, O'Baldwin muaj tus cwj pwm zoo meej rau lub nplhaib tiam sis tsis kev txawj saab nrau nws. Kiv cua ntawm ob tug txiv neej los txog hauv
“Phem heev” Terry McGovern tau ib lub koob npe nrov ua ib tug tus punchers haib tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv keeb kwm ntawm cov chav haujlwm Mental sib zog ntawm kev boxing. McGovern weighed ntawm 112 thiab 126 phaus. Tsis zoo li tus koj txog haujlwm me fighters, leej twg overwhelmed nws tw nrog xuas nrig ntaus ntim, McGovern khoom fais fab exceptional knockout. McGovern proved nws lub hwj huam rau hnub, Cuaj hlis 12, 1899, when he fought British
Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 7, 1882, John L. Sullivan fought Ryan liaj rau title, uas tau yeej tus American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship, tiam sis tej zaum tsis lub ntiaj teb Title nws tshawb tau li. Nyob rau hauv 1880, Liaj ia Ryan yeej lub npe nyob rau hauv kev sib ntaus thawj thiab tsuas nqi zog nws ua ntej txojkev lub hwjchim liamhim puncher Sullivan. Cov txiv neej uas tau ntsib hauv Mississippi River City, Mississippi around
Ib cov lus nug muaj hnub nyoog laus nyob hauv txhua qhov kev ua si puas yog “Leej twg yuav yeej ib boxer thiab ib wrestler?” Lub speculation nyob ib ncig ntawm qhov lo lus nug mus rau ob peb boxer ntev wrestler qhov yuam kev ntawm paub keeb kwm, tus phem tshaj notably Muhammad Ali thiab Antonio Inoki hauv 1976. Qhov yuam kev ntawm cov saibxyuas no-win affairs tsuas yog nyob rau qhov chaw ua hauj lwm, which is why both promoters