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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
På 1910-tallet, Amerikansk profesjonell bryting flyttet permanent fra legitime brytingskonkurranser til forhåndsarrangerte utstillinger. Fan-interesse, promoterkontroll og mindre slitasje på bryterne spilte en rolle i denne overgangen. Et annet mindre omtalt press var utenfor selve sporten. Før det 20. århundre, profesjonell boksing var ulovlig i USA. Bar knoke
On Thursday, February 26, 1903, Jack Johnson forsvarte sitt World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship mot den ubeseirede Sam McVey. McVey tok med en 6-0 rekord med seks knockouts inn i mesterskapskampen. Siden boksingpromotører nektet å la svarte jagerfly konkurrere om verdensmesterskapet i tungvektboksing, de beste bokserne rundt århundreskiftet kjempet for verdens fargede
August 11, 1915, nåværende verdensfargede tungvektsboksingmester Sam McVey kjempet mot Sandy Ferguson i Boston, Massachusetts på treningsstudioet Atlas Athletic Association. McVey kjempet i en tid der promotører frøs ut alle afroamerikanske boksere, bortsett fra den store Jack Johnson, fra å kjempe om verdensmesterskapet. McVey beseiret de fleste av de andre store svarte fighterne i dette
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 år, 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
Juli 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. However, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesjonelle kamper på 1800-tallet hadde et dårlig rykte utenfor
Oktober 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 pounds. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans av begge mennene ankom
“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 pounds. 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. I 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 rundt
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, som er grunnen til at begge arrangørene