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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Kot sem že napisal v več prispevkih, najboljši boksarji v težki kategoriji med 1900 in 1919 so bili afroameriški boksarji prisiljeni v boj med seboj “Barvno prvenstvo”. Tudi potem, ko je odlični Jack Johnson dokončno prebil barvno črto in osvojil svetovno prvenstvo v težki kategoriji, naslov bi branil le proti belim kandidatom. As a result, najtežji izzivalci
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
Novembra 30, 1910, Poročila prišla iz Anglije, ki je nekdanji svetovni prvak v težki kategoriji Prizefighting Jem Mace umrl 79 let. Mace je svetovni prvak iz 1860 za 1862 in spet iz 1866 za 1876. Po poročanju zaslužijo milijon dolarjev v karieri, ki raztezajo 1857 za 1909, Jem Mace umrl brez prebite pare. 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 in 126 funtov, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Julija 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. Da: Politics, Prizefighting in Umor Bill Butcher. 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.
V 2010, St. Louis je 58. največje mesto v Združenih državah Amerike in 19. največje metropolitansko območje. Ob prelomu stoletja, je bil peti ali šesto največje mesto v Združenih državah Amerike in največja zahodno od reke Mississippi. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
V 1910-ih, Ameriška profesionalna rokoborba se je trajno preselila iz legitimnih rokoborskih tekmovanj v vnaprej dogovorjene ekshibicije. Zanimanje oboževalcev, nadzor promotorja in manjša obraba rokoborcev sta igrala vlogo pri tem prehodu. Drugi pritisk, o katerem se manj govori, je bil zunaj samega športa. Pred 20. stoletjem, profesionalni boks je bil v ZDA nezakonit. Goli členek
Četrtek, Februar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson je branil svoj naslov svetovnega prvaka v obarvanem boksu v težki kategoriji proti neporaženemu Samu McVeyu. McVey je prinesel a 6-0 rekord s šestimi nokavti na prvenstveni tekmi. Ker so boksarski promotorji temnopoltim borcem zavrnili tekmovanje za svetovno prvenstvo v boksu v težki kategoriji, najboljši boksarji na prelomu stoletja so se borili za obarvanega sveta
Avgusta 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
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 let, 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