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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
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
Julija 3, 1905, Marvin Hart je začel boj za prosto naslov svetovnega prvaka kot 3 za 1 underdog. Jack Root, ki bi bila prva svetloba težka prvenstvo je bil favorit za uspeh nedavno upokojenega James J. Jeffries. Jeffries bi sodnik to naslovno zadetek, ki ga nadomešča. Marvin Hart je pred kratkim pretepli 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. Vendar, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionalno bojevanje v 19. stoletju je zunaj uživalo slab ugled
Oktobra 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 funtov. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Prišli so oboževalci obeh moških
“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 in 126 funtov. 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. V 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 okoli
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, zaradi česar oba promotorja