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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
I 1910-talet, Amerikansk wrestling flyttas permanent från legitima brottning tävlingar till förinställd utställningar. fan intresse, promotorkontroll och mindre slitage på brottarna alla spelat en roll i denna övergång. En annan mindre omtalade trycket var utanför sporten i sig. Före 20-talet, proffsboxning var olagligt i USA. bara knoge
På torsdag, Februari 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
På Augusti 11, 1915, nuvarande världsfärgade tungviktsboxningsmästaren Sam McVey slogs mot Sandy Ferguson i Boston, Massachusetts på Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey kämpade i en era där promotorer frös ut alla afroamerikanska boxare, förutom den store Jack Johnson, från att slåss om världsmästerskapet. McVey besegrade de flesta av de andra stora svarta fighters i detta
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
På Juli 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 till 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. Emellertid, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professionella strider på 1800-talet hade ett dåligt rykte utanför
På 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 båda männen kom in
“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 och 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 runt
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, vilket är anledningen till att båda initiativtagarna