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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 และ 1919 were the African-American boxers forced to fight each other for the “Colored Championship”. Even after the great Jack Johnson finally broke the color line and won the World Heavyweight Championship, he would only defend the title against white contenders. As a result, the toughest challengers
แซม McVey จะชนะสีแชมป์โลกรุ่นมวยในยุคที่สามนักรบที่ดีที่สุดเป็นสีดำและแช่แข็งออกจากภาพชื่อ. เขาเริ่มต้น 1903 ออกมาดี, เขาจะสร้างแรงกดดันต่อโลกรุ่นมวยแชมป์ James J. เจฟฟรีส์ที่จะให้เขาจับคู่. เจฟฟรีส์ปฏิเสธที่จะทำลาย “เส้นสี” by giving a
ที่พฤศจิกายน 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 ปีของอายุ. Mace was world champion from 1860 ไปยัง 1862 and again from 1866 ไปยัง 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 ไปยัง 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. 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 และ 126 ปอนด์, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. กรกฏาคม 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. ไปยัง: การเมือง, มวยที่เป็นอาชีพและฆาตกรรมบิลเนื้อ. 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.
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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
On Thursday, กุมภาพันธ์ 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
สิงหาคม 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 ปีที่ผ่านมา, 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