Dövüş Sporları Tarihçisi ve Dövüş Sanatçısı
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
1910'larda, Amerikan profesyonel güreşi kalıcı olarak meşru güreş yarışmalarından önceden düzenlenmiş sergilere geçti. Hayran ilgisi, destekçi kontrolü ve güreşçilerde daha az aşınma ve yıpranma bu geçişte rol oynadı. Baskı hakkında daha az konuşulan bir diğer konu ise sporun dışındaydı. 20. Yüzyıl Öncesi, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nde profesyonel boks yasa dışıydı. Çıplak eklem
Perşembe günü, Şubat 26, 1903, Jack Johnson, Dünya Renkli Ağır Siklet Boks Şampiyonasını namağlup Sam McVey'e karşı savundu. McVey getirdi 6-0 şampiyonluk maçında altı nakavtla rekor. Boks organizatörleri Siyah dövüşçülerin Dünya Ağır Siklet Boks Şampiyonası için yarışmasına izin vermediğinden beri, Yüzyılın başındaki en iyi boksörler Dünya Renklileri için savaştı
On August 11, 1915, Şu anki Dünya Renkli Ağır Siklet Boks Şampiyonu Sam McVey, Boston'da Sandy Ferguson ile dövüştü., Atlas Athletic Association spor salonunda Massachusetts. McVey, organizatörlerin tüm Afro-Amerikan boksörleri dondurduğu bir dönemde savaştı, büyük Jack Johnson hariç, dünya şampiyonluğu için mücadele etmekten. McVey bu dönemin diğer büyük Siyah savaşçılarının çoğunu yendi
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 yıl, 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
On July 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 karşı 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. Yaygın olarak kabul edilen
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. Ancak, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. 19. yüzyılda profesyonel dövüşçüler, ülke dışında kötü bir üne sahipti.
Ekim'de 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 lira. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Her iki adamın hayranları da geldi
“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 ve 126 lira. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, Eylül 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. Içinde 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 around
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, which is why both promoters