萨姆·兰福德（Sam Langford）与狄克西小子（Dixie Kid）搏斗
正如我在几篇文章中所写, 最好的重量级拳击手之间 1900 和 1919 是非裔美国人的拳击手被迫为 “彩色冠军”. 即使伟大的杰克·约翰逊终于打破了种族分界线并赢得了世界重量级冠军, 他只会捍卫反对白人竞争者的头衔. 其结果, 最艰难的挑战者
Category: 斗奖历史
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Sam McVey Puts Pressure on the Champ
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
老冠军死身无分文
上月 30, 1910, 报告从英国传来，前世界重量级职业拳击冠军杰姆在锤死 79 岁. 梅斯是世界冠军，从 1860 至 1862 并再次从 1866 至 1876. 据报道后赚了一百万美元的职业生涯跨越 1857 至 1909, 杰姆锤死身无分文. He was laid to rest
“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power
“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 和 126 英镑, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. 七月 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Intro to Morrissey vs. 到
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. 到: 政治, 职业拳击和比尔屠夫的谋杀. 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.
Abe Attell and St. Louis Boxing
在 2010, 圣. 路易斯是美国第58大城市，19大都市圈. 大约在世纪之交, 这是第五或第六大的城市，在美国和密西西比河以西最大. 圣. 路易斯有最大的服装1, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
拳击的合法搏斗的影响
在20世纪10年代, 美国职业摔角永久地从合法的摔跤比赛，以预先安排的展览感动. 球迷的兴趣, 启动子控制和磨损少的选手都在这个转型中发挥了作用. 另一个不太谈到压力是这项运动本身之外. 在此之前的20世纪, 职业拳击是在美国非法. 只是折角
约翰逊击败麦克维
上周四, 二月 26, 1903, 杰克·约翰逊 (Jack Johnson) 对阵不败的萨姆·麦克维 (Sam McVey)，卫冕了世界有色人种重量级拳击冠军. 麦克维带来了 6-0 冠军赛中六次淘汰赛的纪录. 由于拳击推广者拒绝让黑人拳手参加世界重量级拳击锦标赛, 世纪之交最优秀的拳击手为世界有色人种而战
麦克维KO弗格森
八月 11, 1915, 现任世界有色人种重量级拳击冠军山姆·麦克维在波士顿对阵桑迪·弗格森, 马萨诸塞州阿特拉斯体育协会体育馆. 麦克维在一个赞助商冻结所有非裔美国拳击手的时代进行战斗, 除了伟大的杰克·约翰逊, 从争夺世界冠军开始. 麦克维击败了大多数其他伟大的黑人战士
Man Kills Middleweight King
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 岁月, 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