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
Category: 斗奖历史
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
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
马文·哈特赢得空置标题
七月 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 至 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
Ned O’Baldwin Shot
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. 然而, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. 19 世纪的职业格斗在国外声名狼藉
Irish Giant Bashes Wormald
十月 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, 马萨诸塞州. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 英镑. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. 两人的粉丝都到场了
Terrible Terry Wins Bantam Title
“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 和 126 英镑. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, 九月 12, 1899, when he fought British
Sullivan Beats Paddy Ryan
二月 7, 1882, 约翰·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. 在 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, 密西西比州附近
Gotch Tries Boxing
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, 这就是为什么两个发起人