拳擊對合法摔角的影響
1910年代, 美國職業摔角從合法摔角比賽永久轉移到預先安排的表演賽. 粉絲興趣, 發起人的控制和摔跤手的較少磨損都在這一轉變中發揮了作用. 另一個較少被談論的壓力是運動本身以外的壓力. 20世紀以前, 職業拳擊在美國是非法的. 裸指關節
Category: 鬥獎歷史
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
約翰遜擊敗麥克維
上週四, 二月 26, 1903, 傑克·約翰遜 (Jack Johnson) 對陣不敗的薩姆·麥克維 (Sam McVey)，衛冕了世界有色人種重量級拳擊冠軍. 麥克維帶來了 6-0 冠軍賽中六次淘汰賽的紀錄. 由於拳擊推廣者拒絕讓黑人拳擊手參加世界重量級拳擊錦標賽, 世紀之交最優秀的拳擊手為世界有色人種而戰
麥克維 KO 弗格森
八月 11, 1915, 現任世界有色重量級拳擊冠軍薩姆·麥克維在波士頓與桑迪·弗格森對決, 馬薩諸塞州阿特拉斯體育協會體育館. 麥克維在一個發起人凍結所有非裔美國拳擊手的時代戰鬥, 除了偉大的傑克約翰遜, 從為世界冠軍而戰. 麥克維擊敗了大多數其他偉大的黑人戰士
Man Kills Middleweight King
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 歲月, 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
馬文·哈特贏得空置標題
七月 3, 1905, 馬文·哈特進入空置世界冠軍的戰鬥 3 至 1 弱旅. 傑克根會是誰第一個輕重量級冠軍是最有希望接替剛剛退役的詹姆斯Ĵ. 杰弗里斯. 杰弗里斯將裁判這個稱號比賽代替他. 馬文·哈特最近擊敗傑克·約翰遜. 被廣泛認為
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世紀的職業格鬥在外界之外名聲不佳
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, 馬薩諸塞州. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 英鎊. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. 兩人的粉絲都到場了
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 英鎊. 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
On February 7, 1882, 約翰·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, 密西西比州周圍
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, 這就是為什麼兩位發起人