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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
Byddai Sam McVey ennill Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Byd Lliwiog Pwysau Trwm mewn oes lle mae tri diffoddwyr gorau yn ddu ac yn rhewi allan o'r darlun teitl. Dechreuodd 1903 allan mor dda, byddai'n rhoi pwysau ar y Byd Pwysau Trwm Bocsio Pencampwr James J. Jeffries i roi gem iddo. Gwrthododd Jeffries i dorri'r “llinell lliw” by giving a
Ar Dachwedd 30, 1910, Daeth adroddiadau o Loegr fod cyn Pwysau Trwm y Byd Prizefighting Pencampwr Jem Mace wedi marw yn 79 mlwydd oed. Roedd Mace bencampwr byd o 1860 i 1862 ac eto o 1866 i 1876. Ar ôl reportedly ennill miliwn o ddoleri mewn gyrfa sy'n rhychwantu 1857 i 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 a 126 bunnoedd, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Ar Orffennaf 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. Poole: Gwleidyddiaeth, Prizefighting a Llofruddiaeth Mesur y Cigydd. 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.
Yn y 1910au, Symudodd reslo proffesiynol Americanaidd yn barhaol o gystadlaethau reslo cyfreithlon i arddangosfeydd a drefnwyd ymlaen llaw. Diddordeb ffan, roedd rheolaeth hyrwyddwyr a llai o draul ar y reslwyr i gyd yn chwarae rhan yn y trawsnewid hwn. Roedd un arall llai siarad am bwysau y tu allan i'r gamp ei hun. Cyn yr 20fed Ganrif, roedd bocsio proffesiynol yn anghyfreithlon yn yr Unol Daleithiau. Migwrn noeth
Ar ddydd Iau, Chwefror 26, 1903, Amddiffynnodd Jack Johnson ei Bencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Trwm Lliw y Byd yn erbyn Sam McVey, sydd heb ei drechu. Daeth McVey a 6-0 record gyda chwe ergyd i mewn i'r gêm bencampwriaeth. Ers i hyrwyddwyr bocsio wrthod gadael i ddiffoddwyr Du gystadlu am Bencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Trwm y Byd, bu'r bocswyr gorau tua throad y Ganrif yn ymladd dros y Byd Lliwiog
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 blynyddoedd, 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
Ar Hydref 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 bunnoedd. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Cyrhaeddodd ffans y ddau ddyn i mewn
“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 a 126 bunnoedd. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, September 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. Yn 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 o gwmpas