Историчар на борбени спортови и боречки уметник
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
On July 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 да се 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
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. Сепак, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Професионалните борби во 19 век уживале лоша репутација надвор од неа
Од јануари 26, 1934, United Artists released Palooka (1934), a feature film based on the popular comic strip. Stuart Erwin plays Joe Palooka but Jimmy Durante steals the show as his manager Knobby Walsh. Joe Palooka is the son of former world boxing champion Pete Palooka. When Joe was a baby, his mother Mayme, played by Marjorie Rambeau, го зема
Октомври 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Масачусетс. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 фунти. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans of both men arrived in
“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 и 126 фунти. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, Септември 12, 1899, when he fought British
On February 7, 1882, Џон Л. 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. Во 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, поради што и двајцата промотори
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300
На април 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 минути. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when
Џон Л. Саливан доминираше наградата прстен за време на неговата кариера. Поседување на евиденција на 40 победи, без загуби и две равенства, “Бостон Силен момче” се сметаше непобедлива. Саливан освои светскиот шампионат во 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. По победата над Kilrain во овој еп рунда, Џон Л.