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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and professional gloved contests from the 1850s to 1930s.
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
November 30, 1910, rapportene kom fra England som tidligere World Heavyweight prizefighting Champion Jem Mace hadde dødd på 79 år. Mace var verdensmesteren fra 1860 til 1862 og igjen fra 1866 til 1876. Etter angivelig å tjene en million dollar i en karriere som strakte seg 1857 til 1909, Jem Mace døde pengelens. 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 and 126 pounds, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Juli 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. Poole: Politikk, Prizefighting og Murder of Bill the Butcher. 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.
På 1910-tallet, Amerikansk profesjonell bryting flyttet permanent fra legitime brytingskonkurranser til forhåndsarrangerte utstillinger. Fan-interesse, promoterkontroll og mindre slitasje på bryterne spilte en rolle i denne overgangen. Et annet mindre omtalt press var utenfor selve sporten. Før det 20. århundre, profesjonell boksing var ulovlig i USA. Bar knoke
On Thursday, February 26, 1903, Jack Johnson forsvarte sitt World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship mot den ubeseirede Sam McVey. McVey tok med en 6-0 rekord med seks knockouts inn i mesterskapskampen. Siden boksingpromotører nektet å la svarte jagerfly konkurrere om verdensmesterskapet i tungvektboksing, de beste bokserne rundt århundreskiftet kjempet for verdens fargede
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 år, 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
Oktober 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 pounds. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans av begge mennene ankom
“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 and 126 pounds. 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. I 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 rundt