格鬥運動史學家和武術家
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
十一月 30, 1910, 報告從英國傳來，前世界重量級職業拳擊冠軍傑姆在錘死 79 歲以下. 梅斯是世界冠軍，從 1860 至 1862 並再次從 1866 至 1876. 據報導後賺了一百萬美元的職業生涯跨越 1857 至 1909, 傑姆錘死身無分文. 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 和 126 英鎊, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. 七月 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. 到: 政治, 職業拳擊和比爾屠夫的謀殺. 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.
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
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
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
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 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
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