Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
On Thursday, September 7, 1876, Tom Allen het sy Wêreld Swaargewig Bare Knuckle-prysvegkampioenskap teen mede-Engelsman Joe Goss verdedig. Allen, oorspronklik van Birmingham, Engeland, gevestig in St. Louis, Missouri. Allen het uiteindelik 'n V.S. Burger. Allen het 'n strydende persoonlikheid getoon, binne en buite die ring, maak kragtige vyande onder die sportmanne in die Verenigde State. Allen veral geïrriteerd
Op Dinsdag, November 18, 1884, Wêreld-swaargewig kaalknokkel-prysvegkampioen John L. Sullivan het Al Greenfield by Madison Square Garden in New York geveg. Sullivan moes meer as net sy teenstander in hierdie geveg oorkom. Die mans het oorspronklik ingestem om Maandag te baklei, November 17, 1884, maar die owerhede van New York het die mans met arrestasie gedreig. Die gestoei met
Op Dinsdag, Februarie 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast het die wêreld-liggewigbokskampioen uitgedaag om Nelson vir Nelson se titel by Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, Kalifornië. Die 28-jarige Nelson het die titel gewen deur die groot Joe Gans uit te klop 1908. Bokkenners het nie verwag dat Wolgast Nelson sou verslaan nie, al het Wolgast 'n koerantbeslissing oor Nelson gehou 1909. Belanghebbendes
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. He also entered as one of
Januarie 5, 1900, four days before a showdown with Bantamweight Boxing Champion Terry McGovern, Featherweight World Boxing Champion George Dixon made an announcement to chill the spine of all his supporters. Dixon announced that win or lose, he would be retiring from the ring after the bout with McGovern. The last thing a manager wants to hear before a
Augustus 11, 1915, huidige wêreldkleurige swaargewigbokskampioen, Sam McVey, het met Sandy Ferguson in Boston geveg, Massachusetts by die Atlas Athletic Association-gimnasium. McVey het geveg in 'n era waar promotors al die Afro-Amerikaanse boksers uitgevries het, behalwe die groot Jack Johnson, om vir die wêreldkampioenskap te veg. McVey het die meeste van die ander groot Swart vegters hiervan verslaan
Op Vrydag, Maart 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Kalifornië. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 namiddag. William Muldoon, former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, seconded Kilrain, who Muldoon trained for this fight. Muldoon trained Kilrain’s opponent, John L. Sullivan, for their 1889
Terwyl hy bekend is daarvoor dat hy teen John L. Sullivan in die laaste wêreldkampioenskap-prysgeveg wat onder kaalknokkelreëls meegeding het, Jake Kilrain het ook aan baie handskoene gevegte deelgeneem. Prysgevegte was die oorgang van kaal kneukelreëls na handskoengevegte onder die Marquess of Queensberry-reëls (vroeë amateur- en professionele boks) in die laat 19de eeu. Soos Sullivan, Kilrain sou in majeur veg
On February 23, 1906, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart defended his title in Los Angeles. When James J. Jeffries retired as heavyweight champion, Hart and Jack Sharkey fought for the vacant title. Hart was the surprise winner of the fight. Hart refused to fight Jack Johnson, the recognized best heavyweight. Instead he fought Tommy Burns, a 5’07” skilled boxer.
The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. Ryan was egter 'n goeie vegter in sy eie reg. Ryan is op Maart gebore 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan was known through out his