Certamina ludis Historicus et Martialis Artist
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Die Jovis, September 7, 1876, Tom Allen suum Mundum Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship defendebat contra hominem Anglicum Joe Goss. Allen, primum a Birminghamia, England, habitavit in St. Ludovicus, Missouri. Allen eventually factus est in US. Civis. Allen ostendit pugnax personality, intra et extra circulum, potentes hostes inter ludentes homines in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae faciens. Allen maxime irritaverunt
Die martis, November 18, 1884, Mundus Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan pugnavit Al Greenfield apud Madison Square Garden in New York City,. Sullivan opus est vincere plus quam solum adversario suo in hoc praedura. Primum inter homines Lunae pugnare, November 17, 1884, sed auctoritates Novi Eboraci hominibus comprehensis minabantur. altercatio cum
Die martis, February 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast provocavit Mundus Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson titulus apud Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, California. XXVIII annos Nelson magni Joe Gans titulum pulsando vicit 1908. Periti pugilatu Wolgasti non exspectaverunt ut Nelson devinceret, etiamsi Wolgast consilium diurna de Nelson in tenuisset. 1909. Pundits
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Postquam 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. Ingressus est etiam unus of
On January 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
On August 11, 1915, Sam McVey pugnavit Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts in Atlante Athletica Consociationis gym. McVey in aetate pugnavit ubi auctores omnes pugiles Africani adligat, nisi magna Jack Johnson, de pugna ad mundi pilae. McVey plerique alii magni Nigri pugnatores huius vicerunt
Die Veneris, Itinera 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain pugnavit George Godefridus in California Athletica Club in San Francisco, California. Milites pro tropaeo pugnaverunt $5,000. Viri intraverunt anulum 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, pristinus Mundus Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, clamore Kilrain, qui Muldoon ad hanc pugnam exercitati. Muldoon adversario Kilrain exercitatus, John L. Sullivan, pro 1889
While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major
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. Carl erat vir bonus in sui juris etsi Pugnator. Carl Martii natus est 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, Novi Eboraci. Ryan notum fuit per manum eius