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Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Txog hnub plaub, Cuaj hlis 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, Hais, settled in St. Louis, Missouri. Allen eventually became a U.S. Citizen. Allen showed a pugnacious personality, inside and outside the ring, making powerful enemies amongst the sporting men in the United States. Allen particularly irritated
Tuesday, Kaum ib hlis 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan fought Al Greenfield at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sullivan needed to overcome more than just his opponent in this bout. The men originally agreed to fight on Monday, Kaum ib hlis 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with
Tuesday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, California. The 28-year-old Nelson won the title by knocking out the great Joe Gans in 1908. Boxing experts did not expect Wolgast to defeat Nelson even though Wolgast held a newspaper decision over Nelson in 1909. Pundits
Nyob rau ib lub peb hlis ntuj tsaus ntuj hauv San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved aggressiveness ntshiab ua tej zaum yeej txiav txim siab. Tom qab 20 rounds cov boxing, referee Greggains, tus kws txiav txim xwb, muab qhov kev txiav txim dua tus yawm Jack Johnson rau Hart. Hart ntsib Johnson rau tim 28, 1905. Johnson nkag mus rau lub nplhaib ua tus betting nyiam. He also entered as one of
Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 5, 1900, 4 hnub ua ntej ib showdown nrog Bantamweight Boxing tau zus ib Terry McGovern, Featherweight ntiaj teb Boxing tau zus ib George Dixon tsim ib tug ntawv tshaj tawm rau ntsawj txias heev ntawm tag nrho nws los ntawm UFW nqaj qaum. Dixon tshaj tawm uas yeej los yog raug txiav ceg, nws yuav tsum retiring los ntawm lub nplhaib tom qab lub bout nrog McGovern. Qhov kawg tshaj ib tug neeg saib xyuas xav mloog ua ntej ib
Rau lub yim hli ntuj 11, 1915, current World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey fought Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts at the Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey fought in an era where promoters froze out all the African American boxers, except the great Jack Johnson, from fighting for the world championship. McVey defeated most of the other great Black fighters of this
Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, California. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. 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
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
Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 23, 1906, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart defended his title in Los Angeles. Thaum 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.
Tus ob peb yog tus paub txog qhov prizefighter liaj Ryan tej zaum paub nws li John L. Sullivan kev tsim txom. Sullivan tuav Ryan rau lub Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship rau 1882. Ryan yog fighter zoo rau nws tus kheej kom ho. Ryan yug rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 15, 1851 nyob rau hauv Ireland. Nws tsev neeg mus Troy emigrated, New York. Ryan was known through out his