Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Op Vrydag, Junie 10, 1910, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought his last fight against unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel has cleared out the middleweight division, so boxing promoters struggled to find suitable competition for Ketchel. Slegs 24 jaar oud, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Op Maart 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
1909 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. In March 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons was an English boxer, who won the undisputed middleweight, heavyweight and light heavyweight world championships, at the turn of the 20th Century. Often mistaken for an Australian because he started his boxing career there, Fitzsimmons traveled to the United States in 1890 to campaign for the middleweight championship. Fitzsimmons stood just under 6 feet tall but
Op November 30, 1871, 'n groot skare mans het op tien treinwaens op die New Orleans geklim, Mobiele en Texas-spoorweg soos dit op Canalstraat in New Orleans gestop het, Louisiana. Die trein het voortgegaan na Montgomery-stasie naby Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, waar die skare die reën verlaat het en die bos ingegaan het. Such an odd procession
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 te 1904. After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899, Jeffries made 9 successful title defenses during the next five years. He retired undefeated in 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing
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
Tom Hyer het die Amerikaanse Kale Knuckle Prizefighting kampioenskap in 1841. Soos die meeste prizefighting kampioene van die Negentiende Eeu, hy het nie baie dikwels veg. Hyer normaalweg sy rekeninge betaal as 'n wetstoepasser vir politieke partye in New York. Oorspronklik, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Weet niks Party” saam met sy vriend William
Op Maandag, Mei 30, 1892, the great Peter Jackson boxed a gloved bout with former protégé Frank Slavin. Both men lived and fought in Australia, although fan interest led Jackson to tour the world to take advantage of the financial opportunities in the United States and England. As in Australia, Jackson often found white boxers unwilling to fight him. Few
St. Louis, at the beginning of the 20th Century, had a prominent professional boxing scene. Abe Attell, although born in San Francisco, was based in St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell defended his World Featherweight Boxing Championship against frequent rival Harry Forbes. Forbes was also a regular on the St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes defeated Danny Dougherty for the