Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Ar ddydd Gwener, Mehefin 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. At only 24 mlwydd oed, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Ar Fawrth 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 gweld Stanley Ketchel yn parhau â'i gyflymdra cythryblus trwy'r holl ymladdwyr gorau o gwmpas y terfyn pwysau canol. In March 1909, Roedd her brin yn wynebu Ketchel, pan ymladdodd yn teyrnasu Pencampwr Pwysau Trwm Ysgafn y Byd Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. Roedd O’Brien yn focsiwr slic, a ddefnyddiodd ei gyflymdra a'i ddirgelwch i bwmpio Ketchel yn y rowndiau cynnar. Er gwaethaf mantais maint O'Brien, Ketchel was
Bob “Rudy Robert” Paffiwr o Loegr oedd Fitzsimmons, a enillodd y pwysau canol diamheuol, pencampwriaethau byd pwysau trwm a phwysau ysgafn, ar droad yr 20fed Ganrif. Yn aml yn cael ei gamgymryd am Awstraliad oherwydd iddo ddechrau ei yrfa focsio yno, Teithiodd Fitzsimmons i'r Unol Daleithiau yn 1890 ymgyrchu am y bencampwriaeth pwysau canol. Safai Fitzsimmons ychydig yn is 6 feet tall but
Ar Dachwedd 30, 1871, a large crowd of men boarded ten rail cars on the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas railroad as it stopped on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The train continued on to Montgomery Station near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where the crowd left the rain and made their way into the woods. Such an odd procession
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 i 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
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Chwefror 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
Enillodd Tom HYER y Bencampwriaeth Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Americanaidd yn 1841. Fel y rhan fwyaf hyrwyddwyr prizefighting y Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Bymtheg, nid oedd yn ymladd yn aml iawn. Fel arfer, HYER talu ei biliau fel gorfodwr ar gyfer pleidiau gwleidyddol yn Efrog Newydd. Yn wreiddiol, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Gwybod Parti Dim byd” with his friend William
Ar ddydd Llun, Mai 30, 1892, bu'r gwych Peter Jackson yn bocsio pwl menig gyda'r cyn brotégé Frank Slavin. Roedd y ddau ddyn yn byw ac yn ymladd yn Awstralia, er bod diddordeb y ffans wedi arwain Jackson i fynd ar daith o amgylch y byd i fanteisio ar y cyfleoedd ariannol yn yr Unol Daleithiau a Lloegr. Fel yn Awstralia, Roedd Jackson yn aml yn gweld paffwyr gwyn yn anfodlon ymladd ag ef. Ychydig
St. Louis, ar ddechrau'r 20fed Ganrif, Roedd golygfa bocsio proffesiynol blaenllaw. Abe Attell, er ei eni yn San Francisco, yn seiliedig yn St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, amddiffynnodd Attell ei Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Plu y Byd yn erbyn wrthwynebydd aml Harry Forbes. Forbes was also a regular on the St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes defeated Danny Dougherty for the