Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Την Παρασκευή, Ιούνιος 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. Στο μόνο 24 ετών, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Τον Μάρτιο του 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Νεβάδα. 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 είδε τον Στάνλεϋ Κέτσελ να συνεχίζει τον ταχύτατο ρυθμό του σε όλους τους κορυφαίους μαχητές γύρω από το όριο του μεσαίου βάρους. In March 1909, Ο Ketchel αντιμετώπισε μια σπάνια πρόκληση, όταν πολέμησε βασιλεύοντας στον Παγκόσμιο Πρωταθλητή Βαρέων Βαρέων Βαρών Φιλαδέλφεια Jack O'Brien. Ο O'Brien ήταν ένας μπόξερ, ο οποίος χρησιμοποίησε την ταχύτητα και την ευελιξία του για να πετύχει τον Κέτσελ στους πρώτους γύρους. Παρά το πλεονέκτημα μεγέθους του O'Brien, Ο Κέτσελ ήταν
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
Τον Νοέμβριο του 30, 1871, ένα μεγάλο πλήθος ανδρών επιβίβασε δέκα σιδηροδρομικά αυτοκίνητα στη Νέα Ορλεάνη, Σιδηρόδρομος για κινητά και Τέξας καθώς σταμάτησε στην Canal Street στη Νέα Ορλεάνη, Louisiana. Το τρένο συνεχίστηκε προς το σταθμό Montgomery κοντά στο Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, όπου το πλήθος άφησε τη βροχή και έφτασε στο δάσος. Μια τόσο περίεργη πομπή
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 να 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
Την Τρίτη, Φεβρουάριος 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, Καλιφόρνια. 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
Tom Hyer won the American Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in 1841. Like most prizefighting champions of the Nineteenth Century, he did not fight very often. Hyer normally paid his bills as an enforcer for political parties in New York. Αρχικά, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Την Δευτέρα, Μάιος 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