Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
mendeko eta XX. mendearen hasieran boxeo profesionalari eta sari-borrokari buruzko argitalpenak.
Ostiralean, Ekaina 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. Bakarrik 24 urte, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Martxoan 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 Stanley Ketchel-ek bere erritmo ikaragarria jarraitzen zuen pisu ertaineko mugaren inguruan borrokalari nagusi guztien artean. Martxoan 1909, Ketchelek erronka arraro bati aurre egin zion, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien munduko pisu arineko txapeldunaren aurka borrokatu zenean. O'Brien boxeolari zintzoa zen, bere abiadura eta iheskortasuna erabili zituena hasierako txandetan Ketchel kolpatzeko. O'Brienen tamaina abantaila izan arren, Kettle zerbait
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons boxeolari ingelesa zen, pisu ertain eztabaidaezina irabazi zuena, pisu astunak eta pisu arinak munduko txapelketak, mendearen amaieran. Askotan australiar batekin nahastuta, han hasi baitzuen bere boxeo ibilbidea, Fitzsimmonsek Estatu Batuetara bidaiatu zuen 1890 pisu ertaineko txapelketarako kanpaina egiteko. Fitzsimmons azpian zegoen 6 oinak altu baina
Azaroaren on 30, 1871, gizon-jende handi bat hamar tren-bagoi igo zen New Orleansen, Mobile eta Texas trenbidea New Orleanseko Canal Street-en gelditu zenean, Louisiana. Trenak Montgomery geltokiraino jarraitu zuen Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, non jendetzak euria utzi eta basoan sartu zen. Halako prozesio bitxia
James J. Jeffries estatubatuar pisu astuneko boxeoan nagusitu zen 1899 arte 1904. Bob Fitzsimmonsen munduko pisu astuneko boxeo txapelketa irabazi ondoren 1899, Jeffries egin zuen 9 tituluen defentsa arrakastatsuak hurrengo bost urteetan. Garaitu gabe erretiratu zen 1905 Jack Johnson handiaren aurkako itzulera zoritxarra erakarri aurretik. Jeffries-ek ez zituen bere borrokak irabazi goi mailako boxeoarekin
Asteartean, Otsaila 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
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. Originally, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Astelehenean, Maiatzaren 30, 1892, the great Peter Jackson boxed a gloved bout with former protégé Frank Slavin. Bi gizonak Australian bizi eta borrokatu ziren, nahiz eta zaleen interesak Jackson munduan zehar bira egitera eraman zuen Estatu Batuetako eta Ingalaterrako finantza-aukerak aprobetxatzeko. Australian bezala, Jacksonek sarritan aurkitu zuen boxeolari zuriak berarekin borrokatzeko prest. 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