Staraí Spóirt agus Ealaíontóir Comhraic
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Ar Dé hAoine, Meitheamh 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. Ag amháin 24 bliain d'aois, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Ar Márta 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 chonaic Stanley Ketchel ag leanúint ar aghaidh lena luas troda tríd na trodaithe is fearr ar fad thart ar an teorainn mheánmheáchain. In March 1909, Bhí dúshlán annamh roimh Ketchel, nuair a throid sé Seaimpín Trommheáchan Éadrom an Domhain Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. Dornálaí slic ab ea O’Brien, a d'úsáid a luas agus a dhícheall chun Ketchel a chaolú sna babhtaí tosaigh. In ainneoin buntáiste méid Uí Bhriain, Ketchel cad
Bob “Rudaí Roibeard” Ba dornálaí Sasanach é Fitzsimmons, cé a bhuaigh an meáchan meánach gan amhras, craobhchomórtais dhomhanda meáchain throma agus éadroma, ag casadh an 20ú hAois. Is minic a shíltear gur Astrálach é toisc gur thosaigh sé a ghairm bheatha dornálaíochta ansin, Thaistil Fitzsimmons go dtí na Stáit Aontaithe i 1890 chun feachtas a dhéanamh don chraobh meánmheáchain. Sheas Fitzsimmons díreach faoi 6 troigh ar airde ach
Ar Samhain 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. Bhí Jeffries chun tosaigh sa dornálaíocht throm mheáchain ó Mheiriceá 1899 to 1904. Tar éis dó Craobh Dornálaíochta Meáchan Trom an Domhain a bhuachan ó Bob Fitzsimmons i 1899, Jeffries déanta 9 cosaintí teidil rathúla sna cúig bliana amach romhainn. Chuaigh sé ar scor gan sárú i 1905 a mhealladh ar ais le haghaidh teacht ar ais droch-fhortún i gcoinne an sár Jack Johnson. Níor bhuaigh Jeffries a chuid babhtaí le dornálaíocht níos fearr
Ar Dé Máirt, Feabhra 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 bhuaigh an Mheiriceá Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Craobh i 1841. Mar chuid is mó Seaimpíní prizefighting an hAois Déag, Ní raibh sé ag troid go minic. HYER íoctar de ghnáth a billí mar Fhorfheidhmí do pháirtithe polaitíochta i Nua-Eabhrac. Ar dtús, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Know Páirtí Ní dhéanfaidh aon ní” lena chara William
On Monday, Bealtaine 30, 1892, the great Peter Jackson boxed a gloved bout with former protégé Frank Slavin. Bhí an bheirt fhear ina gcónaí agus ag troid san Astráil, cé gur thug spéis lucht leanúna Jackson ar camchuairt an domhain chun leas a bhaint as na deiseanna airgeadais sna Stáit Aontaithe agus i Sasana. Mar atá san Astráil, Is minic a d’aimsigh Jackson dornálaithe bána nach raibh toilteanach troid leis. 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