Certamina ludis Historicus et Martialis Artist
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Die Veneris, June 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. In tantum, 24 annorum, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
On March 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 “Robert Catullus” Fitzsimmons erat Anglis pugilem, qui vicit indubii middleweight, et heavyweight heavyweight lux mundi championships, vertente enim in 20th century. Saepe fallitur pro Australia quod coepi per suum esse vitae caestu, Fitzsimmons iter, ut in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae 1890 ad expeditionem ad pilae middleweight. Sicut in stetit Fitzsimmons 6 feet tall but
Novembres 30, 1871, magna hominum turba decem railis cars in New Orleans conscendit, Mobile and Texas railroad as it stood on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tramen pergebat ad stationem Montgomery prope Bay St. Ludovicus, Mississippi, ubi multitudo pluviae relictae in silvas penetraverunt. Tam impar processio
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 ut 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
Die martis, February 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast provocavit Mundus Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson titulus apud Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, California. XXVIII annos Nelson magni Joe Gans titulum pulsando vicit 1908. Periti pugilatu Wolgasti non exspectaverunt ut Nelson devinceret, etiamsi Wolgast consilium diurna de Nelson in tenuisset. 1909. Pundits
Tom Hyer parta patrocinium in American Nudis Knuckle Prizefighting 1841. Sicut maxime prizefighting pugiles saeculi XIX, et non dimicavit persaepe. Hyer solet solvit rogationibus quasi exactor quia factionibus politicis in New York,. Originally, Hyer talenta ad Whigs usus est sed ad fidelitates flectendum “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Feria, Jube 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. Ludovicus, at the beginning of the 20th Century, had a prominent professional boxing scene. Abe Attell, although born in San Francisco, was based in St. Ludovicus. 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