Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Piektdien, Jūnijs 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 Vīrietis, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Martā 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 redzēju, ka Stenlijs Kečels turpināja savu vētraino tempu cauri visiem labākajiem cīnītājiem ap vidējā svara robežu. In March 1909, Kečels saskārās ar retu izaicinājumu, gadā, kad viņš cīnījās ar pasaules čempionu vieglajā svarā Filadelfijā Džeku O’Braienu. O'Braiens bija gluds bokseris, kurš izmantoja savu ātrumu un netveramību, lai pirmajos raundos satriektu Kečelu. Neskatoties uz O'Braiena lieluma priekšrocībām, Tējkanna kaut ko
Bob “Rūdijs Roberts” Fitzsimmons bija angļu bokseris, kurš uzvarēja neapšaubāmi vidējā svarā, pasaules čempionāts smagajā un pussmagajā svarā, 20. gadsimta mijā. Bieži tiek sajaukts ar austrālieti, jo viņš tur sāka savu boksa karjeru, gadā Ficsimmons devās uz Amerikas Savienotajām Valstīm 1890 aģitēt par čempionātu vidējā svarā. Ficsimmons stāvēja tieši zem 6 pēdas garš, bet
Novembrī 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. Džefrijs dominēja amerikāņu smagsvaru boksā no 1899 līdz 1904. Pēc uzvaras pasaules smagajā boksa čempionātā no Boba Ficsimmons 1899, Džefrijs taisīja 9 veiksmīgas titula aizstāvēšanas nākamo piecu gadu laikā. gadā viņš aizgāja pensijā nepārspēts 1905 pirms tiks pārvilināts uz neveiksmīgu atgriešanos pret lielisko Džeku Džonsonu. Džefrijs savās cīņās neuzvarēja ar izcilu boksu
Otrdien, Februāris 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, Kalifornija. 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. Tāpat kā lielākā daļa prizefighting čempioniem deviņpadsmitajā gadsimtā, viņš necīnījās ļoti bieži. Hyer parasti maksā savus rēķinus, kā Policists politiskajām partijām Ņujorkā. Sākotnēji, Hajers izmantoja savus talantus Whigs labā, bet pārcēlās uz uzticību “Neko nezinu puse” with his friend William
Pirmdien, Maijs 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