Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Siku ya Ijumaa, Juni 10, 1910, Bingwa wa dunia wa ndondi uzito wa kati Stanley Ketchel alipigana pambano lake la mwisho dhidi ya Jim Smith ambaye hajawahi kutangazwa. Ketchel ameondoa kitengo cha uzani wa kati, hivyo mapromota wa ndondi walitatizika kutafuta ushindani unaofaa kwa Ketchel. Katika tu 24 umri wa miaka, Ketchel aliishi kwa bidii na kupigana mara kwa mara na kusababisha kuvunjika kwa mwili wake mapema. Baada ya kupigana na Smith, Ketchel nia ya
On Machi 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 aliona Stanley Ketchel akiendelea na kasi yake ya kutisha kupitia wapiganaji wote wa juu karibu na kikomo cha uzani wa kati. In March 1909, Ketchel alikabiliwa na changamoto adimu, wakati alipambana na Bingwa anayesimamia Taji la Uzito wa Nuru Ulimwenguni Philadelphia Jack Jack O'Brien. O'Brien alikuwa bondia mjanja, ambaye alitumia kasi yake na kutoweza kumponda Ketchel katika raundi za mapema. Licha ya faida ya ukubwa wa O'Brien, Ketchel alikuwa
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons alikuwa bondia wa Kiingereza, ambaye alishinda uzani wa kati usio na ubishi, mashindano ya uzani mzito na nyepesi, mwanzoni mwa Karne ya 20. Mara nyingi alikosea kama Mustralia kwa sababu alianza kazi yake ya ndondi huko, Fitzsimmons alisafiri kwenda Merika huko 1890 kufanya kampeni ya ubingwa wa uzani wa kati. Fitzsimmons walisimama chini tu 6 urefu wa miguu lakini
Novemba 30, 1871, umati mkubwa wa wanaume walipanda magari kumi ya reli kwenye New Orleans, Reli ya rununu na Texas iliposimama kwenye Mtaa wa Canal huko New Orleans, Louisiana. Treni iliendelea hadi Kituo cha Montgomery karibu na Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, ambapo umati uliacha mvua na kuingia msituni. Such an odd procession
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 kwa 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
Siku ya Jumanne, Februari 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. Awali, HYER walioajiriwa vipaji yake kwa Whigs lakini bila kubadili visasi kwa “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Siku ya Jumatatu, Mei 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