Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Sam Langford word beskou as een van die grootste pond vir pond vegters van alle tye. Born on March 4, 1883 in Weymouth waterval, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 te 1926. Langford net gestaan 5 voet ses en 'n halwe duim lank en weeg 185 pond op sy swaarste. Hy
Op Mei 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Aansprake op die kampioenskap was destyds baie duister. Boewery en vuil truuks het dikwels verbloem wie eintlik Amerikaanse kampioen was. Jem Mace, wat twee keer as Wêreldkampioen beskou is terwyl hy in Engeland geveg het, is onderteken om Tom te ontmoet
Monte Attell was the younger brother of World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Monte would always be stuck in the shadow of his older brother but was a talented fighter in his own right. Monte would win the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship during his career and establish himself as a world class fighter. In 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. Louis, Missouri. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
Terwyl hy bekend is daarvoor dat hy teen John L. Sullivan in die laaste wêreldkampioenskap-prysgeveg wat onder kaalknokkelreëls meegeding het, Jake Kilrain het ook aan baie handskoene gevegte deelgeneem. Prysgevegte was die oorgang van kaal kneukelreëls na handskoengevegte onder die Marquess of Queensberry-reëls (vroeë amateur- en professionele boks) in die laat 19de eeu. Soos Sullivan, Kilrain sou in majeur veg
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 en 1919 were the African-American boxers forced to fight each other for the “Colored Championship”. Even after the great Jack Johnson finally broke the color line and won the World Heavyweight Championship, he would only defend the title against white contenders. As a result, the toughest challengers
Sam McVey sou wen die Wêreld Gekleurde Swaargewig Boks Kampioenskap in 'n era waar die drie beste vegters was swart en bevrore uit die titel prentjie. Hy het begin 1903 so goed, Hy sal druk op wêreld swaargewig boks kampioen James J. Jeffries te gee hom 'n wedstryd. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a
Op November 30, 1910, verslae kom uit Engeland dat die voormalige wêreld swaargewig Prizefighting Kampioen Jem Mace by gesterf het 79 jaar oud. Foelie was wêreldkampioen uit 1860 te 1862 en weer vanaf 1866 te 1876. Na bewering verdien 'n miljoen dollar in 'n loopbaan wat gestrek 1857 te 1909, Jem Mace brandarm gesterf. He was laid to rest
“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 en 126 pond, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Op Julie 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at