Category: পেশাগত বক্সিং এবং Prizefighting

স্যাম Langford সব সময় আধা কেজি যোদ্ধাদের জন্য সর্বশ্রেষ্ঠ আধা কেজি এক বিবেচনা করা হয়. Born on March 4, 1883 Weymouth জলপ্রপাত মধ্যে, নোভা স্কটিয়া, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 <বিঘত bbox_x = "611" bbox_y = "928" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = " 1926. Langford শুধুমাত্র দাঁড়িয়ে 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. তিনি

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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. <বিঘত bbox_x = "663" bbox_y = "693" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = " 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming

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During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. লুই, মিসৌরি. Besides having his camp in St. লুই, Attell defended his title several times at St. লুই’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, <বিঘত bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "2094" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = ". Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell

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মাইক “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

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While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major

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As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 এবং 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

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Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a

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“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 এবং 126 পাউন্ড, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. জুলাই তারিখে 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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