Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Σαμ Langford θεωρείται μία από τις μεγαλύτερες λίβρα για τη λίβρα μαχητές όλων των εποχών. Born on March 4, 1883 στο Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 να 1926. Langford στάθηκε μόνο 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Αυτός
Τον Μάιο του 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Claims to the championship were very murky at the time. Thuggery and dirty tricks often obscured who was actually American Champion. Jem Mace, who was considered World Champion twice while fighting in England, was signed to meet Tom
Monte Attell ήταν ο μικρότερος αδερφός του παγκόσμιου πρωταθλητή εγκιβωτισμού Featherweight Abe Attell. Ο Μόντε θα ήταν πάντα κολλημένος στη σκιά του μεγαλύτερου αδελφού του, αλλά ήταν ταλαντούχος μαχητής από μόνος του. Ο Μόντε θα κερδίσει το Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Πυγμαχίας Bantamweight κατά τη διάρκεια της καριέρας του και θα καθιερωθεί ως μαχητής παγκόσμιας κλάσης. Σε 1904, ήταν ένας 19χρονος ανερχόμενος
During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. Louis, Μιζούρι. 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
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
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 και 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. Ως αποτέλεσμα, the toughest challengers
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
Τον Νοέμβριο του 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 ετών. Mace was world champion from 1860 να 1862 and again from 1866 να 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 να 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. 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 και 126 λίρες, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Τον Ιούλιο 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at