Batalsporthistoriisto kaj Militartisto
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Sam Langford estas konsiderita unu el la plej granda funto por funtaj batalantoj de ĉiuj tempo. Born on March 4, 1883 En Weymouth Faloj, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 Al 1926. Langford nur starita 5 Piedoj ses kaj duonaj coloj alta kaj pezita 185 Funtoj ĉe lia plej peza. Li
Sur majo 10, 1870, 39-Jaro-malnova prizefighter Jem Mace renkontis 30-jaro-malnova prizefighter Tom Allen en Kennerville, Luiziano por la Monda Superpezula Prizefighting #?ampioneco. 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 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. Je 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, Misuro. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. Ĉe la tempo, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Mike “Ĝemela” Sullivan asertis la Welterweight Monda Boksa Ĉampioneco, Kiam li decisioned Mielo Mellody en aprilo 1907. Posedanta ambaŭ pezajn manojn kaj pli bona ol normalaj boksaj kapabloj, Sullivan asertis venkojn super la granda Joe Gans kaj estonta Welterweight Monda Boksa Ĉampiono Harry Lewis dum lia kariero. Lewis gajnis la welterweight titolo, Kiam Sullivan povis ne pli longan faron la 147 Funto
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 Kaj 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. Rezulte, the toughest challengers
Sam McVey gajnus la Mondon Koloris Superpezulan Boksan Ĉampionecon en epoko kie la tri plej bonaj batalantoj estis nigraj kaj elfrostita de la titola bildo. Li komencis 1903 Ekstere tiel bone, Li metus premon sur Monda Superpezula Bokso Ĉampiono James J. Jeffries doni lin matĉo. Jeffries rifuzita rompi la “Kolora linio” by giving a
Sur novembro 30, 1910, Raportoj venis de Anglio ke eksa Monda Superpezula Prizefighting Ĉampiono Jem Mace mortis ĉe 79 Jaroj de #a?o. Mace estis monda ĉampiono de 1860 Al 1862 Kaj denove de 1866 Al 1876. Post kiam laŭdire gajnanta milionajn dolarojn en kariero ke spanned 1857 Al 1909, Jem Mace mortis penniless. He was laid to rest
“Terura” Terry McGovern pruvita esti malofta batalanto ĉe la ĝirado de la Dudeka Jarcento. Dum pli malgrandaj boksistoj plenplenigis neniun potencon en iliaj stampiloj, McGovern, Kiu grimpis inter 110 Kaj 126 Funtoj, Posedis treegan knokaŭtan potencon. “Terura” Terry ofte finis liajn oponantojn en la unua kvar rondoj. Sur julio 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at