Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Sam Langford est considéré comme l'un des plus grands combattants livre pour livre de tous les temps. Born on March 4, 1883 dans Weymouth chutes, Nouvelle-Écosse, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 to 1926. Langford ne se 5 pieds six pouces et demi de haut et pesait 185 livres à son plus lourd. Il
Sur mai 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Les prétentions au championnat étaient très troubles à l'époque. La brutalité et les sales tours obscurcissaient souvent qui était en fait le champion américain. Jem Mace, qui a été considéré deux fois champion du monde alors qu'il combattait en Angleterre, a été signé pour rencontrer 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. Dans 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. À l'époque, 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
Comme je l'ai écrit dans plusieurs messages, les meilleurs boxeurs poids lourds entre 1900 and 1919 étaient les boxeurs afro-américains forcés de se battre pour le “Championnat coloré”. Même après que le grand Jack Johnson ait finalement brisé la ligne de couleur et remporté le championnat du monde des poids lourds, il ne défendrait le titre que contre des prétendants blancs. As a result, les challengers les plus coriaces
Sam McVey allait gagner le Championnat du Monde de boxe poids lourd de couleur à une époque où les trois meilleurs combattants étaient noirs et congelés sur l'image du titre. Il a commencé 1903 si bien, il mettrait la pression sur le Champion du monde de boxe poids lourd James J. Jeffries de lui donner un match. Jeffries a refusé de rompre le “ligne de couleur” by giving a
Sur Novembre 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 ans. Mace was world champion from 1860 to 1862 and again from 1866 to 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 to 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 and 126 livres, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Sur Juillet 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at