Sam Langford Fights for Welter Title

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סם לנגפורד נחשב לאחד קילו הגדול ביותר עבור לוחמי קילו של כל זמנים. Born on March 4, 1883 בWeymouth פולס, נובה סקוטיה, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "787" = bbox_w "796" = bbox_h "12" = fsize "20" = fweight "14" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = " 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. הוא

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Jem Mace Establishes World Title Again

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On May 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

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Monte Attell Battles Reagan

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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. בתוך 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming

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Attell Defends Against Reagan

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During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. לואיס, מיזורי. Besides having his camp in St. לואיס, Attell defended his title several times at St. לואיס’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell

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Ketchel Starches Sullivan

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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

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ג'ייק Kilrain תיבות תיקו

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בעוד מפורסם נלחם ג'ון L. סאליבן בעולם שעבר באליפות אגרוף במחלוקת תחת כללי אגרופים חשופים, ג'ייק Kilrain גם השתתף רבים התקפים בכפפות. התגוששות הייתה מעבר מכללי אגרופים חשופים כדי בכפפות התקפים תחת חוקי מרקיז מקווינסברי (חובבים מוקדם איגרוף מקצועי) במאה ה -19. כמו סאליבן, Kilrain שיילחם גדול

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Sam Langford Fights the Dixie Kid

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As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 ו - 1919 were the African-American boxers forced to fight each other for theColored 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. כתוצאה מכך, the toughest challengers

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סם McVey מפעיל לחץ על אלוף

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סם מקווים היו לזכות באליפות האיגרוף במשקל כבד העולם צבעוני בעידן שבו שלושת הלוחמים הטובים ביותר היו שחורים וקפוא מחוץ לתמונת הכותרת. הוא התחיל 1903 את כל כך טוב, הוא היה להפעיל לוחץ על העולם במשקל כבד אגרוף האלוף ג'יימס J. ג'פריס לתת לו משחק. ג'פריס סרב לשבור “קו צבע” by giving a

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ישן אלוף Dies ללא פרוטה בכיס

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בנובמבר 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 גיל. Mace was world champion from 1860 <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "787" = bbox_w "796" = bbox_h "12" = fsize "20" = fweight "14" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = " 1862 and again from 1866 <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "787" = bbox_w "796" = bbox_h "12" = fsize "20" = fweight "14" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = " 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "787" = bbox_w "796" = bbox_h "12" = fsize "20" = fweight "14" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = " 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest

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“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

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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 ו - 126 קילו, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. בחודש יולי 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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