Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Objave o profesionalnom boksu i borbi nagrada u 19. i početkom 20. stoljeća.
Sam Langford se smatra jednim od najvećih funta za funta boraca svih vremena. Born on March 4, 1883 u Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 to 1926. Langford je samo stajao 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. On
Svibnja 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Zahtjevi za prvenstvo u to su vrijeme bili vrlo mutni. Lupeži i prljavi trikovi često su prikrivali tko je zapravo američki prvak. Jem Mace, koji se dva puta smatrao svjetskim prvakom dok se borio u Engleskoj, je potpisan za susret s Tomom
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. U 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. U trenutku, 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
Dok je bio poznat po borbi protiv Johna L. Sullivan u posljednjoj borbi za nagradu na svjetskom prvenstvu koja se natjecala prema pravilima golih nogu, Jake Kilrain također je sudjelovao u mnogim borbama u rukavicama. Borba za nagradu prelazila je s pravila golih zglobova na borbe u rukavicama prema pravilima Markiza od Queensberryja (rani amaterski i profesionalni boks) u kasnom 19. stoljeću. Kao Sullivan, Kilrain bi se borio u majoru
Kao što sam napisao u nekoliko postova, najbolji boksači u teškoj kategoriji između 1900 i 1919 jesu li afroamerički boksači bili prisiljeni međusobno se boriti za “Prvenstvo u boji”. Čak i nakon što je sjajni Jack Johnson napokon probio liniju boja i osvojio Svjetsko prvenstvo u teškoj kategoriji, naslov bi branio samo protiv bijelih pretendenata. As a result, najteži izazivači
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
Studeni 30, 1910, Izvješća došao iz Engleske da je bivši svjetski prvak u teškoj kategoriji profesionalni boks Jem Mace je umro na 79 godina. Mace je svjetski prvak iz 1860 to 1862 i opet iz 1866 to 1876. Nakon što je navodno zaradio milijun dolara u karijeri koja je trajala 1857 to 1909, Jem Mace umro bez novca. 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 i 126 funti, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. On July 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at