Sejarawan Olahraga Tempur dan Artis Bela Diri
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Sam Langford dianggap sebagai salah satu pound terbesar bagi pejuang pon sepanjang masa. Born on March 4, 1883 di Weymouth Terjun, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 untuk 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Dia
Pada tanggal 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 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. Di 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. Pada saat itu, 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 mengklaim kemenangan atas besar Joe Gans dan masa depan kelas welter Tinju Dunia Juara Harry Lewis selama karirnya,en. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
Sementara terkenal untuk memerangi John L. Sullivan di kejuaraan dunia terakhir prizefight diperebutkan di bawah aturan buku jari telanjang, Jake Kilrain juga mengambil bagian dalam banyak serangan bersarung. Prizefighting itu transisi dari aturan buku jari telanjang untuk serangan bersarung bawah Marquess of Queensberry Aturan (amatir awal dan tinju profesional) di Abad 19-an. seperti Sullivan, Kilrain akan bertarung di utama
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 dan 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. As a result, 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. Dia mulai 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
Pada November 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 tahun. Mace was world champion from 1860 untuk 1862 and again from 1866 untuk 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 untuk 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 dan 126 pon, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Pada tanggal 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at