Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Færslur um atvinnuhnefaleika og verðlaunabardaga á 19. og snemma á 20. öld.
Sam Langford er talinn einn af mestu pund fyrir pund bardagamenn allra tíma. Born on March 4, 1883 í Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 til 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Hann
Á maí 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. Í 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. Á þeim tíma, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Mike “Twin” Sullivan krafa welterweight Veröld Boxing Championship, þegar hann decisioned Honey Mellody í apríl 1907. Sem hlotið bæði þungur hendur og betri en venjulega box færni, Sullivan krafa sigra yfir miklu Joe Gans og framtíð welterweight Veröld Boxing Champion Harry Lewis á ferlinum. Lewis vann welterweight titilinn, þegar Sullivan gat ekki lengur gert 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
Eins og ég hef skrifað í nokkrum færslum, bestu þungavigtarboxararnir á milli 1900 og 1919 voru afrísk-amerísku boxararnir neyddir til að berjast hver við annan fyrir “Litað meistaramót”. Jafnvel eftir að hinn frábæri Jack Johnson braut loksins litalínuna og vann heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt, hann myndi aðeins verja titilinn gegn hvítum keppendum. Þar af leiðandi, erfiðustu keppendurnir
Sam McVey myndi vinna World Litað Heavyweight Hnefaleikar Championship á tímum þar sem þrír bestu bardagamenn voru svartir og fryst út úr titlinum mynd. Hann byrjaði 1903 svo vel, hann myndi setja þrýsting á World Heavyweight Boxing meistari James J. Jeffries að gefa honum leik. Jeffries neitaði að brjóta “Color Line” by giving a
Nóvember 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 ára. Mace was world champion from 1860 til 1862 and again from 1866 til 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 til 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 og 126 £, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Júlí 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at