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Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Sam Langford è considerato uno dei più grandi combattenti libbra per libbra di tutti i tempi. Born on March 4, 1883 in Weymouth cadute, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 a 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Lui
In maggio 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Le pretese per il campionato erano molto oscure all'epoca. Thuggery e sporchi trucchi spesso oscuravano chi fosse effettivamente il campione americano. Jem Mace, che è stato considerato due volte campione del mondo mentre combatteva in Inghilterra, è stato firmato per incontrare 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. In 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. Al tempo, 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
Come ho scritto in diversi post, i migliori pugili dei pesi massimi in mezzo 1900 e 1919 erano i pugili afroamericani costretti a combattere tra loro per il “Campionato colorato”. Anche dopo che il grande Jack Johnson ha finalmente rotto la linea del colore e ha vinto il campionato mondiale dei pesi massimi, difenderebbe il titolo solo contro i contendenti bianchi. Di conseguenza, 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. 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
Novembre 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 anni. Mace was world champion from 1860 a 1862 and again from 1866 a 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 a 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 e 126 sterline, 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