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Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
ຊໍາ Langford ແມ່ນພິຈາລະນາຫນຶ່ງຂອງ pound ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ທີ່ສຸດສໍາລັບ fighters pound ຂອງທີ່ໃຊ້ເວລາທັງຫມົດ. Born on March 4, 1883 ໃນ Weymouth ຕົກ, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 ກັບ 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. ພຣະອົງ
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. ການອ້າງເອົາແຊ້ມແມ່ນຂີ້ຄ້ານຫຼາຍໃນເວລານັ້ນ. ເລ່ຫລ່ຽມຂີ້ລ້າຍ ແລະ ເປື້ອນເປີ້ມັກຈະປິດບັງວ່າໃຜເປັນແຊ້ມອາເມຣິກາແທ້. Jem Mace, ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບພິຈາລະນາເປັນແຊ້ມໂລກສອງຄັ້ງໃນຂະນະທີ່ສູ້ກັນທີ່ປະເທດອັງກິດ, 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. ໃນ 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, ລັດມີເຊີຣີ. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. ໃນເວລານັ້ນ, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1976" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" ສີແດງ = "255" ສີຂຽວ = "255" ສີຟ້າ = "255" ບໍ່ມີເພດ; = ". 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
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 ແລະ 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. ພຣະອົງໄດ້ເລີ່ມຕົ້ນ 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
ໃນເດືອນພະຈິກ 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 ປີຂອງອາຍຸສູງສຸດ. Mace was world champion from 1860 ກັບ 1862 and again from 1866 ກັບ 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 ກັບ 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 ແລະ 126 ປອນ, 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