Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Sam Langford tiek uzskatīts par vienu no lielākajiem mārciņu mārciņa cīnītājiem visu laiku. Born on March 4, 1883 Weymouth Falls, Jaunskotija, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 līdz 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Viņš
Gada maijā 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. Uz 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. At the time, 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
Būdams slavens ar cīņu pret Džonu L. Salivans pēdējā pasaules čempionāta cīņā par godalgoto vietu, kas norisinājās pēc kailām dūres noteikumiem, Arī Džeiks Kilreins piedalījās daudzās cimdu cīņās. Cīņas par godalgotajām vietām bija pāreja no noteikumiem par kailām dūres uz cimdu cīņām saskaņā ar Kvīnsberijas marķīzes noteikumiem (agrīnais amatieru un profesionālais bokss) 19. gadsimta beigās. Tāpat kā Salivans, Kilreins cīnītos majorā
Kā jau esmu rakstījis vairākos ierakstos, labākie smagsvara bokseri starp 1900 and 1919 bija afroamerikāņu bokseri spiesti cīnīties savā starpā par “Krāsains čempionāts”. Pat pēc tam, kad izcilais Džeks Džonsons beidzot pārtrauca krāsu līniju un uzvarēja pasaules čempionātā smagajā svarā, viņš tikai aizstāvētu titulu pret baltajiem pretendentiem. As a result, grūtākie izaicinātāji
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
Novembrī 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 gadiem. Mace was world champion from 1860 līdz 1862 and again from 1866 līdz 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 līdz 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 and 126 mārciņas, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Jūlijā 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at