Историчар на борбени спортови и боречки уметник
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Сем Langford се смета за еден од најголемите фунта за фунта борци на сите времиња. Born on March 4, 1883 во Weymouth водопади, Нова Шкотска, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 да се 1926. Langford само стоеше 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Тој
Од мај 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. Во 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, Мисури. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. Во времето, 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
Како што имам напишано во неколку постови, најдобрите боксери во тешка категорија меѓу 1900 и 1919 беа принудени афро-американските боксери да се борат меѓу себе за “Шампионат во боја”. Дури и откако одличниот Џек Џонсон конечно ја проби линијата на бои и го освои Светскиот шампионат во тешка категорија, тој би ја бранел титулата само против белите претенденти. As a result, најтешките предизвикувачи
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
Ноември 30, 1910, извештаи дојде од Англија дека поранешниот светски шампион во тешка категорија Prizefighting Jem Маке загинал 79 години. Маке беше светски шампион од 1860 да се 1862 и повторно од 1866 да се 1876. По наводно заработуваат милиони долари во кариера која траеше 1857 да се 1909, Jem Маке почина без пари. 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 и 126 фунти, 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