Combat kev ua si Historian thiab Martial Artist
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Sam Langford puas tau yog ib qhov loj tshaj quj quj fighters txhua lub sij hawm. Born on March 4, 1883 nyob rau hauv cov kev uas yuav ntog Weymouth, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 mus 1926. Langford tsuas sawv 5 taw rau thiab ib nrab nti siab thiab weighed 185 phaus thaum nws heaviest. Nws
Saum ntuj 10, 1870, 39-xyoo prizefighter Jem Mace ntsib prizefighter 30 xyoo Tom Allen hauv Kennerville, Louisiana rau lub ntiaj teb 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. Nyob rau hauv 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. Thaum lub sij hawm, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Mike “Ntxaib” Sullivan thov Welterweight ntuj Boxing Championship, thaum nws decisioned Mellody koj niam nyob tim 1907. Possessing ob txhais tes hnyav thiab zoo tshaj boxing tej kev txawj ntse, Sullivan thov lawm yeej loj heev tus poj Joe Gans thiab yav tom ntej Welterweight ntiaj teb Boxing tau zus ib Harry Lewis thaum nws cov hauj lwm. Lewis yeej lub npe welterweight, Thaum twg Sullivan yuav tsis ua rau cov 147 phaus
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 thiab 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. Yog li ntawd, the toughest challengers
Sam McVey yuav yeej lub qab ntuj dawb lias Heavyweight Boxing Championship hauv ib era uas zoo tshaj plaws cov fighters peb nkawm dub thiab khov hauv lub npe duab. Nws pib 1903 pw zoo li, nws yuav tso siab rau ntuj Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Jeffries muab nws ib match. Jeffries tsis kam siv rau lub “kab xim” by giving a
Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 30, 1910, ntaub ntawv tawm uas qub qab ntuj Heavyweight Prizefighting tau zus ib Jem Mace taws tuag tas nyob hais tuaj 79 xyoo. Mace tau tau zus ib qab ntuj los 1860 mus 1862 thiab rov los 1866 mus 1876. Tom qab reportedly ua haujlwm tau nyiaj ib lab las hauj lwm spanned 1857 mus 1909, Jem Mace penniless tuag. He was laid to rest
“Phem heev” Terry McGovern proved lawv yuav muaj tsawg fighter tig rau ntawm lub xyoo pua Twentieth. Thaum me boxers packed tsis muaj hwj huam nyob hauv lawv cov punches, McGovern, neeg sib scaled 110 thiab 126 phaus, hwj huam dab knockout zoo kawg li. “Phem heev” Terry ntau tas nws tw nyob rau hauv cov plaub thawj rounds. Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 1, 1899, Brooklyn McGovern raws li yus lub Chicago Johnny Richie rau