Historyk sportów walki i artysta sztuk walki
Wpisy na temat boksu zawodowego i walk bokserskich w XIX i na początku XX wieku.
Sam Langford jest uważany za jeden z największych funta za funt wojowników wszech czasów. Born on March 4, 1883 w Weymouth Falls, Nowa Szkocja, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 do 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. 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. 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. W 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
Podczas swojego pierwszego biegu jako mistrz świata w wadze piórkowej, Abe Attell miał siedzibę w St.. Louis, Missouri. Oprócz obozu w St.. Louis, Attell kilkakrotnie bronił swojego tytułu w St.. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, St. Louis był największym miastem na zachód od rzeki Mississippi w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Urodzony jako 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
Jak napisałem w kilku postach, najlepsi bokserzy wagi ciężkiej pomiędzy 1900 i 1919 byli afroamerykańscy bokserzy zmuszeni do walki o “Kolorowe mistrzostwa”. Nawet po tym, jak wielki Jack Johnson w końcu przełamał kolorową linię i zdobył mistrzostwo świata w wadze ciężkiej, broniłby tytułu tylko przed białymi rywalami. W rezultacie, najtrudniejsi rywale
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
W listopadzie 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 lat. Mace was world champion from 1860 do 1862 and again from 1866 do 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 do 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 i 126 funtów, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. W lipcu 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at