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Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Sam Langford velja za eno od največjih funt za funt borcev vseh časov. Rojen marca 4, 1883 v Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, on velja za največjega kanadskega boksar vseh časov. Njegov boj kariera je segala od 1900 za 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. He
Maja 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 je bil mlajši brat svetovnega boksarskega prvaka v peresni kategoriji Abeja Attella. Monte bi bil vedno zaljubljen v senco svojega starejšega brata, vendar je bil sam po sebi nadarjen borec. Monte je med svojo kariero zmagal na svetovnem prvenstvu v boksu v bantam kategoriji in se uveljavil kot borec svetovnega razreda. V 1904, bil je 19-letnik, ki je prihajal
Med svojo prvo vožnjo kot svetovni boksarski prvak v peresni kategoriji, Abe Attell je imel sedež iz St.. Louis, Missouri. Poleg tega, da je imel svoj kamp v St.. Louis, Attell je naslov večkrat branil v St.. Louis’ Atletski klub West End. At the time, St. Louis je bil največje mesto zahodno od reke Mississippi v ZDA. Rojen 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
Kot sem že napisal v več prispevkih, najboljši boksarji v težki kategoriji med 1900 in 1919 so bili afroameriški boksarji prisiljeni v boj med seboj “Barvno prvenstvo”. Tudi potem, ko je odlični Jack Johnson dokončno prebil barvno črto in osvojil svetovno prvenstvo v težki kategoriji, naslov bi branil le proti belim kandidatom. As a result, najtežji izzivalci
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
Novembra 30, 1910, Poročila prišla iz Anglije, ki je nekdanji svetovni prvak v težki kategoriji Prizefighting Jem Mace umrl 79 let. Mace je svetovni prvak iz 1860 za 1862 in spet iz 1866 za 1876. Po poročanju zaslužijo milijon dolarjev v karieri, ki raztezajo 1857 za 1909, Jem Mace umrl brez prebite pare. 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 in 126 funtov, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Julija 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at