Историчар борбених спортова и борилачки уметник
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Сем Лангфорд се сматра једним од највећих фунте за фунте бораца свих времена. Born on March 4, 1883 у Веимоутх Фаллс, Нова Шкотска, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 до 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Он
На маја 10, 1870, 39-годишњакиња боксер Јем Маце мет 30-годишњи боксер Том Аллен у Кеннервилле, Лоуисиана на Светском првенству Хеавивеигхт професионални бокс. 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. У 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. Лоуис, Мисури. Besides having his camp in St. Лоуис, Attell defended his title several times at St. Лоуис’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, Свети. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Микрофон “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
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 и 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. As a result, the toughest challengers
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
Новембра 30, 1910, извештаји дошао из Енглеске да је бивши Ворлд Хеавивеигхт професионални бокс шампион Јем Маце умро у 79 година. Маце био светски шампион из 1860 до 1862 и поново од 1866 до 1876. Након наводно зарађује милион долара у каријери која је обухватила 1857 до 1909, Јем Маце умро без пара. 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