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Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Sam Langford anses vara en av de största pund för pund fighters genom tiderna. Born on March 4, 1883 i Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 till 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Han
På maj 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Påståenden om mästerskapet var väldigt grumliga vid den tiden. Thuggery och smutsiga tricks dolda ofta vem som faktiskt var amerikansk mästare. Jem Mace, som ansågs världsmästare två gånger när han kämpade i England, undertecknades för att träffa 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. I 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. At the time, 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
Som jag har skrivit i flera inlägg, de bästa tungviktsboxarna mellan 1900 och 1919 var de afroamerikanska boxarna tvungna att slåss med varandra för “Färgat mästerskap”. Även efter att den store Jack Johnson äntligen bröt färglinjen och vann världsmästerskapet i tungvikt, han skulle bara försvara titeln mot vita utmanare. Som ett resultat, the toughest challengers
Sam McVey skulle vinna World Färgat Heavyweight Boxing Championship i en tid där de tre bästa fighters var svarta och utfryst av titeln bilden. Han började 1903 så bra, han skulle sätta press på världstungviktsboxning James J. Jeffries att ge honom en match. Jeffries vägrade att bryta “Color Line” by giving a
På November 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 år. Mace was world champion from 1860 till 1862 and again from 1866 till 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 till 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 och 126 pounds, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. På Juli 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at