Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Sam Langford ni kuchukuliwa moja ya pound kubwa kwa wapiganaji chupa ya wakati wote. Born on March 4, 1883 katika Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 kwa 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Yeye
Mei 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 alikuwa kaka mdogo wa Bingwa wa Ndondi wa Ulimwengu wa Ndondi Abe Attell. Monte kila wakati angekwama kwenye kivuli cha kaka yake mkubwa lakini alikuwa mpiganaji hodari mwenyewe. Monte angeshinda Mashindano ya Ndondi ya Dunia ya Bantamweight wakati wa taaluma yake na kujiimarisha kama mpiganaji wa kiwango cha ulimwengu. In 1904, alikuwa na umri wa miaka 19 juu-na-kuja
Wakati wa mbio yake ya kwanza kama Bingwa wa Ndondi wa Uzito wa Dunia, Abe Attell alikuwa msingi wa St.. Louis, Missouri. Mbali na kuwa na kambi yake huko St.. Louis, Attell alitetea jina lake mara kadhaa huko St.. Louis’ Klabu ya riadha ya West End. Wakati huo, St. Louis ulikuwa mji mkubwa zaidi magharibi mwa Mto Mississippi nchini Merika. Alizaliwa 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
Kama nilivyoandika katika machapisho kadhaa, mabondia wazito bora kati 1900 na 1919 mabondia wa Kiafrika na Amerika walilazimishwa kupigana kwa ajili ya “Michuano ya Rangi”. Hata baada ya kubwa Jack Johnson mwishowe kuvunja laini ya rangi na kushinda Ubingwa wa Dunia wa Uzito Mzito, angeweza kutetea tu jina dhidi ya wagombea wazungu. As a result, wapinzani wakubwa
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
Novemba 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 umri wa miaka. Mace alikuwa bingwa wa dunia kutoka 1860 kwa 1862 na tena kutoka 1866 kwa 1876. Baada zimeripotiwa kupata dola milioni katika kazi hiyo ilikuwa imewekwa 1857 kwa 1909, Jem Mace alikufa 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 na 126 paundi, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Julai 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at