போர் விளையாட்டு வரலாற்றாசிரியர் மற்றும் தற்காப்பு கலைஞர்
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
சாம் Langford அனைத்து நேரம் பவுண்டு போராளிகள் மிக பெரிய பவுண்டு ஒன்றாக கருதப்படுகிறது. Born on March 4, 1883 Weymouth ஃபால்ஸ், நோவா, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 வேண்டும் 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. அவர்
மே 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. இல் 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. லூயிஸ், மிசோரி. Besides having his camp in St. லூயிஸ், Attell defended his title several times at St. லூயிஸ்’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, ஸ்டம்ப். Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
மைக் “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 மற்றும் 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
மூன்று சிறந்த போராளிகள் கருப்பு மற்றும் தலைப்பை படத்தை வெளியே உறைநிலையில் அங்கு சாம் McVey ஒரு காலத்தில் உலக வண்ண ஹெவிவெயிட் குத்துச்சண்டைப் போட்டியில் வெற்றி என்று. அவர் தொடங்கினார் 1903 அவுட் நன்றாக, அவர் உலக ஹெவிவெயிட் குத்துச்சண்டை சாம்பியன் ஜேம்ஸ் ஜே அழுத்தம் கொடுக்கும் என்று. Jeffries அவரை ஒரு போட்டியில் கொடுக்க. Jeffries உடைக்க மறுத்துவிட்டது “வண்ண கோடு” by giving a
நவம்பர் 30, 1910, அறிக்கைகள் முன்னாள் ஹெவிவெயிட் Prizefighting சாம்பியன் ஜெம் தண்டாயுதம் மணிக்கு இறந்தார் என்று இங்கிலாந்து இருந்து வந்தது 79 வயது. தண்டாயுதம் இருந்து உலக சாம்பியன் இருந்தது 1860 வேண்டும் 1862 மீண்டும் இருந்து 1866 வேண்டும் 1876. கூறப்படுகிறது பரவியிருந்தது ஒரு வாழ்க்கையில் ஒரு மில்லியன் டாலர்கள் சம்பாதித்து பின்னர் 1857 வேண்டும் 1909, ஜெம் தண்டாயுதம், காசின்றி இறந்தார். 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 மற்றும் 126 பவுண்டுகள், possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. ஜூலை 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at