పోరాట క్రీడా చరిత్రకారుడు మరియు మార్షల్ ఆర్టిస్ట్
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
సామ్ లాంగ్ ఫోర్డ్ అన్ని సమయం పౌండ్ యుద్ధ గొప్ప పౌండ్ ఒకటిగా పరిగణించబడుతుంది. Born on March 4, 1883 వేమౌత్ ఫాల్స్, నోవా స్కోటియా, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 to 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. అతడు
మే న 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. లో 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. లూయిస్, Missouri. Besides having his camp in St. లూయిస్, Attell defended his title several times at St. లూయిస్’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, సెయింట్. 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
జాన్ L పోరాట ప్రసిద్ధి ఉండగా. గత ప్రపంచంలో సుల్లివన్ ఛాంపియన్షిప్ prizefight బేర్ పిడికిలిని నియమాలు కింద పోటీ, జేక్ Kilrain కూడా అనేక తొడుగును పడ్డాడు పాల్గొన్నారు. బహుమతి కోసం పోటీ పడే Queensberry రూల్స్ మార్కస్ క్రింద పడ్డాడు చెయిజోడుగల కనిరి పిడికిలిని నియమాలు నుండి బదిలీ చేశారు (ప్రారంభ ఔత్సాహిక మరియు ప్రొఫెషనల్ బాక్సింగ్) 19 వ శతాబ్దం చివరిలోని. సుల్లివన్ ఇలా, Kilrain మేజర్ పోరాడతామని
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 మరియు 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
మూడు ఉత్తమ యోధులు నలుపు మరియు శీర్షిక చిత్రాన్ని నుండి స్తంభింప పేరు సామ్ McVey యుగంలో ప్రపంచ రంగు హెవీవెయిట్ బాక్సింగ్ చాంపియన్షిప్. అతను ప్రారంభించారు 1903 కాబట్టి బాగా, వరల్డ్ హెవీవెయిట్ బాక్సింగ్ ఛాంపియన్ జేమ్స్ J వత్తిడి చేస్తుంది. Jeffries అతనికి ఒక మ్యాచ్ ఇవ్వాలని. Jeffries బ్రేక్ నిరాకరించారు “కలర్ లైన్” by giving a
నవంబర్ 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 సంవత్సరాలు. Mace was world champion from 1860 to 1862 and again from 1866 to 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 to 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 మరియు 126 పౌండ్ల, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. జూలై న 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at