Dövüş Sporları Tarihçisi ve Dövüş Sanatçısı
19. ve 20. yüzyılın başlarında profesyonel boks ve ödüllü dövüşler hakkında gönderiler.
Sam Langford tüm zamanların kiloluk savaşçıları için büyük sterlin biri olarak kabul edilir. Born on March 4, 1883 Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 karşı 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. He
Mayıs 10, 1870, 39-yaşındaki bir ödül dövüşçüsü Jem Mace Kennerville 30 yaşındaki bir ödül dövüşçüsü Tom Allen buluştu, Dünya Ağır Siklet Prizefighting Şampiyonası'nda Louisiana. O zamanlar şampiyonluk iddiaları çok belirsizdi.. Hırsızlık ve kirli numaralar genellikle kimin gerçekte Amerikan Şampiyonu olduğunu gizledi.. Jem Mace, İngiltere'de savaşırken iki kez Dünya Şampiyonu olarak kabul edilen, Tom ile tanışmak için imzalandı
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. Içinde 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. O zaman, 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
Bir kaç yazıda yazdığım gibi, arasındaki en iyi ağır sıklet boksörler 1900 ve 1919 Afro-Amerikan boksörler birincilik için birbirleriyle dövüşmeye mi zorlandılar? “Renkli Şampiyonluk”. Büyük Jack Johnson nihayet renk çizgisini kırıp Dünya Ağır Siklet Şampiyonasını kazandıktan sonra bile, o sadece beyaz yarışmacılara karşı unvanı savunacaktı. Sonuç olarak, en zorlu rakipler
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
Kasım 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 yaş. Mace was world champion from 1860 karşı 1862 and again from 1866 karşı 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 karşı 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 ve 126 lira, 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