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Bài viết về quyền anh chuyên nghiệp và đấu giải trong thế kỷ 19 và đầu thế kỷ 20.
Sam Langford được coi là một trong những bảng lớn nhất đối với máy bay chiến đấu bảng của tất cả các thời gian. Born on March 4, 1883 ở Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 để 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Ông
Ngày 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. Trong 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. Vào thời điểm đó, 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
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 và 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
Sam McVey sẽ giành chiến thắng trong thế giới màu Heavyweight Championship Boxing trong một thời đại mà ba con cá tốt nhất là màu đen và đông lạnh ra khỏi hình ảnh tiêu đề. Ông bắt đầu 1903 ra rất tốt, ông sẽ gây áp lực lên World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries để cho anh ta một trận đấu. Jeffries đã từ chối để phá vỡ “dòng màu” by giving a
Vào ngày 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 tuổi. Mace was world champion from 1860 để 1862 and again from 1866 để 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 để 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 và 126 bảng, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Vào ngày 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at