קאַמבאַט ספּאָרט היסטאריקער און מאַרשאַל קינסטלער
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
סאַם לאַנגפאָרד איז געהאלטן איינער פון די גרעסטע פונט פֿאַר פונט פייטערז פון אַלע צייַט. Born on March 4, 1883 אין וויימאָוטה פאלס, נאָוואַ סקאָושאַ, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 צו 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. ער
אויף מאי 10, 1870, 39-יאָר-אַלט באָקסיאָר דזשעם מאַסע באגעגנט 30 יאָר אַלט באָקסיאָר טאָם עלען אין קעננערוויללע, לאָויסיאַנאַ פֿאַר די וועלט כעוויווייט פּריזעפיגהטינג טשאַמפּיאָנשיפּ. קליימז צו די טשאַמפּיאַנשיפּ זענען געווען זייער מערקי אין דער צייט. טאַגגערי און גראָב טריקס אָפט אַבסקיורד ווער איז פאקטיש אמעריקאנער טשאַמפּיאָן. Jem Mace, וואָס איז צוויי מאָל גערעכנט ווי וועלט טשאַמפּיאָן בשעת פייטינג אין ענגלאַנד, איז געווען געחתמעט צו טרעפן טאָם
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. אין 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. לוי, מאַזעראַ. Besides having his camp in St. לוי, Attell defended his title several times at St. לוי’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, סט. 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 און 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 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
אויף נאוועמבער 30, 1910, ריפּאָרץ געקומען פון ענגלאַנד אַז פרייַערדיק וועלט כעוויווייט פּריזעפיגהטינג טשאַמפּיאָן דזשעם מאַסע האט געשטארבן אין 79 יאָרן פון עלטער. מאַסע איז וועלט מייַסטער פון 1860 צו 1862 און ווידער פון 1866 צו 1876. נאָך ריפּאָרטאַדלי ערנינג אַ מיליאָן דאָללאַרס אין אַ קאַריערע וואָס ספּאַנד 1857 צו 1909, דזשעם מאַסע געשטארבן פּענילאַס. 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 און 126 פונט, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. אויף יולי 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at