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Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Decembra 8, 1903, Sam Langford borili vladajoči lahek boksarski prvak v svojem domačem kraju Boston, Massachusetts. Pred bojem LANGFORD, večina strokovnjakov boks počutil Joe Gans ne bi pretepli v zakonite dvoboja. Rodil se je v Baltimoru, Maryland, Gans was able to break the color barrier by winning the World Lightweight Boxing Championship. Sam Langford is often considered
John Morrissey trdil World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting prvenstvo v spornem dvoboju z Yankee Sullivan v oktobru 1853. Potem ko je premagal pristojbino umora zaradi njegovega sodelovanja pri umoru Bill “Butcher” Da, Morrissey se odločili, da brani svoj naslov proti John C. Heenan, “Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey poraz Heenan v oktober 1858 bout held in
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “Benicia Boy”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Po 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. He also entered as one of
Oktobra 12, 1853, 23 year-old John Morrissey would meet 40 year-old “Yankee” Sullivan for the American and possibly World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Sullivan had been considered the champion since Tom Hyer, who had beaten Sullivan previously, retired instead of fighting Sullivan in a rematch. Sullivan claimed the title and was backed by Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.
V juliju 1854, Svetovni Bareknuckle Prizefighting prvak John Morrissey, ki je pretrgal tudi Tammanya Hall izterjevalca, Izpodbijani William “Bill Butcher” Poole na dotaknila ulični pretep. Rezultat je bil grozno bitje in več mesečno za obnovo John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, krajšim delovnim časom se je Profesionalen pevec. Morrissey made a
Julija 26, 1854, gole členek prvak John Morrissey izpolnjeni občasna gole členek borec William Poole v nobena pravila ulici pretepu. Kaj sledi, bi bilo najhujše pet minut John Morrissey življenja. Oktobra 23, 1853, 22-year-old Morrissey premagati Yankee Sullivan za svetovno gole členek prvenstvu v sporni odločbi. Sullivan actually knocked Morrissey out
Jack Johnson je bil vedno trd predmet zame. Občudujem njegov pogum in moč pri soočanju sovraštvo in fanatizem, v času, ko je to dal svoje življenje v nevarnosti. On je zavrnil, da ustrezajo zahtevam in sprejme stališče manjvrednosti na belih Američanov. Še, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, , ki je štelo Idol Parizu, v času svojega boksarski karieri od 1902 za 1921, Danes je v veliki meri pozabljena. Ena izmed največjih črnih heavyweights svojega časa, je bil zamrznjen od boja za naslov svetovnega prvaka, tudi po tem, ko je Jack Johnson premagala Tommyja Burnsa v 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career
Medtem ko je delal raziskave, Sem našel to sliko usposabljanja Manassa Mauler za njegovo 4. julij, 1919 Naslov boj z Jess Willard, World Heavyweight Boxing prvakov. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard je bil velikan človeka na 6’06” in 235 funtov. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Vendar,