Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about professional boxing and prizefighting in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Desemba 8, 1903, Sam Langford fought the reigning lightweight boxing champion in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to fighting Langford, most boxing experts felt Joe Gans could not be beaten in a legitimate bout. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Gans was able to break the color barrier by winning the World Lightweight Boxing Championship. Sam Langford is often considered
John Morrissey claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in a controversial bout with Yankee Sullivan in October 1853. After beating a murder charge for his participation in the murder of Bill “The Butcher” Poole, Morrissey decided to defend his title against John C. Heenan, “the Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey defeated Heenan in the October 1858 bout held in
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “the 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. After 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. Aliingia pia kama mmoja wapo
Mnamo Oktoba 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.
Julai 1854, Dunia Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, ambaye pia mmejitenga kama Tammany Hall enforcer, changamoto William “Bill Butcher” Poole hakuna ana kuzuiliwa na anwani ya kupambana. Matokeo yake ni ya kutisha kumpiga na mwezi kadhaa ahueni kwa John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a
Julai 26, 1854, wazi kifundo cha bingwa John Morrissey alikutana mara kwa mara wazi kifundo cha fighter William Poole katika sheria hakuna anwani ya rabsha. Nini ikifuatiwa itakuwa mbaya zaidi ya dakika tano ya maisha John Morrissey ya. Mnamo Oktoba 23, 1853, 22 mwenye umri wa miaka Morrissey kuwapiga Yankee Sullivan kwa dunia tupu kifundo cha michuano ya mwaka uamuzi mgogoro. Sullivan kweli knocked Morrissey nje
Jack Johnson daima imekuwa ngumu somo kwa ajili yangu. I admire ujasiri wake na nguvu katika kukabiliana na chuki na bigotry katika muda wakati wa kufanya hivyo kuweka maisha yake katika hatari. Yeye alikataa kuendana na kukubali nafasi ya inferiority kwa Wamarekani nyeupe. Hata hivyo, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, ambaye alikuwa kuchukuliwa Idol ya Paris, wakati wa kazi ndondi wake kutoka 1902 kwa 1921, ni kwa kiasi kikubwa wamesahau leo. Moja ya mambo makubwa vigogo nyeusi ya muda wake, alikuwa waliohifadhiwa nje ya kupigana kwa ajili ya ubingwa wa dunia hata baada ya Jack Johnson kushindwa Tommy Burns katika 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career
Wakati kufanya utafiti, I found this picture of the Manassa Mauler training for his July 4th, 1919 title fight with Jess Willard, World Heavyweight Boxing Mabingwa. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard ilikuwa kubwa ya mtu saa 6’06” na 235 paundi. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Hata hivyo,