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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 untuk 1930.
Tom Allen lahir di Birmingham, Inggris tetapi melakukan beberapa pertarungannya yang paling terkenal di Amerika. Di 1867, Allen pindah ke St. Louis, kota terbesar di sebelah barat Mississippi. Allen tidak pernah pergi dan akan menggunakan St. Louis sebagai markasnya untuk berlatih memperebutkan hadiah. Allen sebagian besar bertarung dalam pertarungan hadiah bare knuckle karena tinju Amerika tidak akan melakukannya
No one took advantage of the No Decision era of professional boxing like Battling Levinsky. Levinsky was a skilled defensive boxer, who took little damage during his fights. When Ring Magazine asked him why he was so active, sometimes taking 3 fights in a day around New York, Levinsky said, “I like money and I never get hurt.” Levinsky was
Pada hari Kamis, September 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, England, settled in St. Louis, Missouri. Allen eventually became a U.S. Citizen. Allen showed a pugnacious personality, inside and outside the ring, making powerful enemies amongst the sporting men in the United States. Allen particularly irritated
Pada hari Selasa, November 18, 1884, Juara Dunia Pertarungan Hadiah Bare-Knuckle Kelas Berat John L. Sullivan melawan Al Greenfield di Madison Square Garden di New York City. Sullivan perlu mengatasi lebih dari sekedar lawannya dalam pertarungan ini. Orang-orang itu awalnya setuju untuk bertarung pada hari Senin, November 17, 1884, namun pihak berwenang Kota New York mengancam orang-orang tersebut dengan penangkapan. Pertengkaran dengan
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 untuk 1942. Louis is widely considered to be one of the top three to five heavyweights in professional boxing history and some consider him the best heavyweight fighter. “Jack” Blackburn developed the talents of the young champion and helped him
Pada hari Selasa, Desember 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Antara 1904 dan 1919, the best African-American boxers, or black Canadians like Langford, were stuck fighting each other for “Colored” Championship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to
Pada hari Jumat, Maret 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain melawan George Godfrey di California Athletic Club di San Francisco, California. Para pria berjuang untuk mendapatkan trofi dan $5,000. Orang-orang itu memasuki ring pada pukul 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, mantan Juara Gulat Kelas Berat Dunia, diperbantukan Kilrain, yang dilatih Muldoon untuk pertarungan ini. Muldoon melatih lawan Kilrain, John L. Sullivan, untuk mereka 1889
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
Pada tanggal 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Even though Georges Carpentier
Pada tanggal 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett