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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 mus 1930.
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. Nyob rau hauv 1867, Allen moved to St. Louis, the largest city west of the Mississippi. Allen never left and would use St. Louis as his home base to train for prizefights. Allen fought mostly in bare knuckle prizefights as American boxing would not be
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
Txog hnub plaub, Cuaj hlis 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, Hais, 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
Tuesday, Kaum ib hlis 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan fought Al Greenfield at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sullivan needed to overcome more than just his opponent in this bout. The men originally agreed to fight on Monday, Kaum ib hlis 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with
Charles Henry “Nkaus” Blackburn tiav nws koob meej loj tshaj li ntawm tus kws qhia rau ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib Joe Louis ntawm 1934 mus 1942. Louis plhuav mus yuav tau ib lub heavyweights saum peb mus rau tsib nyob hauv keeb kwm kev boxing thiab ua ib co xav txog nws qhov heavyweight fighter zoo. “Nkaus” Blackburn developed the talents of the young champion and helped him
Tuesday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Dawb lias ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Ntawm 1904 thiab 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
Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, California. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, seconded Kilrain, who Muldoon trained for this fight. Muldoon trained Kilrain’s opponent, John L. Sullivan, for their 1889
Yog Jake Kilrain zoo paub ua lub xeem thiab toughest challenger rau John L. Tua Sullivan hauv cov xeem yas tes mus khaws ntiaj teb championship. Dua li ntawm Kilrain lub cev tsis tuav John L. Sullivan, nws muaj ib cov hauj lwm zoo cov ua ntej thiab tom qab qhov bout nrog tus mighty Sullivan. Ntaus rau 10 ntau xyoo nyob rau hauv bouts los, Feem ntau zoo tab sis nyob Kilrain tau
Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 2, 1921 hauv lub zos tsho, New Jersey, reigning ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib Jack Dempsey ntsib lub teeb heavyweight boxing vaj ntxwv Georges Carpentier. Kiv cua boxing ntawd sib sau kom muaj kev tshwm sim uas yuav ua rau tus thawj duas lab rooj vag nyob hauv keeb kwm boxing. Ntais ntawv yuav pom cov laus boxing adage, “Ib tug txiv neej loj zoo ib txwm neeg ntaus tau ib tug zoo txiv neej me ntsis.” Even though Georges Carpentier
Saum ntuj 11, 1900, Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Jeffries fought nws tus tswv James J. Corbett. Corbett nyob rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship nyob hauv lub 1890s thaum ntxov. Corbett ntiav cov Jeffires kom nws npaj rau nws npe challengers powerfully built. Jeffries mus xeem yeej lub qab ntuj npe los ntawm tus txiv neej, leej twg tuav Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett