Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 upang 1930.
In mixed style bouts between wrestlers and strikers, the adage is once the wrestler gets his hands on the striker, the fight is over. In most mixed style bouts between wrestlers or grapplers and boxers, the grappler normally wins after dragging the striker to the ground. Ray Steele defeated Battling Levinsky. “Judo” Gene LeBell smashed Milo Savage. In modern
Sa Biyernes, Nobyembre 27, 1891, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, Kalipornya. The men wrestled for a reported $1,000.00 purse. Acton usually gave up size to his opponent but Acton outweighed the 148-pound Fitzsimmons by seven pounds. The men wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling
Noong Nobyembre 19, 1935, professional wrestler Ray Steele met professional boxer Kingfish Levinsky in a mixed wresting versus boxing bout. The Missouri State Athletic Commission created special rules for the match. The commissioners ruled the bout would consist of three-minute rounds like a boxing match. The commissioners allowed Levinsky to punch even if he was on the mat. Steele could
William Muldoon ay ang reigning World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion at isang nabanggit pisikal culturist, when Muldoon was engaged by John L. ni Sullivan backers upang makuha ang kanilang fighter sa hugis. Sullivan ay ang reigning World Heavyweight hubad buko paglaban para sa pera Champion. Siya naka-sign ng isang kasunduan upang matugunan ang kanyang toughest challenger, Jake Kilrain, sa Hulyo 1889. Sullivan pinapapasok siya ay nasa masamang hugis,
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. Sa 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
Sa Enero 10, 1910, kamakailan dating na Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko kinuha sa Charlie “Kid Ang” Cutler sa isang pinakamahusay na tugma dalawang-out-of-tatlong talon. Cutler ay naging isang Boxer sa isang troupe tumakbo ni John L. Sullivan bago paglipat sa Wrestling. Habang Cutler ay lubos na matigas, Stanislaus Zbyszko ay Wrestling mula noong kanyang kabataan. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Sa Huwebes, Setyembre 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, Inglatera, settled in St. Louis, Ilog ng Misuri. 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
Sa Martes, Nobyembre 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, Nobyembre 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 upang 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