Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 na 1930.
V úterý, Prosinec 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Mezi 1904 a 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
V pátek, Březen 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Kalifornie. 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
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
Července 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
Května 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
While bare knuckle prizefighter Tom Allen was born in England during 1840, he spent the majority of his adult life in St Louis after relocating to the United States in 1867. After a disappointing loss to Jem Mace in 1870, where he impressed spectators with a gallant performance in a losing effort, Allen started campaigning for a shot at American
V pátek, Červen 10, 1910, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought his last fight against unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel has cleared out the middleweight division, so boxing promoters struggled to find suitable competition for Ketchel. At only 24 let, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Března 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
1909 viděl Stanley Ketchel pokračovat ve svém svižném tempu všemi nejlepšími bojovníky kolem limitu střední váhy. V březnu 1909, Ketchel čelil vzácné výzvě, když bojoval s úřadujícím mistrem světa v polotěžké váze Philadelphií Jackem O’Brienem. O’Brien byl uhlazený boxer, který využil svou rychlost a nepolapitelnost k tomu, aby v prvních kolech praštil Ketchela. I přes O’Brienovu velikostní výhodu, Ketchel co
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons byl anglický boxer, který vyhrál nesporně střední váhu, mistrovství světa v těžké a polotěžké váze, na přelomu 20. století. Často mylně považován za Australana, protože tam začal svou boxerskou kariéru, Fitzsimmons cestoval do Spojených států v 1890 bojovat o šampionát ve střední váze. Fitzsimmons stál těsně pod 6 stop vysoký, ale