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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 to 1930.
U utorak, Prosinac 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Između 1904 i 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
U petak, Ožujak 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain borio se protiv Georgea Godfreya u California Athletic Clubu u San Franciscu, Kalifornija. Muškarci su se borili za trofej i $5,000. Muškarci su ušli u ring u 9:52 poslije podne. William Muldoon, bivši svjetski prvak u hrvanju u teškoj kategoriji, sekundirao je Kilrain, kojeg je Muldoon trenirao za ovu borbu. Muldoon je trenirao Kilrainovog protivnika, Ivan L. Sullivan, za njihov 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
On July 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.” Iako Georges Carpentier
Svibnja 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
U petak, Lipanj 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. U samo 24 godina, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Na ožujka 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 vidio je kako Stanley Ketchel nastavlja svoj mučni tempo kroz sve najbolje borce oko granice srednje težine. In March 1909, Ketchel se suočila s rijetkim izazovom, kada se borio s vladajućim svjetskim prvakom u poluteškoj kategoriji Philadelphijom Jackom O’Brienom. O’Brien je bio uglađeni boksač, koji je iskoristio svoju brzinu i neuhvatljivost da nabije Ketchela u ranim rundama. Unatoč O'Brienovoj prednosti u veličini, Ketchel je bila
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons je bio engleski boksač, koji je osvojio neprikosnovenu srednju kategoriju, svjetska prvenstva u teškoj i poluteškoj kategoriji, na prijelazu iz 20. u. Često zamijenjen s Australcem jer je tamo započeo boksačku karijeru, Fitzsimmons je putovao u Sjedinjene Države godine 1890 u kampanju za prvenstvo u srednjoj kategoriji. Fitzsimmons je stajao tik ispod 6 metar visok, ali