Harcsporttörténész és harcművész
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 a 1930.
Kedden, December 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Között 1904 és 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
Pénteken, Március 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain George Godfrey ellen küzdött a San Francisco-i California Athletic Clubban, Kalifornia. A férfiak egy trófeáért küzdöttek és $5,000. A férfiak ekkor léptek ringbe 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, volt nehézsúlyú birkózó világbajnok, másodsorban Kilrain, akit Muldoon erre a harcra edzett. Muldoon kiképezte Kilrain ellenfelét, John L. Sullivan, értük 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
Július 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
Május 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
Pénteken, Június 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 éves, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Március 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 látta, hogy Stanley Ketchel folytatta döcögős tempóját a középsúlyhatár körüli legjobb harcosok között. In March 1909, Ketchelnek ritka kihívással kellett szembenéznie, amikor a félnehézsúly uralkodó világbajnoka, Philadelphia Jack O’Brien ellen küzdött. O’Brien sima bokszoló volt, aki gyorsaságát és megfoghatatlanságát használta fel Ketchel zúzására a korai fordulókban. O’Brien méretelőnye ellenére, Vízforraló valamit
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons was an English boxer, who won the undisputed middleweight, heavyweight and light heavyweight world championships, at the turn of the 20th Century. Often mistaken for an Australian because he started his boxing career there, Fitzsimmons traveled to the United States in 1890 to campaign for the middleweight championship. Fitzsimmons stood just under 6 feet tall but