Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 i 1930.
Ar Dachwedd 30, 1871, a large crowd of men boarded ten rail cars on the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas railroad as it stopped on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The train continued on to Montgomery Station near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where the crowd left the rain and made their way into the woods. Such an odd procession
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 i 1904. After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899, Jeffries made 9 successful title defenses during the next five years. He retired undefeated in 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Chwefror 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, California. The 28-year-old Nelson won the title by knocking out the great Joe Gans in 1908. Boxing experts did not expect Wolgast to defeat Nelson even though Wolgast held a newspaper decision over Nelson in 1909. Pundits
Enillodd Tom HYER y Bencampwriaeth Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Americanaidd yn 1841. Fel y rhan fwyaf hyrwyddwyr prizefighting y Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Bymtheg, nid oedd yn ymladd yn aml iawn. Fel arfer, HYER talu ei biliau fel gorfodwr ar gyfer pleidiau gwleidyddol yn Efrog Newydd. Yn wreiddiol, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Gwybod Parti Dim byd” with his friend William
Ar ddydd Llun, Mai 30, 1892, bu'r gwych Peter Jackson yn bocsio pwl menig gyda'r cyn brotégé Frank Slavin. Roedd y ddau ddyn yn byw ac yn ymladd yn Awstralia, er bod diddordeb y ffans wedi arwain Jackson i fynd ar daith o amgylch y byd i fanteisio ar y cyfleoedd ariannol yn yr Unol Daleithiau a Lloegr. Fel yn Awstralia, Roedd Jackson yn aml yn gweld paffwyr gwyn yn anfodlon ymladd ag ef. Ychydig
St. Louis, ar ddechrau'r 20fed Ganrif, Roedd golygfa bocsio proffesiynol blaenllaw. Abe Attell, er ei eni yn San Francisco, yn seiliedig yn St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, amddiffynnodd Attell ei Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Plu y Byd yn erbyn wrthwynebydd aml Harry Forbes. Forbes was also a regular on the St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes defeated Danny Dougherty for the
Sam Langford yn cael ei ystyried yn un o'r mwyaf i bunt diffoddwyr punt o bob amser. Ganwyd ar Mawrth 4, 1883 mewn Falls Weymouth, Nova Scotia, mae'n cael ei ystyried yn y paffiwr Canada gorau erioed. ymestyn ei yrfa ymladd oddi 1900 i 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Roedd
Ar Fai 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Claims to the championship were very murky at the time. Thuggery and dirty tricks often obscured who was actually American Champion. Jem Mace, who was considered World Champion twice while fighting in England, was signed to meet Tom
Monte Attell was the younger brother of World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Monte would always be stuck in the shadow of his older brother but was a talented fighter in his own right. Monte would win the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship during his career and establish himself as a world class fighter. Yn 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
Yn ystod ei rediad cyntaf fel Pencampwr Bocsio Pwysau Pwysau'r Byd, Roedd Abe Attell wedi'i leoli allan o St.. Louis, Missouri. Ar wahân i gael ei wersyll yn St.. Louis, Amddiffynnodd Attell ei deitl sawl gwaith yn St.. Louis’ Clwb Athletau West End. At the time, St. Louis oedd y ddinas fwyaf i'r gorllewin o Afon Mississippi yn yr Unol Daleithiau. Born Abraham Washington Attell