Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 to 1930.
On November 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 dominierte das amerikanische Schwergewichtsboxen 1899 to 1904. Nach dem Gewinn der Weltmeisterschaft im Schwergewichtsboxen durch Bob Fitzsimmons 1899, Jeffries gemacht 9 erfolgreiche Titelverteidigungen in den nächsten fünf Jahren. Er zog sich ungeschlagen zurück 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing
Am Dienstag, Februar 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, Kalifornien. 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
Tom Hyer won the American Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in 1841. Like most prizefighting champions of the Nineteenth Century, he did not fight very often. Hyer normally paid his bills as an enforcer for political parties in New York. Originally, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Am Montag, Mai 30, 1892, the great Peter Jackson boxed a gloved bout with former protégé Frank Slavin. Both men lived and fought in Australia, although fan interest led Jackson to tour the world to take advantage of the financial opportunities in the United States and England. As in Australia, Jackson often found white boxers unwilling to fight him. Few
St. Louis, am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts, hatte eine herausragende professionelle Box-Szene. Abe Attell, obwohl in San Francisco geboren, in St beruhte. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell verteidigt seinen World Boxing Championship gegen Featherweight häufige Rivalen Harry Forbes. Forbes war auch regelmäßig auf der St. Louis Box-Szene. Forbes besiegte Danny Dougherty für die
Sam Langford gilt als einer der größten Pfund für Pfund Kämpfer aller Zeiten. Geboren am Donnerstag, März 4, 1883 in Weymouth Fälle, Neuschottland, Er ist der größte kanadische Boxer aller Zeiten. Seine Karriere als Kämpfer erstreckte sich von 1900 to 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Er
On May 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Die Ansprüche auf die Meisterschaft waren zu dieser Zeit sehr trübe. Schlägerei und schmutzige Tricks verdeckten oft, wer tatsächlich amerikanischer Meister war. Jem Mace, der zweimal als Weltmeister angesehen wurde, als er in England kämpfte, wurde unterschrieben, um Tom zu treffen
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. In 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. Louis, Missouri. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. Damals, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell