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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 para 1930.
En novembro 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 para 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
O martes, Febreiro 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
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. Orixinalmente, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
O luns, Maio 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, no inicio do século 20, tiña unha escena de boxeo profesional destacado. Abe Attell, Aínda nacido en San Francisco, baseouse en St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell defendeu o seu Campionato Mundial de Boxeo peso pena contra o rival frecuente Harry Forbes. Forbes tamén foi un regular no St. escena de boxeo Louis. Forbes derrotado Danny Dougherty ao
Sam Langford é considerado un dos máis grandes loitadores pound for pound de todos os tempos. Nacido en marzo 4, 1883 en Weymouth caídas, Nova Scotia, é considerado o maior pugilista canadense de todos os tempos. A súa carreira de loitador se estendía desde 1900 para 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. El
En maio 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. En 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. No momento, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell