Harcsporttörténész és harcművész
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 a 1930.
November 30, 1871, férfiak nagy tömege szállt fel tíz vasúti kocsiba New Orleansban, Mobil és texasi vasút, ahogy megállt a New Orleans-i Canal Streeten, Louisiana. A vonat továbbment Montgomery állomásra, a Bay St. közelében. Louis, Mississippi, ahol a tömeg otthagyta az esőt és bement az erdőbe. Olyan furcsa menet
James J. Jeffries uralta az amerikai nehézsúlyú bokszot 1899 a 1904. Miután megnyerte a nehézsúlyú ökölvívó világbajnokságot Bob Fitzsimmonstól 1899, Jeffries készítette 9 sikeres címvédést a következő öt évben. Veretlenül vonult vissza 1905 mielőtt visszacsábítják egy balszerencsés visszatérésre a nagyszerű Jack Johnson ellen. Jeffries nem győzte felülmúlhatatlan bokszolással a csatáit
Kedden, Február 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast kihívta a könnyűsúlyú ökölvívó világbajnokot, aki Nelsonnal küzd Nelson címéért a Point Richmond-i Richmond Arénában, Kalifornia. A 28 éves Nelson a nagyszerű Joe Gans kiütésével nyerte meg a címet 1908. A bokszszakértők nem számítottak arra, hogy Wolgast legyőzi Nelsont, noha Wolgast az újságban döntött Nelsonról 1909. Szakértők
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. Eredetileg, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Hétfőn, Május 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, század elején, prominens profi ökölvívó jelenete volt. Abe Attell, bár San Franciscóban született, székhelye St.. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell megvédte a könnyűsúlyú ökölvívó világbajnokságát a gyakori rivális, Harry Forbes ellen. A Forbes a St.. Louis bokszjelenet. Forbes defeated Danny Dougherty for the
Sam Langford tartják az egyik legnagyobb font a font harcosok minden idők. Born on March 4, 1883 Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 a 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Ő
Május 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. -Ben 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. At the time, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell