Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 kuni 1930.
During the 19th century, both prizefighters and duelists took advantage of the sandbar islands in the Mississippi River, around St. Louis, Missouri, to hold prizefights or duels. Authorities have frowned on duels to the death in any location. Siiski, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.
Johnny Reagan oli tähtis võitleja St.. Louis'i poksistseen 20. sajandi esimesel kümnendil. Algselt Brooklynist, Reagan kolis St.. Louis treenib Jack McKenna käe all. McKenna põhines oma operatsioonil St.. Louis, kus tema võitleja võitles peamiselt St.. Louis’ West Endi klubi. Reagan oli sel ajal tõusev kaal
Tom Allen sündis Birminghamis, England on April 23, 1840 kuid ta sai Ameerikas kuulsaks kui raskekaalu paljaste sõrmenukkidega võitleja. Asudes elama St. Louis around 1867, aastal võitis Allen Ameerika raskekaalu meistritiitli 1873 ja hoidis tiitlit kuni 1876. Ta naasis aastaks Inglismaale, enne kui naasis St. Louis lõplikult sisse 1878. Back
Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
Märtsis 1893, ajalehed üle kogu riigi avaldasid loo kavandatud matšist praeguse poolraskekaalu poksi maailmameistri Jack McAuliffe'i ja Saint Louis'i poksiõpetaja Mike Mooney vahel.. Kuigi matš tunduks veider, sest Mooney oli nii kergelt hinnatud väljakutsuja, meelitus $2500 külg on ilmselt see, mis meistri lauale tõi. Kohandatud
Oliver Leonard Kirk on vahet olla ainult Olympic poksija võita kuldmedali kaks eraldi kaalukategooriate samas olümpiamängud. Oliver Kirk saavutasite feat tema kodulinnas olümpiamängudel 1904. St. Louis korraldas kolmandat olümpiaad jooksul 1904 World Fair Exposition. Nagu Paris Mängud neli aastat enne, St. Louis gave
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
Kuigi kuulus võitlus John L. Sullivan viimase maailmameistrivõistlused prizefight vaidlustatud all paljaste vait reeglid, Jake Kilrain osales ka palju kinnastatud hood. Prizefighting oli üleminekul paljaste vait reeglid kinnastega hood all markii on Queensberry reeglid (alguses amatöör ja professionaalne poks) lõpus 19. sajandi. nagu Sullivan, Kilrain võitlema suuremates
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 ja 1919 were the African-American boxers forced to fight each other for the “Colored Championship”. Even after the great Jack Johnson finally broke the color line and won the World Heavyweight Championship, he would only defend the title against white contenders. Tulemusena, the toughest challengers
Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a