Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 to 1930.
During the 19th century, both prizefighters and duelists took advantage of the sandbar islands in the Mississippi River, around St. Ludvig, Missouri, to hold prizefights or duels. Authorities have frowned on duels to the death in any location. Kuitenkin, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.
Johnny Reagan was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. Ludvig, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Ludvig’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, Englannissa huhtikuussa 23, 1840 but he became famous as a heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter in America. Settling in St. Louis around 1867, Allen won the American Heavyweight Championship in 1873 and held the title until 1876. He returned to England for a year before returning to St. Louis for good in 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 punta
In March 1893, newspapers across the country carried the story of a proposed match between current world light heavyweight boxing champion Jack McAuliffe and Saint Louis boxing instructor Mike Mooney. Although the match would seem odd because Mooney was such a lightly regarded challenger, the lure of $2500 a side is probably what brought the champion to the table. Adjusted
Oliver Leonard Kirk on kunnia olla ainoa Olympic nyrkkeilijä voittaa kultamitalin kahdessa eri painoluokassa samassa olympialaisiin. Oliver Kirk tämän urotyön hänen kotikaupungissaan olympialaisissa 1904. St. Louis isännöi kolmannen olympiadin aikana 1904 Maailmannäyttely Expo. Like the Paris Games four years before, 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. Ludvig. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
Vaikka kuuluisa taistelusta John L.. Sullivan viimeisissä maailmanmestaruuskilpailuissa riitautettiin paljaiden rystyssääntöjen mukaisesti, Jake Kilrain osallistui myös moniin hansikkaisiin otteluihin. Prizefighting oli siirtymässä paljain rystysäännöistä hansikkaisiin otteluihin Marquess of Queensberry -sääntöjen nojalla. (varhainen amatööri ja ammattilainen nyrkkeily) 1800-luvun lopulla. Kuten Sullivan, Kilrain taisteli majorissa
Kuten olen kirjoittanut useissa viesteissä, parhaat raskaansarjan nyrkkeilijät välillä 1900 ja 1919 olivatko afrikkalaisamerikkalaiset nyrkkeilijät pakotettuja taistelemaan keskenään “Värillinen mestaruus”. Jopa sen jälkeen, kun suuri Jack Johnson lopulta rikkoi värilinjan ja voitti raskaansarjan maailmanmestaruuden, hän puolustaisi titteliä vain valkoisia kilpailijoita vastaan. As a result, kovimmat haastajat
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