કોમ્બેટ સ્પોર્ટ્સ ઇતિહાસકાર અને માર્શલ આર્ટિસ્ટ
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 માટે 1930.
During the 19th century, both prizefighters and duelists took advantage of the sandbar islands in the Mississippi River, around St. લૂઈસ, મિઝોરી, to hold prizefights or duels. Authorities have frowned on duels to the death in any location. તેમ છતાં, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.
જોની રેગન સેન્ટમાં એક મહત્વપૂર્ણ ફાઇટર હતો. 20 મી સદીના પ્રથમ દાયકા દરમિયાન લૂઇસ બોક્સીંગ સીન. મૂળ બ્રુકલીનનો, રીગન સેન્ટ ખસેડ્યો. લુઈસ જેક મેકકેન્ના હેઠળ તાલીમ આપશે. મેકેન્નાએ તેમના ઓપરેશનને સેન્ટ. લૂઈસ, જ્યાં તેનો ફાઇટર મુખ્યત્વે સેન્ટ ખાતે લડ્યો હતો. લૂઈસ’ વેસ્ટ એન્ડ ક્લબ. રીગન એ સમયે વધતો બેન્ટમ વેઇટ હતો
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England on April 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
માઇક “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
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
ઓલિવર લિયોનાર્ડ કિર્ક જ ઓલિમ્પિક ગેમ્સમાં બે અલગ વજન વર્ગો માં ગોલ્ડ મેડલ જીતવા માટે માત્ર એક જ ઓલિમ્પિક બોક્સર હોવાની પણ વિશિષ્ટતા ધરાવે છે. ઓલિવર કિર્ક તેમના વતન ઓલિમ્પિક્સમાં આ સિદ્ધિ પરિપૂર્ણ 1904. સ્ટ્રીટ. લૂઇસ દરમિયાન ત્રીજા ઓલિમ્પિએડ હોસ્ટ 1904 વર્લ્ડ ફેર પ્રદર્શનનું. Like the Paris Games four years before, સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis gave
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. લૂઈસ. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 અને 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. As a result, 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