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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 untuk 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. However, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.
Johnny Reagan adalah seorang pejuang penting di St. Louis. Adegan tinju Louis selama dekade pertama abad ke-20. Berasal dari Brooklyn, Reagan pindah ke St. Louis akan berlatih di bawah bimbingan Jack McKenna. McKenna mendasarkan operasinya di St. Louis, tempat pejuangnya bertempur di St. Louis’ Klub Ujung Barat. Reagan adalah petinju kelas bantam yang sedang naik daun pada saat itu
Tom Allen lahir di Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 tapi dia menjadi terkenal sebagai petarung hadiah bare knuckle kelas berat di Amerika. Menetap di St. Louis around 1867, Allen memenangkan Kejuaraan Kelas Berat Amerika di 1873 dan memegang gelar itu sampai 1876. Dia kembali ke Inggris selama setahun sebelum kembali ke St. Louis. Louis untuk selamanya 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 mengklaim kemenangan atas besar Joe Gans dan masa depan kelas welter Tinju Dunia Juara Harry Lewis selama karirnya,en. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
In March 1893, surat kabar di seluruh negeri memuat cerita tentang usulan pertandingan antara juara dunia tinju kelas berat ringan saat ini Jack McAuliffe dan instruktur tinju Saint Louis Mike Mooney. Meskipun pertandingan tersebut tampak aneh karena Mooney adalah penantang yang dianggap remeh, daya tarik dari $2500 satu sisi mungkin adalah apa yang membawa sang juara ke meja. Disesuaikan
Oliver Leonard Kirk memiliki perbedaan menjadi satu-satunya petinju Olimpiade untuk memenangkan medali emas dalam dua kelas berat terpisah di Olimpiade yang sama. Oliver Kirk mencapai prestasi ini di kampung halamannya di Olimpiade 1904. St. Louis menjadi tuan rumah Olimpiade ketiga selama 1904 Pameran Dunia Exposition. 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. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
Sementara terkenal untuk memerangi John L. Sullivan di kejuaraan dunia terakhir prizefight diperebutkan di bawah aturan buku jari telanjang, Jake Kilrain juga mengambil bagian dalam banyak serangan bersarung. Prizefighting itu transisi dari aturan buku jari telanjang untuk serangan bersarung bawah Marquess of Queensberry Aturan (amatir awal dan tinju profesional) di Abad 19-an. seperti Sullivan, Kilrain akan bertarung di utama
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 dan 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. Dia mulai 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