Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 til 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. Þó, 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. Louis, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
Tom Allen fæddist í 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
Mike “Twin” Sullivan krafa welterweight Veröld Boxing Championship, þegar hann decisioned Honey Mellody í apríl 1907. Sem hlotið bæði þungur hendur og betri en venjulega box færni, Sullivan krafa sigra yfir miklu Joe Gans og framtíð welterweight Veröld Boxing Champion Harry Lewis á ferlinum. Lewis vann welterweight titilinn, þegar Sullivan gat ekki lengur gert 147 pound
Í mars 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 has the distinction of being the only Olympic boxer to win a gold medal in two separate weight classes in the same Olympic Games. Oliver Kirk accomplished this feat at his hometown Olympics in 1904. St. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair 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
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
Eins og ég hef skrifað í nokkrum færslum, bestu þungavigtarboxararnir á milli 1900 og 1919 voru afrísk-amerísku boxararnir neyddir til að berjast hver við annan fyrir “Litað meistaramót”. Jafnvel eftir að hinn frábæri Jack Johnson braut loksins litalínuna og vann heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt, hann myndi aðeins verja titilinn gegn hvítum keppendum. Þar af leiðandi, erfiðustu keppendurnir
Sam McVey myndi vinna World Litað Heavyweight Hnefaleikar Championship á tímum þar sem þrír bestu bardagamenn voru svartir og fryst út úr titlinum mynd. Hann byrjaði 1903 svo vel, hann myndi setja þrýsting á World Heavyweight Boxing meistari James J. Jeffries að gefa honum leik. Jeffries neitaði að brjóta “Color Line” by giving a