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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. 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 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
ტომ ალენი დაიბადა ბირმინგემში, England on April 23, 1840 მაგრამ ის ცნობილი გახდა, როგორც მძიმე წონაში შიშველი მუხლებით მებრძოლი ამერიკაში. დასახლება ქ. Louis around 1867, ალენმა მოიგო ამერიკის მძიმე წონაში ჩემპიონატი 1873 და ეჭირა ტიტული სანამ 1876. ის ინგლისში ერთი წლით დაბრუნდა, სანამ ქ. ლუი სამუდამოდ 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
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 აქვს განსხვავება ყოფნის მხოლოდ ოლიმპიური boxer მოიგოთ ოქროს მედალი ორ წონით კატეგორიაში იმავე ოლიმპიური თამაშები. Oliver Kirk შეასრულეს ეს feat თავის მშობლიურ ოლიმპიადა 1904. წმინდა. Louis უმასპინძლა მესამე ოლიმპიადის დროს 1904 მსოფლიოს სამართლიანი Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, წმინდა. Louis gave
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. წმინდა. 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
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 და 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. შედეგად, the toughest challengers
Sam McVey მოიგებს World ფერადი Heavyweight კრივი ჩემპიონატი ეპოქაში, სადაც სამი საუკეთესო მებრძოლები იყვნენ შავი და გაყინული სახელწოდების სურათი. მან დაიწყო 1903 out იმდენად კარგად, იგი ზეწოლას მსოფლიო ჩემპიონი ბოქსში James J. Jeffries მისცეს მატჩი. Jeffries უარი შესვენება “ფერი ონლაინ” by giving a