Combat kev ua si Historian thiab Martial Artist
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting in the 19th Century and early professional boxing from 1890 mus 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. Txawm li cas los, 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 was born in Birmingham, Hais rau hnub tim 23, 1840 but he became famous as a heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter in America. Settling in St. Louis ib ncig 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. Tom qab
Mike “Ntxaib” Sullivan thov Welterweight ntuj Boxing Championship, thaum nws decisioned Mellody koj niam nyob tim 1907. Possessing ob txhais tes hnyav thiab zoo tshaj boxing tej kev txawj ntse, Sullivan thov lawm yeej loj heev tus poj Joe Gans thiab yav tom ntej Welterweight ntiaj teb Boxing tau zus ib Harry Lewis thaum nws cov hauj lwm. Lewis yeej lub npe welterweight, Thaum twg Sullivan yuav tsis ua rau cov 147 phaus
Nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 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 muaj lub txim hluav taws xob los yog cov boxer Olympic xwb los yeej muaj puav pheej nyob hauv ob hoob yuag cais hauv kev ua si zoo tib yam Olympic kub. Oliver Kirk accomplished no feat ntawm nws hometown Olympics nyob rau 1904. St. Louis hosted lub Olympiad thib peb hauv lub 1904 World's Fair Exposition. Zoo li tus ua si Paris plaub xyoos ua ntej, St. Louis gave
Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 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
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 thiab 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. Yog li ntawd, the toughest challengers
Sam McVey yuav yeej lub qab ntuj dawb lias Heavyweight Boxing Championship hauv ib era uas zoo tshaj plaws cov fighters peb nkawm dub thiab khov hauv lub npe duab. Nws pib 1903 pw zoo li, nws yuav tso siab rau ntuj Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Jeffries muab nws ib match. Jeffries tsis kam siv rau lub “kab xim” by giving a