పోరాట క్రీడా చరిత్రకారుడు మరియు మార్షల్ ఆర్టిస్ట్
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. లూయిస్, 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. లూయిస్, where his fighter primarily fought at St. లూయిస్’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
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. వీపు
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
మార్చిలో 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. సెయింట్. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, సెయింట్. Louis gave
డిసెంబర్ లో 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. సెయింట్. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. లూయిస్. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
జాన్ L పోరాట ప్రసిద్ధి ఉండగా. గత ప్రపంచంలో సుల్లివన్ ఛాంపియన్షిప్ prizefight బేర్ పిడికిలిని నియమాలు కింద పోటీ, జేక్ Kilrain కూడా అనేక తొడుగును పడ్డాడు పాల్గొన్నారు. బహుమతి కోసం పోటీ పడే Queensberry రూల్స్ మార్కస్ క్రింద పడ్డాడు చెయిజోడుగల కనిరి పిడికిలిని నియమాలు నుండి బదిలీ చేశారు (ప్రారంభ ఔత్సాహిక మరియు ప్రొఫెషనల్ బాక్సింగ్) 19 వ శతాబ్దం చివరిలోని. సుల్లివన్ ఇలా, Kilrain మేజర్ పోరాడతామని
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 మరియు 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
మూడు ఉత్తమ యోధులు నలుపు మరియు శీర్షిక చిత్రాన్ని నుండి స్తంభింప పేరు సామ్ McVey యుగంలో ప్రపంచ రంగు హెవీవెయిట్ బాక్సింగ్ చాంపియన్షిప్. అతను ప్రారంభించారు 1903 కాబట్టి బాగా, వరల్డ్ హెవీవెయిట్ బాక్సింగ్ ఛాంపియన్ జేమ్స్ J వత్తిడి చేస్తుంది. Jeffries అతనికి ఒక మ్యాచ్ ఇవ్వాలని. Jeffries బ్రేక్ నిరాకరించారు “కలర్ లైన్” by giving a