Category: Sejarah Tinju Profesional Awal

Pada Mei 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett

Pada Mac 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in

Tiada siapa yang mengambil kesempatan daripada era Tiada Keputusan tinju profesional seperti Battling Levinsky. Levinsky adalah peninju pertahanan yang mahir, yang mengalami sedikit kerosakan semasa pergaduhannya. Apabila Majalah Ring bertanya kepadanya mengapa dia begitu aktif, kadang-kadang mengambil 3 bergaduh dalam sehari di sekitar New York, Levinsky berkata, “Saya suka wang dan saya tidak pernah terluka.” Levinsky adalah

Johnny Reagan adalah seorang pejuang penting di St. Adegan tinju Louis semasa dekad pertama Abad ke-20. Berasal dari Brooklyn, Reagan berpindah ke St. Louis untuk berlatih di bawah Jack McKenna. McKenna mengasaskan operasinya dari St. Louis, di mana pejuangnya terutamanya bertarung di St. Louis’ Kelab West End. Reagan adalah bantamweight yang sedang meningkat naik pada masa itu

Dalam 1902, future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart was a rising contender. Fighting primarily out of his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Hart was matched against Kid Carter at the Southern Athletic Club on May 2, 1902. Pada 17-1, Hart knew another victory would go a long way in securing a heavyweight title fight. The Brooklyn-born Kid Carter intended to

Monte Attell was the younger brother of World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Monte would always be stuck in the shadow of his older brother but was a talented fighter in his own right. Monte would win the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship during his career and establish himself as a world class fighter. Dalam 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming

1909 menyaksikan Stanley Ketchel meneruskan rentak teriknya melalui semua pejuang teratas di sekitar had kelas menengah. Pada bulan Mac 1909, Ketchel menghadapi cabaran yang jarang berlaku, apabila dia bertarung dengan Juara Dunia Light Heavyweight Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. O'Brien adalah peninju yang licik, yang menggunakan kepantasan dan kepantasannya untuk membenam Ketchel pada pusingan awal. Walaupun kelebihan saiz O'Brien, Ketchel tadi

During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. Louis, Missouri. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell