Storiku tal-Isport tal-Ġlieda u Artist Marzjali
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 li 1930.
Matul is-seklu 19, kemm prizefighters kif ukoll dulists ħadu vantaġġ mill-gżejjer sandbar fix-Xmara Mississippi, madwar St. Louis, Missouri, li jorganizza prizefights jew duelli. L-awtoritajiet ħarġu ħarsa lejn id-duelli għall-mewt fi kwalunkwe post. Madankollu, kemm Illinois kif ukoll Missouri pprojbixxew ukoll il-ġlied tal-premjijiet. Bloody Island f’nofs ix-Xmara Mississippi eżatt fit-tramuntana ta’ Downtown St.
Fuq Mejju 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
Dwar Marzu 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
Ħadd ma ħa vantaġġ mill-era No Decision tal-boxing professjonali bħal Battling Levinsky. Levinsky kien boxer difensiv tas-sengħa, li ftit ħasru waqt il-ġlied tiegħu. Meta Ring Magazine staqsieh għaliex kien daqshekk attiv, kultant tieħu 3 ġlied f’ġurnata madwar New York, Levinsky qal, “Inħobb il-flus u qatt ma nweġġa’.” Levinsky kien
Johnny Reagan kien ġellied importanti fis-St. Louis boxing xena matul l-ewwel deċennju tas-Seklu 20. Oriġinarjament minn Brooklyn, Reagan mar jgħix St. Louis biex jitħarreġ taħt Jack McKenna. McKenna bbaża l-operat tiegħu minn St. Louis, fejn il-ġellieda tiegħu ġġieled primarjament f’St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan kien piż bantam li qed jogħlew dak iż-żmien
Fil 1902, Il-futur Champion Dinji tal-Boxing Heavyweight Marvin Hart kien konkorrent li qed jogħlew. Jiġġieled primarjament mill-belt twelidu ta' Louisville, Kentucky, Hart kien imqabbel kontra Kid Carter fis-Southern Athletic Club f'Mejju 2, 1902. Fil 17-1, Hart kien jaf li rebħa oħra kienet se tagħmel triq twila biex tassigura ġlieda għat-titlu tal-piż tqil. Il-Kid Carter imwieled Brooklyn kellu l-intenzjoni li
Monte Attell kien ħu ż-żgħir taċ-Champion Dinji tal-Boxing Featherweight Abe Attell. Monte dejjem kien jeħel fid-dell ta’ ħuh il-kbir iżda kien ġellied b’talent fih innifsu. Monte kien jirbaħ il-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Boxing Bantamweight matul il-karriera tiegħu u jistabbilixxi ruħu bħala ġellied ta’ klassi dinjija. Fil 1904, kien ġuvni ta’ 19-il sena
1909 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. In March 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was
Waqt l-ewwel ġirja tiegħu bħala Champion tad-Dinja tal-Boxing Featherweight, Abe Attell kien ibbażat minn St. Louis, Missouri. Minbarra li għandu l-kamp tiegħu f’St. Louis, Attell iddefenda t-titlu tiegħu diversi drabi f’St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, St. Louis kienet l-akbar belt fil-punent tax-Xmara Mississippi fl-Istati Uniti. Imwieled Abraham Washington Attell
Nhar it-Tlieta, Novembru 18, 1884, Iċ-Champion Dinji tal-Ġlieda tal-Premju tal-Piż Tqil Bare-Knuckle John L. Sullivan ġġieled kontra Al Greenfield f'Madison Square Garden fi New York City. Sullivan kellu bżonn jegħleb aktar milli sempliċement l-avversarju tiegħu f’dan il-bout. L-irġiel oriġinarjament qablu li jiġġieldu nhar it-Tnejn, Novembru 17, 1884, iżda l-awtoritajiet ta’ New York City heddew lill-irġiel b’arrest. The wrangling with