Istoricul sporturilor de luptă și artist marțial
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 la 1930.
Pe parcursul secolului al XIX-lea, atât luptătorii de premii, cât și dueliștii au profitat de insulele de nisip din râul Mississippi, in jurul Sf. Louis, Missouri, a organiza lupte cu premii sau dueluri. Autoritățile au respins duelurile până la moarte în orice locație. Totuși, atât Illinois cât și Missouri au interzis, de asemenea, luptele cu premii. Bloody Island din mijlocul râului Mississippi, la nord de centrul orașului St.
La data de 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
La martie 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
No one took advantage of the No Decision era of professional boxing like Battling Levinsky. Levinsky was a skilled defensive boxer, who took little damage during his fights. When Ring Magazine asked him why he was so active, sometimes taking 3 fights in a day around New York, Levinsky said, “I like money and I never get hurt.” Levinsky was
Johnny Reagan a fost un luptător important în St. Scena de box Louis în timpul primului deceniu al secolului XX. Originar din Brooklyn, Reagan s-a mutat la St. Louis să se antreneze sub Jack McKenna. McKenna și-a bazat operațiunea din St. Louis, unde luptătorul său a luptat în primul rând la St. Louis’ Clubul West End. Reagan era o greutate bantam în creștere la acea vreme
În 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. At 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. În 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
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
În timpul primei curse ca campion mondial de box la greutatea plumii, Abe Attell avea sediul în St.. Louis, Missouri. Pe lângă faptul că își are tabăra în St.. Louis, Attell și-a apărat titlul de mai multe ori la St.. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. La momentul, St. Louis era cel mai mare oraș la vest de râul Mississippi din Statele Unite. Născut Abraham Washington Attell
Marți, Noiembrie 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan fought Al Greenfield at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sullivan needed to overcome more than just his opponent in this bout. The men originally agreed to fight on Monday, Noiembrie 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with