Tom Allen Wins, Kind Of

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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. Siiski, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.

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Jeffries KOs Corbett

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Mail 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

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Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

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Märtsil 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

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Võitlus Levinskyga võidab esimese tiitli

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Keegi ei kasutanud profipoksi otsustamiseta ajastut ära nagu Levinskyga võitlemine. Levinsky oli osav kaitsepoksija, kes sai oma võitlustes vähe kahju. Kui Ring Magazine küsis temalt, miks ta nii aktiivne on, mõnikord võttes 3 võitleb ühe päevaga New Yorgis, Levinsky ütles, “Mulle meeldib raha ja ma ei saa kunagi haiget.” Levinsky oli

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Marvin Harti topeltvõit

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Sisse 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. Juures 17-1, Hart knew another victory would go a long way in securing a heavyweight title fight. The Brooklyn-born Kid Carter intended to

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Ketchel võitleb kerge raske meistriga

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1909 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. Märtsis 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

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John L. Sullivan arreteeriti

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Teisipäeval, November 18, 1884, Raskekaalu paljasnukivõitluse maailmameister John L. Sullivan võitles Al Greenfieldiga New Yorgis Madison Square Gardenis. Sullivanil oli selles matšis vaja ületada rohkem kui ainult vastane. Algselt leppisid mehed kokku kaklema esmaspäeval, November 17, 1884, kuid New Yorgi linnavõimud ähvardasid mehi arreteerimisega. Tülitsemine

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