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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 til 1930.
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. However, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.
Mai 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
På Mars 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 var en viktig fighter i St. Louis boksescene i løpet av det første tiåret av det 20. århundre. Opprinnelig fra Brooklyn, Reagan flyttet til St. Louis for å trene under Jack McKenna. McKenna baserte operasjonen sin fra St. Louis, hvor jagerflyen hans først og fremst kjempet ved St. Louis’ West End-klubben. Reagan var en voksende bantamvekt på den tiden
I 1902, fremtidige verdensmester i tungvektboksing, Marvin Hart, var en utfordrer i vekst. Kjemper først og fremst ut av hjembyen Louisville, Kentucky, Hart ble matchet mot Kid Carter på Southern Athletic Club i mai 2, 1902. At 17-1, Hart visste at nok en seier ville gå langt i å sikre en tungvektstittelkamp. Den Brooklyn-fødte Kid Carter hadde tenkt å
Monte Attell var den yngre broren til verdensmester i fjærvektboksing Abe Attell. Monte ville alltid sitte fast i skyggen av sin eldre bror, men var en talentfull fighter i seg selv. Monte ville vinne verdensmesterskapet i bantamvektboksing i løpet av karrieren og etablere seg som en fighter i verdensklasse. I 1904, han var en 19-åring på vei
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
Under hans første løp som verdensmester i fjærvektboksing, Abe Attell var basert fra St. Louis, Missouri. Foruten å ha leiren sin i St. Louis, Attell forsvarte tittelen sin flere ganger på St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. På tidspunktet, St. Louis var den største byen vest for Mississippi-elven i USA. Født Abraham Washington Attell
On Tuesday, November 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan kjempet mot Al Greenfield ved Madison Square Garden i New York City. Sullivan trengte å overvinne mer enn bare motstanderen i denne kampen. Mennene ble opprinnelig enige om å slåss mandag, November 17, 1884, men myndighetene i New York truet mennene med arrestasjon. Kranglingen med