Category: Skorá história profesionálneho boxu

Mája 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

Marca 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 was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. Louis, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time

V 1902, Budúci majster sveta v boxe v ťažkej váhe Marvin Hart bol stúpajúcim kandidátom. Bojuje predovšetkým zo svojho rodného mesta Louisville, Kentucky, Hart bol zápas proti Kid Carter v Southern Athletic Club v máji 2, 1902. Na 17-1, Hart vedel, že ďalšie víťazstvo bude znamenať veľký úspech v boji o titul v ťažkej váhe. Kid Carter narodený v Brooklyne to zamýšľal

Monte Attell bol mladším bratom majstra sveta v perovej váhe v boxe Abeho Attella. Monte bol vždy uviaznutý v tieni svojho staršieho brata, ale sám o sebe bol talentovaným bojovníkom. Monte počas svojej kariéry vyhral majstrovstvá sveta v bantamovej váhe a etabloval sa ako bojovník svetovej triedy. V 1904, bol to 19-ročný nastávajúci

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

Počas svojho prvého behu ako majster sveta v boxe v perovej váhe, Abe Attell sídlil v St. Louis, Missouri. Okrem toho, že má svoj tábor v St. Louis, Attell niekoľkokrát obhájil titul v St. Louis’ Atletický klub West End. V čase, keď, St. Louis bolo najväčšie mesto na západ od rieky Mississippi v Spojených štátoch. Narodil sa ako Abraham Washington Attell