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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 để 1930.
Trong thế kỷ 19, cả người đoạt giải và người đấu tay đôi đều tận dụng lợi thế của các đảo cát ở sông Mississippi, xung quanh St. Louis, Missouri, tổ chức các trận đấu có thưởng hoặc đấu tay đôi. Nhà chức trách đã cau mày với những cuộc đấu tay đôi đến chết ở bất kỳ địa điểm nào. Tuy nhiên, cả Illinois và Missouri cũng đặt việc đấu giải thưởng ra ngoài vòng pháp luật. Đảo Bloody ở giữa sông Mississippi, ngay phía bắc Downtown St.
Ngày 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
Vào ngày 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 là một chiến binh quan trọng ở St.. Cảnh đấm bốc của Louis trong thập kỷ đầu tiên của thế kỷ 20. Xuất xứ từ Brooklyn, Reagan chuyển tới St.. Louis tập luyện dưới sự hướng dẫn của Jack McKenna. McKenna đặt trụ sở hoạt động ở St.. Louis, nơi chiến binh của anh ta chủ yếu chiến đấu tại St.. Louis’ Câu lạc bộ phía Tây. Reagan là một võ sĩ hạng bantamweight đang lên vào thời điểm đó
Trong 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. Khi 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. Trong 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
During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. Louis, Missouri. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. Vào thời điểm đó, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Vào thứ ba, Tháng Mười Một 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, Tháng Mười Một 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with