Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 te 1930.
Tom Allen is in Birmingham gebore, Engeland, maar het van sy bekendste gevegte in Amerika geveg. In 1867, Allen het na St. Louis, die grootste stad wes van die Mississippi. Allen het nooit weggegaan nie en sou St. Louis as sy tuisbasis om vir prysgevegte op te lei. Allen het meestal in kaalknokkelprysgevegte geveg, aangesien Amerikaanse boks nie sou wees nie
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 te 1942. Louis is widely considered to be one of the top three to five heavyweights in professional boxing history and some consider him the best heavyweight fighter. “Jack” Blackburn het die talente van die jong kampioen ontwikkel en hom gehelp
Op Dinsdag, Desember 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Tussen 1904 en 1919, the best African-American boxers, or black Canadians like Langford, were stuck fighting each other for “Colored” Championship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to
Op Vrydag, Maart 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Kalifornië. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 namiddag. William Muldoon, former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, seconded Kilrain, who Muldoon trained for this fight. Muldoon trained Kilrain’s opponent, John L. Sullivan, for their 1889
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
Op Julie 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Even though Georges Carpentier
Terwyl kaal kneukel prysvegter Tom Allen is gebore in Engeland tydens 1840, hy het die grootste deel van sy volwasse lewe in St Louis deurgebring nadat hy na die Verenigde State in 1867. Na 'n teleurstellende nederlaag teen Jem Mace in 1870, waar hy toeskouers met 'n galante vertoning in 'n verloorpoging beïndruk het, Allen het hom begin beywer vir 'n skoot op American
Tom Allen is in Birmingham gebore, England on April 23, 1840 but he became famous as a heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter in America. Settling in St. Louis around 1867, Allen won the American Heavyweight Championship in 1873 and held the title until 1876. He returned to England for a year before returning to St. Louis for good in 1878. Back
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons was an English boxer, who won the undisputed middleweight, heavyweight and light heavyweight world championships, at the turn of the 20th Century. Often mistaken for an Australian because he started his boxing career there, Fitzsimmons traveled to the United States in 1890 to campaign for the middleweight championship. Fitzsimmons stood just under 6 feet tall but
Op November 30, 1871, 'n groot skare mans het op tien treinwaens op die New Orleans geklim, Mobiele en Texas-spoorweg soos dit op Canalstraat in New Orleans gestop het, Louisiana. Die trein het voortgegaan na Montgomery-stasie naby Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, waar die skare die reën verlaat het en die bos ingegaan het. Such an odd procession