Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 i 1930.
Ganed Tom Allen yn Birmingham, Lloegr ond ymladdodd rhai o'i ornestau enwocaf yn America. Yn 1867, Symudodd Allen i St. Louis, y ddinas fwyaf i'r gorllewin o'r Mississippi. Allen byth yn gadael a byddai'n defnyddio St. Louis fel ei gartref i hyfforddi ar gyfer ymladd gwobrau. Ymladdodd Allen yn bennaf mewn ymladdfeydd migwrn noeth gan na fyddai bocsio Americanaidd
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 i 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” Datblygodd Blackburn ddoniau'r pencampwr ifanc a'i helpu
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Rhagfyr 12, 1916, Amddiffynnodd Sam Langford y “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, a enillodd gan Sam McVea ym mis Chwefror 1916. Rhwng 1904 a 1919, y bocswyr Affricanaidd-Americanaidd gorau, neu Ganadaiaid du fel Langford, yn sownd yn ymladd ei gilydd am “Lliwiog” Pencampwriaeth. Pe bai ymladdwr gwyn yn eu hymladd, dim ond i ddatblygu eu henw da eu hunain i
Ar ddydd Gwener, Mawrth 13, 1891, Ymladdodd Jake Kilrain â George Godfrey yng Nghlwb Athletau California yn San Francisco, California. Ymladdodd y dynion am dlws a $5,000. Aeth y dynion i mewn i'r fodrwy yn 9:52 y.h. William Muldoon, cyn Bencampwr Reslo Pwysau Trwm y Byd, eiliodd Kilrain, a hyfforddodd Muldoon ar gyfer y frwydr hon. Hyfforddodd Muldoon wrthwynebydd Kilrain, John L. Sullivan, am eu 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
Ar Orffennaf 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.” Er bod Georges Carpentier
While bare knuckle prizefighter Tom Allen was born in England during 1840, he spent the majority of his adult life in St Louis after relocating to the United States in 1867. After a disappointing loss to Jem Mace in 1870, where he impressed spectators with a gallant performance in a losing effort, Allen started campaigning for a shot at American
Ganed Tom Allen yn Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 ond daeth yn enwog fel gwobr ymladdwr migwrn noeth pwysau trwm yn America. Ymsefydlu yn St. Louis around 1867, Enillodd Allen Bencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm America yn 1873 a daliodd y teitl hyd 1876. Dychwelodd i Loegr am flwyddyn cyn dychwelyd i St. Louis am dda i mewn 1878. Back
Bob “Rudy Robert” Paffiwr o Loegr oedd Fitzsimmons, a enillodd y pwysau canol diamheuol, pencampwriaethau byd pwysau trwm a phwysau ysgafn, ar droad yr 20fed Ganrif. Yn aml yn cael ei gamgymryd am Awstraliad oherwydd iddo ddechrau ei yrfa focsio yno, Teithiodd Fitzsimmons i'r Unol Daleithiau yn 1890 ymgyrchu am y bencampwriaeth pwysau canol. Safai Fitzsimmons ychydig yn is 6 feet tall but
Ar Dachwedd 30, 1871, a large crowd of men boarded ten rail cars on the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas railroad as it stopped on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The train continued on to Montgomery Station near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where the crowd left the rain and made their way into the woods. Such an odd procession