Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 to 1930.
Tom Allen wurde in Birmingham geboren, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. In 1867, Allen moved to St. Louis, the largest city west of the Mississippi. Allen never left and would use St. Louis as his home base to train for prizefights. Allen fought mostly in bare knuckle prizefights as American boxing would not be
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 to 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 developed the talents of the young champion and helped him
Am Dienstag, Dezember 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Zwischen 1904 und 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
Am Freitag,, März 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Kalifornien. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. 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
Im Juli 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.” Obwohl Georges Carpentier
Als Bare-Knuckle-Preiskämpfer wurde Tom Allen in England geboren 1840, Nach seinem Umzug in die USA verbrachte er den Großteil seines Erwachsenenlebens in St. Louis 1867. Nach einer enttäuschenden Niederlage gegen Jem Mace 1870, wo er die Zuschauer mit einer galanten Leistung in einer verlorenen Leistung beeindruckte, Allen begann, sich für einen Schuss auf American einzusetzen
Tom Allen wurde in Birmingham geboren, England on April 23, 1840 Berühmt wurde er jedoch als Schwergewichts-Preiskämpfer mit bloßen Fingerknöcheln in Amerika. Sich in St. niederlassen. Louis around 1867, Allen gewann die amerikanische Schwergewichtsmeisterschaft 1873 und hielt den Titel bis 1876. Er kehrte für ein Jahr nach England zurück, bevor er nach St. zurückkehrte. Louis für immer 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
On November 30, 1871, Eine große Menschenmenge bestieg zehn Eisenbahnwaggons auf der New Orleans, Mobile und Texas Railroad, als sie in der Canal Street in New Orleans hielten, Louisiana. Der Zug fuhr weiter zum Bahnhof Montgomery in der Nähe der Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, wo die Menge den Regen verließ und sich auf den Weg in den Wald machte. So eine seltsame Prozession