Batalsporthistoriisto kaj Militartisto
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 Al 1930.
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. Je 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 atingis lian plej grandan famon kiel la trejnisto de Monda Superpezula Bokso Ĉampiono Joe Louis de 1934 Al 1942. Louis estas ĝenerale konsiderita esti unu el la supro tri al kvin superpezuloj en profesia boksa historio kaj kelkaj konsideri lin la plej bona superpezula batalanto. “Jack” Blackburn developed the talents of the young champion and helped him
Marde, Decembro 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Koloris Mondan Superpezulan Bokson Ĉampioneco”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Inter 1904 Kaj 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
Vendrede, Marto 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Kalifornio. 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 estas plej bone sciita kiel la lasta kaj plej forta kontestanto al John L. Sullivan en la lasta malplena fingronodo monda ĉampioneca batalo. Malgraŭ la malkapablo de Kilrain venki John L. Sullivan, Li havis sukcesan karieron ambaŭ antaŭ ol kaj post kiam la vico kun la potenca Sullivan. Batalanta por 10 Pli da jaroj en gloved vicoj, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
Sur julio 2, 1921 En Ĵerzeja Urbo, Nov-Ĵerzejo, Reganta Mondan Superpezulan Bokson Ĉampiono Jack Dempsey renkontis luman superpezulan bokson reĝo Georges Carpentier. Boksanta fervorulojn flocked al evento rezultanta en la unua miliona dolara krado en boksanta historion. La matĉo pruvus la malnovan boksan sentencon, “Bona granda viro ĉiam venkas bonan malgrandan viron.” Even though 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
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, Anglio sur aprilo 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. Reen
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
Sur novembro 30, 1871, granda homamaso de viroj suriris dek relvagonojn sur la Nov-Orleano, Mobile kaj Teksasa fervojo kiam ĝi ĉesis sur Canal Street en Nov-Orleano, Luiziano. La trajno daŭris al Montgomery Station proksime de Bay St. Louis, Misisipo, kie la homamaso forlasis la pluvon kaj direktis sin en la arbaron. Such an odd procession