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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 to 1930.
Tom Allen te fèt nan Birmingham, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. Nan 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
Nan Madi, Desanm 12, 1916, Sam Langford te defann la “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, ki li te genyen nan Sam McVea nan mwa fevriye 1916. Ant 1904 ak 1919, pi bon boksè Afriken-Ameriken yo, oswa Kanadyen nwa tankou Langford, yo te bloke goumen youn ak lòt pou “Koulè” Chanpyona. Si yon konbatan blan te goumen ak yo, li te sèlman yo devlope pwòp repitasyon yo
Nan Vandredi, Mas 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain te goumen ak George Godfrey nan California Athletic Club nan San Francisco, California. Mesye yo te goumen pou yon trofe ak $5,000. Mesye yo antre nan bag la nan 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, ansyen chanpyon World Heavyweight Wrestling, segonde Kilrain, ki moun ki Muldoon te antrene pou batay sa a. Muldoon te antrene advèsè Kilrain a, John L. Sullivan, pou yo 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
Sou Jiye 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.” Menmsi 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 te fèt nan Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 men li te vin pi popilè kòm yon prizefighter pwa loud nan Amerik la. Etabli nan St. Louis around 1867, Allen te genyen chanpyona Ameriken Heavyweight nan 1873 epi kenbe tit la jiskaske 1876. Li te retounen Angletè pou yon ane anvan li te retounen nan St. Louis pou bon nan 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
Sou Novanm 30, 1871, yon gwo foul moun te monte dis machin tren sou New Orleans, Mobil ak Texas ray tren jan li te kanpe sou Canal Street nan New Orleans, Louisiana. Tren an te kontinye ale nan Montgomery Station toupre Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, kote foul moun yo kite lapli a epi yo fè wout yo nan Woods yo. Yon pwosesyon enpè konsa