Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 līdz 1930.
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. Uz 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 “Domkrats” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 līdz 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. “Domkrats” Blekbērns attīstīja jaunā čempiona talantus un palīdzēja viņam
Otrdien, Decembris 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Starp 1904 and 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
Piektdien, Marts 13, 1891, Džeiks Kilreins Kalifornijas sporta klubā Sanfrancisko cīnījās ar Džordžu Godfriju, Kalifornija. Vīri cīnījās par trofeju un $5,000. Vīrieši ringā iegāja plkst 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, bijušais pasaules čempions smagajā cīņā, sekundēja Kilreins, kuru Muldons trenēja šai cīņai. Muldons apmācīja Kilreina pretinieku, John L. Sullivan, priekš viņiem 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
Jūlijā 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
Kamēr plikas knuckle prizefighter Tom Allen dzimis Anglijā laikā 1840, viņš pavadīja lielāko daļu savas pieaugušo dzīves Sentluisā pēc pārcelšanās uz ASV 1867. Pēc neapmierinoša zaudējuma Džemam Meisam 1870, kur viņš pārsteidza skatītājus ar galantu priekšnesumu, zaudējot pūles, Alens sāka kampaņu par šāvienu uz amerikāni
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, 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 “Rūdijs Roberts” Fitzsimmons bija angļu bokseris, kurš uzvarēja neapšaubāmi vidējā svarā, pasaules čempionāts smagajā un pussmagajā svarā, 20. gadsimta mijā. Bieži tiek sajaukts ar austrālieti, jo viņš tur sāka savu boksa karjeru, gadā Ficsimmons devās uz Amerikas Savienotajām Valstīm 1890 aģitēt par čempionātu vidējā svarā. Ficsimmons stāvēja tieši zem 6 pēdas garš, bet
Novembrī 30, 1871, liels vīriešu pūlis Ņūorleānā iekāpa desmit dzelzceļa vagonos, Mobilais un Teksasas dzelzceļš, kad tas apstājās Kanālstrītā Ņūorleānā, Louisiana. Vilciens turpināja ceļu uz Montgomeri staciju netālu no Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, kur pūlis atstāja lietu un devās mežā. Tāds dīvains gājiens