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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 li 1930.
Tom Allen twieled f'Birmingham, L-Ingilterra iżda ġġieled xi wħud mill-aktar ġlied famużi tiegħu fl-Amerika. Fil 1867, Allen mar tgħix St. Louis, l-akbar belt fil-punent tal-Mississippi. Allen qatt ma telaq u kien juża St. Louis bħala l-bażi tad-dar tiegħu biex jitħarreġ għall-prizefights. Allen iġġieled l-aktar fil-prizefights bare knuckle kif il-boxing Amerikan ma jkunx
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 li 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 żviluppa t-talenti taċ-champion żagħżugħ u għenuh
Nhar it-Tlieta, Diċembru 12, 1916, Sam Langford iddefenda l- “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, li reba[ ming[and Sam McVea fi Frar 1916. Bejn 1904 u 1919, l-aqwa boxers Afrikani-Amerikani, jew Kanadiżi suwed bħal Langford, kienu mwaħħla jiġġieldu lil xulxin għal “Kkulurita” Kampjonat. Jekk ġellied abjad ma jiġġieledhom, kien biss biex jiżviluppaw ir-reputazzjoni tagħhom stess biex
Nhar il-Ġimgħa, Marzu 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain ġġieled kontra George Godfrey fil-California Athletic Club f’San Francisco, California. L-irġiel ġġieldu għal trofew u $5,000. L-irġiel daħlu fiċ-ċirku fi 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, eks Champion Dinji tal-Lotta Heavyweight, issekonda lil Kilrain, li Muldoon ħarreġ għal din il-ġlieda. Muldoon ħarreġ lill-avversarju ta’ Kilrain, John L. Sullivan, għal tagħhom 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
Fuq Lulju 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
Filwaqt li bare knuckle prizefighter Tom Allen twieled fl-Ingilterra matul 1840, qatta’ l-ma;;oranza tal-[ajja adulta tieg[u f’St Louis wara li rriloka fl-Istati Uniti fi 1867. Wara telfa diżappuntanti kontra Jem Mace fil 1870, fejn impressjona lill-ispettaturi bi prestazzjoni galanti fi sforz telliefa, Allen beda jikkampanja għal sparatura lejn l-Amerika
Tom Allen twieled f'Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 iżda sar famuż bħala heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter fl-Amerika. Nissetiljaw f'St. Louis around 1867, Allen rebaħ il-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Heavyweight fi 1873 u żamm it-titlu sakemm 1876. Irritorna l-Ingilterra għal sena qabel irritorna St. Louis għall-ġid in 1878. Back
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons kien boxer Ingliż, li reb[u l-middleweight mhux ikkontestat, kampjonati tad-dinja heavyweight u light heavyweight, fil-bidu tas-Seklu 20. Ħafna drabi żbaljat għal Awstraljan għax beda l-karriera tiegħu fil-boxing hemmhekk, Fitzsimmons vvjaġġa lejn l-Istati Uniti fi 1890 biex jikkampanjaw għall-kampjonat tal-piż medju. Fitzsimmons kien ftit taħt 6 saqajn twal iżda
Fuq Novembru 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