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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 kepada 1930.
Pada hari Selasa, Februari 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast mencabar Juara Tinju Ringan Dunia yang bertarung dengan Nelson untuk gelaran Nelson di Arena Richmond di Point Richmond, California. Nelson yang berusia 28 tahun memenangi gelaran itu dengan menumbangkan Joe Gans yang hebat 1908. Pakar tinju tidak menjangka Wolgast akan mengalahkan Nelson walaupun Wolgast memegang keputusan akhbar ke atas Nelson 1909. Pakar
Tom Hyer won the American Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in 1841. Like most prizefighting champions of the Nineteenth Century, he did not fight very often. Hyer normally paid his bills as an enforcer for political parties in New York. Originally, Hyer menggunakan bakatnya untuk Whig tetapi akan menukar kesetiaan kepada “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Pada Isnin, Boleh 30, 1892, Peter Jackson yang hebat bertarung dengan bekas anak didik Frank Slavin. Kedua-dua lelaki itu tinggal dan bertempur di Australia, walaupun minat peminat menyebabkan Jackson menjelajah dunia untuk memanfaatkan peluang kewangan di Amerika Syarikat dan England. Seperti di Australia, Jackson sering mendapati peninju putih tidak mahu melawannya. Beberapa
St. Louis, at the beginning of the 20th Century, had a prominent professional boxing scene. Abe Attell, although born in San Francisco, was based in St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell defended his World Featherweight Boxing Championship against frequent rival Harry Forbes. Forbes was also a regular on the St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes defeated Danny Dougherty for the
Sam Langford dianggap salah satu paun yang terbesar bagi pejuang paun sepanjang masa. Born on March 4, 1883 di Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 kepada 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. He
Pada Mei 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Tuntutan untuk kejuaraan adalah sangat keruh pada masa itu. Samseng dan muslihat kotor sering mengaburkan siapa sebenarnya Juara Amerika. Jem Mace, yang dianggap Juara Dunia sebanyak dua kali semasa berlawan di England, telah ditandatangani untuk bertemu Tom
Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
Oliver Leonard Kirk mempunyai kelebihan sebagai satu-satunya peninju Olimpik untuk memenangi pingat emas dalam dua kelas berat badan yang berasingan dalam yang sama Sukan Olimpik. Oliver Kirk dicapai lagu ini di kampung halamannya di Sukan Olimpik 1904. St. Louis menjadi tuan rumah Olimpik ketiga semasa 1904 Ekspo Pameran Dunia. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
Walaupun terkenal kerana melawan John L. Sullivan dalam pertarungan hadiah kejohanan dunia terakhir bertanding di bawah peraturan buku jari kosong, Jake Kilrain juga mengambil bahagian dalam banyak pertarungan bersarung tangan. Pertarungan hadiah telah beralih daripada peraturan buku jari kosong kepada pertarungan bersarung di bawah Peraturan Marquess of Queensberry (tinju amatur dan profesional awal) pada akhir abad ke-19. Seperti Sullivan, Kilrain akan bertarung dalam major