Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 na 1930.
On Tuesday, Február 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast vyzval majstra sveta v ľahkej váhe v boxe bojujúceho s Nelsonom o Nelsonov titul v Richmond Arena v Point Richmond, Kalifornia. 28-ročný Nelson získal titul vyradením skvelého Joea Gansa 1908. Boxerskí experti neočakávali, že Wolgast porazí Nelsona, aj keď Wolgast rozhodol o Nelsonovi v r. 1909. Učenci
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. Pôvodne, Hyer využil svoj talent pre Whigov, ale zmenil lojalitu k Whigom “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
V pondelok, Máj 30, 1892, skvelý Peter Jackson boxoval súboj v rukavici s bývalým chránencom Frankom Slavinom. Obaja muži žili a bojovali v Austrálii, hoci záujem fanúšikov viedol Jacksona k turné po svete, aby využil finančné príležitosti v Spojených štátoch a Anglicku. Ako v Austrálii, Jackson často našiel bielych boxerov, ktorí s ním neboli ochotní bojovať. Málo
St. Louis, na začiatku 20. Storočia, mal prominentnú profesionálnu boxerskú scénu. Abe Attell, hoci sa narodil v San Franciscu, sídlila v St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell obhájil svoje majstrovstvá sveta v boxe v perovej váhe proti častému rivalovi Harrymu Forbesovi. Forbes bol tiež pravidelným účastníkom festivalu sv. Louis boxerská scéna. Forbes porazil Dannyho Doughertyho
Sam Langford je považovaný za jeden z najväčších libry za libru bojovníkmi všetkých čias. Narodený v marci 4, 1883 v Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, je považovaný za najväčšieho kanadského boxera všetkých čias. Jeho bojová kariéra sa tiahla od 1900 na 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. On
Mája 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Claims to the championship were very murky at the time. Thuggery and dirty tricks often obscured who was actually American Champion. Jem Mace, who was considered World Champion twice while fighting in England, was signed to meet 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 má vyznamenanie za bytia jediný olympijský boxer vyhrať zlatú medailu v dvoch rôznych váhových triedach v rovnakých olympijských hrách. Oliver Kirk vykonal tento čin v jeho rodnom meste olympijských hier v 1904. St. Louis hostil tretiu olympiádu v priebehu 1904 Svetová výstava Expozícia. 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
While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major