Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 kuni 1930.
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 aastat, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Juulil 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 kuni 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Siiski, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professionaalsed võitlused 19. sajandil nautisid väljaspool seda kehva maine
Oktoobril 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Massachusetts. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 naela. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Mõlema mehe fännid saabusid
“Terrible” Terry McGovern earned a reputation as one of the most powerful punchers in the history of the lighter divisions of professional boxing. McGovern weighed between 112 ja 126 naela. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, September 12, 1899, when he fought British
On February 7, 1882, John L. Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan for a title, which was certainly the American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship but probably not the World Title it was billed as. Sisse 1880, Paddy Ryan won the title in his first and only prize fight before facing the ferocious power puncher Sullivan. The men met in Mississippi City, Mississippi around
Aprillil 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 protokoll. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when
John L. Sullivan domineerinud auhinna ring oma karjääri jooksul. Omades rekord 40 võitu, kadusid ja kaks viiki, “Boston Strong Boy” peeti võitmatu. Sullivan võitis maailmameistrivõistlustel 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. Pärast võideti Kilrain selles eepiline hooaeg, John L.
John L. Sullivan was the transitional heavyweight prize fighting champion. He transitioned prize fighting from the bare knuckle era to modern boxing under the Marquis of Queensbury rules by refusing to fight in any more non-gloved bouts. Before he made this pledge, he took part in the Fight of the 19th Century with the formidable Jake Kilrain. Jake Kilrain was
The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. Ryan was a good fighter in his own right though. Ryan was born on March 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan was known through out his