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Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 mus 1930.
Tom qab thaj tsam 9 fights ib xyoos li yav tag los 7 xyoo, Ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing tau zus ib Stanley “Tus neeg tua neeg Michigan” Ketchel nyob sab lim. Ketchel muab ib so ntawm Missouri ranch ntawm nws cov phooj ywg R Vws. P. Dickerson nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev los tsam lub cav muab nws lub zog thiab tej yam txaus siab rau cov. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 3, 1905, Marvin Hart nkag mus kev sib ntaus hauv lub ntiaj teb uas tsis muaj npe ua ib tug 3 mus 1 underdog. Jack cag uas yuav muaj thawj lub teeb heavyweight championship yog cov nyiam kom ua tiav cov nyuam qhuav retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries yuav referee no npe match muab nws. Marvin Hart twb nyuam qhuav raug ntaus Jack Johnson. Widely considered the
Nyob rau thaum lub peb hlis ntuj 1873, yas tes mus khaws prizefighter Ned “Cov Irish loj heev” O'Baldwin yog npaj rau ib tug neeg match nrog Jem Mace, uas tau thov lub ntiaj teb mus khaws khauj tsiav Prizefighting Championship. Txawm li cas los, ua ntej O'Baldwin yuav fim Mace, nws txais kev pab raws li muaj ob tus phooj ywg thiab koj txog haujlwm hu ua Hicken prizefighter. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of
Nyob rau lub kaum hli ntuj 29, 1868, “Irish loj heev” Ned O'Baldwin thiab prizefighter Hmong Joe Wormald ntsib hauv yas tes mus khaws nqi zog-sib ntaus saab nrau Boston hauv Lynnville, Massachusetts. O'Baldwin sawv 6’06” siab thiab weighed ib ncig 220 phaus. Khoom ntawm ib tug tsausmuag maag, O'Baldwin muaj tus cwj pwm zoo meej rau lub nplhaib tiam sis tsis kev txawj saab nrau nws. Kiv cua ntawm ob tug txiv neej los txog hauv
“Phem heev” Terry McGovern tau ib lub koob npe nrov ua ib tug tus punchers haib tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv keeb kwm ntawm cov chav haujlwm Mental sib zog ntawm kev boxing. McGovern weighed ntawm 112 thiab 126 phaus. Tsis zoo li tus koj txog haujlwm me fighters, leej twg overwhelmed nws tw nrog xuas nrig ntaus ntim, McGovern khoom fais fab exceptional knockout. McGovern proved nws lub hwj huam rau hnub, Cuaj hlis 12, 1899, when he fought British
Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 7, 1882, John L. Sullivan fought Ryan liaj rau title, uas tau yeej tus American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship, tiam sis tej zaum tsis lub ntiaj teb Title nws tshawb tau li. Nyob rau hauv 1880, Liaj ia Ryan yeej lub npe nyob rau hauv kev sib ntaus thawj thiab tsuas nqi zog nws ua ntej txojkev lub hwjchim liamhim puncher Sullivan. Cov txiv neej uas tau ntsib hauv Mississippi River City, Mississippi around
Nyob rau hnub tim 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette ntsib ntiaj teb dawb lias Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib Sam McVey rau lub npe nyob rau hauv kev sib ntaus ntawm tas. Ua ntej lub classic bout yog tag, cov txiv neej yuav box rau 49 muab suav dua 3 teev thiab 30 feeb. Ntawm lub ob hlis ntuj 5, 1903, Thaum twg nws yeej “Denver” Ed Martin rau hlis ntuj nqeg 26, 1908, Thauj tw
John L. Sullivan muaj dominated ntiv nplhaib nqi zog thaum nws cov hauj lwm. Possessing ntaubntawv uas 40 yeej xwb, tsis muaj losses thiab ob draws, “Tus Boston muaj zog tub” txawm yog invincible. Sullivan yeej lub ntiaj teb championship rau 1882 thiab dispensed tag nrho challengers culminating nrog rau kev sib ntaus ntawm lub xyoo pua Nineteenth nrog Jake Kilrain. Tom qab defeating Kilrain nyob rau hauv qhov kev bout epic, John L.
John L. Sullivan yog tus nqi zog hauv heavyweight ntaus tau tau zus ib. Nws transitioned nqi zog ntaus ntawm cov yas tes mus khaws era rau niaj hnub boxing raws li cov kev cai Marquis ntawm Queensbury los tsis kam mus tua nyob yam li tsis-los bouts. Ua ntej nws cog lus no, nws coj ib feem nyob hauv qhov kev sib ntaus ntawm lub xyoo pua puv 19 nrog ntawm Jake Kilrain formidable. Jake Kilrain was
Tus ob peb yog tus paub txog qhov prizefighter liaj Ryan tej zaum paub nws li John L. Sullivan kev tsim txom. Sullivan tuav Ryan rau lub Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship rau 1882. Ryan yog fighter zoo rau nws tus kheej kom ho. Ryan yug rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 15, 1851 nyob rau hauv Ireland. Nws tsev neeg mus Troy emigrated, New York. Ryan was known through out his