格斗运动史学家和武术家
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 至 1930.
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 岁月, 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
七月 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 至 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. 然而, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. 19 世纪的职业格斗在国外声名狼藉
十月 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, 马萨诸塞州. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 英镑. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. 两人的粉丝都到场了
“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 和 126 英镑. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, 九月 12, 1899, when he fought British
二月 7, 1882, 约翰·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. 在 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, 密西西比州附近
四月 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 分钟. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, 何时
约翰·L. 在他的职业生涯沙利文曾主导了奖金圈. 拥有的纪录 40 胜, 没有损失2平, “波士顿坚强的男孩” 被认为无敌. 沙利文赢得了世界冠军 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. 在这部史诗回合击败Kilrain后, 约翰·L.
约翰·L. 沙利文是过渡重量级奖项冠军的战斗. 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
几个人谁了解职业拳击手帕迪·赖恩大概知道他是约翰·L·. Sullivan的受害者. Sullivan在击败瑞恩的重量级职业拳击冠军 1882. 瑞安（Ryan）本身就是一名好战士. 瑞安（Ryan）于三月出生 15, 1851 爱尔兰. 他的家人移居到特洛伊, 纽约. 瑞安通过他的