Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 but he became famous as a heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter in America. Settling in St. Louis around 1867, Allen won the American Heavyweight Championship in 1873 and held the title until 1876. He returned to England for a year before returning to St. Louis for good in 1878. Back
In March 1893, newspapers across the country carried the story of a proposed match between current world light heavyweight boxing champion Jack McAuliffe and Saint Louis boxing instructor Mike Mooney. Although the match would seem odd because Mooney was such a lightly regarded challenger, the lure of $2500 a side is probably what brought the champion to the table. Adjusted
Johnny Reagan war ein wichtiger Kämpfer in der St. Louis-Boxszene im ersten Jahrzehnt des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ursprünglich aus Brooklyn, Reagan zog nach St. Louis soll unter Jack McKenna trainieren. McKenna hatte seinen Sitz in St. Louis, wo sein Kämpfer hauptsächlich in St. kämpfte. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
Am Samstag,, April 9, 2022, Die Franklin County Missouri Historical Society lud mich ein, eine PowerPoint-Präsentation über den Bankraub der Union Missouri zu halten 1902. Das Buch behandelt den Raub, die Ermittlung, zwei landesweite Fahndungen nach dem Flüchtigen und ein gewagter Ausbruch aus dem St. Louis City Jail. Zwei waghalsige Räuber, not yet 23 Jahren, abgezogen
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 Jahre, 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
Abe Attell war ein harter Boxer. Er gewann die Weltmeisterschaft im Federgewicht Boxing zweimal. Er und sein Bruder Monte waren die ersten Brüder Box-Weltmeister in der gleichen Zeit nach dem Monte gewann die Weltmeisterschaft im Bantamgewicht. Abe Attell won his first title when he was based out of the West End Boxing Club in St. Louis, MO.
Monte Attell was the younger brother of World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Monte would always be stuck in the shadow of his older brother but was a talented fighter in his own right. Monte would win the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship during his career and establish himself as a world class fighter. In 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. Louis, Missouri. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. Damals, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” in St. Louis during the 1904 Weltausstellung. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
St. Louis, am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts, hatte eine herausragende professionelle Box-Szene. Abe Attell, obwohl in San Francisco geboren, in St beruhte. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell verteidigt seinen World Boxing Championship gegen Featherweight häufige Rivalen Harry Forbes. Forbes war auch regelmäßig auf der St. Louis Box-Szene. Forbes besiegte Danny Dougherty für die