Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Tom Allen rođen je u Birminghamu, England on April 23, 1840 ali postao je poznat kao borac golih zglobova u teškoj kategoriji u Americi. Nastanivši se u St. Louis around 1867, godine Allen je osvojio naslov američkog prvaka u teškoj kategoriji 1873 i držao je titulu sve do 1876. Vratio se u Englesku na godinu dana prije nego što se vratio u St. Louis zauvijek u 1878. Natrag
In March 1893, novine diljem zemlje prenijele su priču o predloženom meču između aktualnog svjetskog prvaka u boksu u poluteškoj kategoriji Jacka McAuliffea i instruktora boksa u Saint Louisu, Mikea Mooneyja. Iako bi se utakmica činila čudnom jer je Mooney bio tako olako izazivač, mamac od $2500 strana je vjerojatno ono što je donijelo prvaka na stol. Prilagođen
Johnny Reagan bio je važan borac u St. Louis boksačka scena tijekom prvog desetljeća 20. stoljeća. Podrijetlom iz Brooklyna, Reagan se preselio u St. Louis trenirati pod Jackom McKennom. McKenna je svoju operaciju temeljio na St. Louis, gdje se njegov borac prvenstveno borio kod St. Louis’ Klub West End. Reagan je u to vrijeme bio u usponu bantam kategorije
U subotu, Travanj 9, 2022, Povijesno društvo Franklin County Missouri pozvalo me da održim PowerPoint prezentaciju o pljački banke Union Missouri 1902. Knjiga pokriva pljačku, istraga, dva državna lova na bjegunca i smion bijeg od St. Louis City Jail. Dva odvažna razbojnika, not yet 23 godina, skinuo
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 godina, 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 bila teška boksač. On je osvojio Svjetsko prvenstvo Pero boks dva puta. On i njegov brat Monte bili prvi braća da će svjetski boksački prvak u isto vrijeme, nakon Monte osvojio Svjetsko prvenstvo bantamweight. 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. U 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. U trenutku, 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 “Pijuk” u St. Louis during the 1904 Svjetskom sajmu. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
St. Louis, at the beginning of the 20th Century, had a prominent professional boxing scene. Abe Attell, although born in San Francisco, was based in St. Louis. U veljači 1, 1904, Attell defended his World Featherweight Boxing Championship against frequent rival Harry Forbes. Forbes was also a regular on the St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes defeated Danny Dougherty for the