Fitz Dethrones Corbett hauv 1897

Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 17, 1897, tam sim no ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Corbett nkag mus rau lub nplhaib boxing ntawm lub zos Carson, Nevada. Corbett muag rau kev sib tw ntawm tus middleweight boxing tau zus ib Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett nkag mus ua tus nyiam enjoying ob lub yuav luag nees nkaum phaus luj kom zoo dua thiab slick boxing txawj.

“Ruddy Robert” raws li Fitzsimmons tau tej zaum kuj paub lub ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing Championship nyob hauv yeej lawm 1891 by beating Jack Dempsey, lub Nonpareil. Lub heavyweight Jack Dempsey muab nws lub npe los ntawm no middleweight muaj peev.

Fitzsimmons hauj signficant xuas nrig ntaus fais fab rau lub 170 pounder. Fitzsimmons xauv proved tau nws lub zog loj tshaj tiv thaiv Corbett. Corbett xeem beating zoo kawg li rau ntawm thawj ob peb rounds.

Rau lub rounds ua ntej rau ntawm lub npe sib ntaus, Corbett darted rau hauv thiab tawm raws li nws peppered Fitzsimmons uas thaum lawv tseem muaj cai thiab txhais tes laug. Profusely ntshav los ntawm tej qhov txhab ntawm lub ntsej muag, Fitzsimmons sim kom Corbett rho tawm hauj lwm nrog cov menyuam me.

Corbett siv nws footwork txav ntxwv ntau yam li nws peppered nws tw nrog punches. Corbett tau clinched nws tus nrog sib ntaus heev. Thaum cov qhov referee yuav dam cov txiv neej, Corbett yuav teb nrog ceev hooks tawm tus so.

Tus Corbett tactics tau teev hnub hauv lub rounds thaum ntxov. Fitzsimmons dim ib tug nres withering rau lub rounds thaum ntxov tab sis Corbett nws thiaj li nqig nws tus thib rau kab. Fitzsimmons staid down ntawm ib lub hauv caug kom txog rau thaum cov suav ntawm 9, thaum nws sawv rov qab los nws lub taw. Corbett sim nias nws kom zoo dua tab sis ' Fitz” Nws tuav hauj lwm.

Fitzsimmons’ ntshav visage worried nws tus poj niam thiab nws tus kws qhia tab sis Fitz xwb luag nyav. “Kuv tau txais nws tam sim no.” beamed “Fitz”. Dua li cov doubting zoo, Fitzsimmons paub Corbett yog tiring. Txhaj tshuaj Corbett tus tsis muaj qhov tib plev.

Corbett tseem thaws lefts thiab txoj cai ntawm Fitzsimmons’ tej qhov nqaij ntuag, tab sis tsis txhob raug teeb meem tso tseg vim nws dua. Fitzsimmons cia kom nyob rau hauv tus nyob punches hos cia ib relentless pace rau Corbett. Corbett pib noticeably qaug zog hauv lub eleventh hloov.

Corbett twg ntau dua touring dua kev kawm tom qab nws tua yeej John L. Sullivan hauv 1892. Thaum touring nyob minstrel shows ua boxers nyiaj ntau heev, tus tours twg cuam tshuam rau lawv lub cev xeeb.

Nyob rau hauv cov fourteenth hloov, Corbett sim ntaus Fitzsimmons tawm tus clinch tab sis Fitzsimmons yeej kiag rau cov punch. Ib cov txhais tes lauj ncaj poob lawm ua James J. Tus Corbett solar plexus.

Lub tshuab devastated lub fatigued Corbett. Thaum nws zaum ntawm tus canvas rau nws ua tsis taus pa, tus referee suav tawm Corbett.

Nws muab ob peb feeb rau Corbett mam zoo. Thaum nws zoo tu qab tso, Corbett them ntawm Fitzsimmons thiab yuav tsum tau muab khi. Unsportsmanlike daim ntawv no rau the part of pundits ntau yam yog vim muaj cov “Chav txivneej”Jim Corbett nws nkees heev thiab poob siab thaum poob nws npe rau tus me Fitzsimmons.

Kuv nrhiav nws yuav tsis zoo kuj nce mentsis. Corbett tau kaum plaub rounds mus sib ntaus Fitzsimmons. Tom qab lov, leej twg yuav ntseeg tias nws yog tam sim no yuav ntsia Fitzsimmons tom qab lub sib ntaus.

Corbett and Fitzsimmons never fought a rematch. Corbett sib tw qub tus khub sparring James J. Jeffries hauv ib losing dag zog tom qab Jeffries yeej cov npe ntawm Fitzsimmons nyob rau hauv 1899.

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