Jem Mace yog ntiaj teb Title dua

Saum ntuj 10, 1870, 39-xyoo prizefighter Jem Mace ntsib prizefighter 30 xyoo Tom Allen hauv Kennerville, Louisiana rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Cov neeg pab leg ntaubntawv rau lub championship tau murky heev thaum lub sij hawm. Thuggery thiab dirty tricks feem ntau obscured uas yog ua tau American Champion. Jem Mace, Uas yog xam tau tias ntiaj teb tau zus ib ob zaug thaum sib ntaus hauv hais, was signed to meet Tom Allen to reestablish the championship.

Mace was born in Norfolk, Hais rau hnub tim 8, 1831. Nicknamed “Lub Gypsy”, several contemporary journalists and fight critics referred to his Romani ethnicity although Jem Mace denied any Gypsy ancestry in his autobiography. Nws fought hais, Ireland, America thiab Australia nyob rau tej hauj lwm ntawd kub ntev li kom Mace heev rau nws mus-sixties.

Tom Allen kuj yug hauv hais. Nws yug ntawm Birmingham nyob rau hnub tim 1, 1840. Zoo li Mace, Allen moved to America after prizefighting was outlawed in England during the 1860s. Allen lived in St. Louis until his death on April 5, 1903. Allen won the World Championship during 1873.

This match between Mace and Allen was a brutal affair. Mace was a master boxer who moon lighted as a boxing instructor. Weighing only 165 phaus, Mace was more of a middleweight. Nws siv kev boxing, ceev thiab pace hnav kom paub nws tus tw. Allen was a more typical of the prizefighters of the day. He would plant his feet and bomb away using size and strength as his main weapons.

Cov txiv neej qhov chaw ntawm lub nplhaib rau tus tuav teb dab qhuas yus. They quickly got to work in a match which would last ten rounds. Kev sib ntaus ntawm yog ua raws li txoj cai London ntiv nplhaib nqi zog. Ib tug kab lawm thaum ib tug txiv neej poob, rho lub hauv caug los yog tug ces muab pov tseg. Bare knuckle prizefighting allowed some wrestling and throws in addition to punching.

Mace employed his typical scientific style but did not try to evade Allen. Nws nyob heev ze Tom Allen. Siv lub cev ua zog yuav zam tau tej Allen lub zog blows, Mace peppered tseg rau Allen lub ntsej muag. Ua ntej Allen poob los xaus rau thawj kab, his right eye was almost closed and his entire face was red and swollen.

Allen txuas mus tsaws paub blows los Mace lub taub hau thiab caj dab yuav ua rau nws poob mus rau ib lub hauv caug ob peb zaug. Mace had the majority of the action though. Constantly crowding Allen, he kept the bigger man off-balance and unable to punch hard at close quarters.

Nyob hauv lub eighth muab, Allen lub zoo qhov muag kiag li kaw. Mace began to work on the left eye instead. Dhau li ntawm nws puas ua kom nws lub ntsej muag, Mace thiab unleashed lub cev brutal nres txhua tus sib ntaus. Nyob rau hauv tus thib kaum kab, Mace ces yuav tsum taug rau ntawm lub cev yuav nres muaj hwj huam ob peb punches rau Allen lub qhov muag, lub qhov ntswg thiab lub puab tsaig. Leej txiv neej poob zoo ib yam li cov scene kawg ntawm tib lub sij hawm Mob Rocky II (1979).

Mace tau rov qab mus nws lub taw. Allen tiam sis yuav xwb ua rau ib lub hauv caug thaum ob tus txiv neej ntawd hu ua lub kos. Nws cornerman txawb rau ntawm daim txhuam cev rau signify Allen txoj kev swb. Jem Mace was acclaimed the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion for the third time.

Mace yuav tsis tuav lub npe ntev tiam sis nws yuav pab kom cov tom qab tau yuav luag 15 years of dubious claims. More focused on making money, Mace yuav tua nws lub xeem sib ntaus nyob hauv 1896 tom 65 years of age long past his championship days.

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