Oliver Kirk thiab cov 1904 St. Louis Olympics

Oliver Leonard Kirk muaj lub txim hluav taws xob los yog cov boxer Olympic xwb los yeej muaj puav pheej nyob hauv ob hoob yuag cais hauv kev ua si zoo tib yam Olympic kub. Oliver Kirk accomplished no feat ntawm nws hometown Olympics nyob rau 1904.

St. Louis hosted lub Olympiad thib peb hauv lub 1904 World's Fair Exposition. Zoo li tus ua si Paris plaub xyoos ua ntej, St. Louis muab nqis rau me nyuam. Louis ncaws pob thiab muaj cwj ciam teb ntawm competitors. Tuav lub Olympics nrog rau lub ntiaj teb 's Fair kuj diminished nws qhov tseem ceeb.

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Ua si Olympic Advertisement ntawm tus 1904 World's Fair

Cov ua boxing sib txeeb tshwm sim rau lub Cuaj hlis 21 thiab 22, 1904 nyob rau hauv qhov chaw ntau pob World's Fair. Twb sis tw teb haum me me. Oliver Kirk xwb yeej ob fights tsam los mus yeej leej kub medals. Tsis zoo li yav Olympics, boxers ntawm no Olympics yuav tua nyob rau hauv hoob hnyav hnyav zog kuj.

Nyob hauv cov thawj bout rau lub 115 phaus hoob batamweight kub puav pheej, Oliver Kirk tuav George Finnegan ntawm Olympic qws rau hauv dab lub hnub Friday, Cuaj hlis 23, 1904 ib tsab ntawm tus St. Koom pheej Louis hu ua cov bout kev feem ntau ntawm cov kev sib tw.

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Oliver Kirk los ntawm cov pej xeem sau ntawv

Kirk muaj ib me ntsis nyhav thiab kom zoo dua strenght loj dua Finnegan. Finnegan yog ib tug boxer ntse heev tiam sis Kirk yog tsis pheeb AI nyob rau hauv lub tuam tsev boxing kev. Yog tau tsaws ua puas tseem ceeb txaus rau lub tsev hais plaub txiav txim rau lub bout hauv nws haum Kirk. Pawg neeg uas txiav txim ob hissed enthusiastically txaus siab qhov kev txiav txim siab.

George Finnegan puas tau tsis mus tsev nchuav tag tso ho. Finnegan tua yeej cov mais Burke rau lub 105 phaus flyweight Olympic kub puav pheej. Seb promoters World's Fair thov nej tsam ces Finnegan txav kom lawv ua tau ib tug 115 phaus puav pheej match lossis seb nws xaiv nws ua rau nws tus kheej tsis paub tias.

Hauv Oliver Kirk ntawv thib ob cov puav pheej kub match, nws lub ntsej muag Frank Haller. Txawm hais tias Kirk yog tus me txiv neej, Nws yog tus txiv neej ntawd muaj zog. No match yog ob lub brawl, Kirk lub versatility li ib fighter tsom uas. Kirk tas txhua thiab muab lwm tsawg zaus kom txiav txim dua Haller. Haller fought lawm, Thaum Kirk tau txais ib tug mus lawm hauv lub featherweight bracket.

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Kirk lub tsev nyob rau txoj kev loj Hawthorne, Ua 1895 – Losntawm hauv Google ntiaj teb

Kirk mus xeem mus tua tso tiam sis yeej tsis yeej title ntiaj teb. Tom qab nws cov hauj lwm boxing ntawd, nws txais kev pab kom muaj kev ruaj ntseg watchman. Txawm li cas los, nws yuav tsum tau dai kom nws cov nyiaj ntau heev vim nws mus nyob hauv ib fashionable Nineteenth xyoo pua tsev hauv Hawthorne txoj kev loj hauv tsev neeg nyob ze Compton Heights fo St. Louis, MO.

Oliver Leonard Kirk yug hauv Beatrice, Nebraska rau tim 20, 1884 nws ua 20 xyoo thaum lub sij hawm uas nws kub puav pheej yeej xwb. Kirk tiv dhau hauv tib lub cev txoj kev sib tw uas cov kev boxers nws thiaj li muaj. Lub xeem yim xyoo nws lub neej los ntawm 1952 mus txog 1960, Kirk ntawm puas psychosis. Nws yog tsev rau lub tsev kho mob hlwb pib hauv 1954.

Kirk nyob rau hauv xeev cov tsev khomob tsis. 4 rau cov me nyuam. Francois County thaum lub sij hawm no, thaum nws tus poj niam Hazel Keefer nyob hauv nws lub tsev nyob Hawthorne Bouelvard. Tuag los ntawm gangrene cov laug taw thiab mob npuag rau tim Kirk 14, 1960 nyob rau hauv xeev cov tsev khomob tsis. 4. Nws yog 75 xyoo.

Hnub no, feem ntau cov me nyuam. Louisans tsis paub tias twb muaj Olympic ua si los yog tias ib tug me nyuam. Louis boxer yog lub boxer xwb los yeej ob boxing kub medals nyob ua si Olympic txhua tus tib.

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab, Twitter profile thiab Google+ nplooj ntawv.

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