McVey KOs Ferguson

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Rau lub yim hli ntuj 11, 1915, current World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey fought Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts at the Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey fought in an era where promoters froze out all the African American boxers, except the great Jack Johnson, from fighting for the world championship. McVey defeated most of the other great Black fighters of this

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Sam Langford Fights tus Dixie Kid

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Raws li kuv tau sau ntawv nyob rau hauv ntau posts, Qhov zoo heavyweight boxers ntawm 1900 thiab 1919 Tau cov neeg Asmeskas-American boxers yuam mus tua sib rau cov “Xim Championship”. Txawm tias tom qab tus poj Jack Johnson thaum kawg rhuav cov kab xim thiab yeej lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Championship, Nws yuav tsuas cug lub npe tiv thaiv contenders dawb contenders. Yog li ntawd, cov toughest challengers

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Ira Cooper Solves Jewel Robbery

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Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W.W.. Stickney tawm hauv lub St. Louis lub teb chaws qws tsoo, Thaum nws tau approached los ntawm ob tug neeg Asmeskas-American txiv neej. Tus txiv neej lighter skinned hais Mrs. Stickney tig dua nws jewels los yog nws yuav coj lawv los ntawm nws. Fearing kom nws muaj kev ruaj ntseg, Mrs. Stickney tso tus txiv neej nws jewelry, valued ntawm tus nqi $17,000.00, thiab $85.00 nyob rau hauv cov nyiaj ntsuab. Mrs.

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Sam McVey txo lossis sau ntawv nws hwj siab rau tus Champ

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Sam McVey yuav yeej lub qab ntuj dawb lias Heavyweight Boxing Championship hauv ib era uas zoo tshaj plaws cov fighters peb nkawm dub thiab khov hauv lub npe duab. Nws pib 1903 pw zoo li, nws yuav tso siab rau ntuj Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Jeffries muab nws ib match. Jeffries tsis kam siv rau lub “kab xim” pub rau luag

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Marvin Hart coj yeej

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Nyob rau hauv 1902, future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart was a rising contender. Fighting primarily out of his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Hart was matched against Kid Carter at the Southern Athletic Club on May 2, 1902. Tom 17-1, Hart knew another victory would go a long way in securing a heavyweight title fight. The Brooklyn-born Kid Carter intended to

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Laus Champ Dies Penniless

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Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 30, 1910, ntaub ntawv tawm uas qub qab ntuj Heavyweight Prizefighting tau zus ib Jem Mace taws tuag tas nyob hais tuaj 79 xyoo. Mace tau tau zus ib qab ntuj los 1860 mus 1862 thiab rov los 1866 mus 1876. Tom qab reportedly ua haujlwm tau nyiaj ib lab las hauj lwm spanned 1857 mus 1909, Jem Mace penniless tuag. Nws nteg so

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Alexander Baptiste dhau mus rau 100

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Nyob rau lub Cuaj hlis 15, 1919, St. Louis pej xeem sawv los nyeem txog tus tuag ntawm ib tug ntawm lawv cov pej xeem hiob, Alexander Baptiste. Yog ob peb lub hlis ua ntej nws 101st los yog 102nd xyoos nyob ntawm qhov twg koj ntseeg tau tias, Alexander Baptiste kis kom deb ntawm cov hnyuv mob hauv cov hnyuv. Lub xyoo, Alexander twb hu ua ib qhov fittest St. Louisans. Tus kws lij choj thaum ntxov

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Dufur Draws nrog Cox

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Henry Moses Dufur specialized hauv collar-and-elbow wrestling thaum Dufur wrestled professionally hauv lub 1870s thiab 1880s. Yug rau ntuj 5, 1844, hauv Richmond, Vermont, Dufur wrestled feem ntau nyob rau hauv lub northeastern teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas. Nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 27, 1878, Dufur wrestled ib match nrog ib wrestler hu ua Cox ntawm lub Boston Baseball Park pem lub taub hau tsib puas kiv cua. Kiv cua tsib puas

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Evan Lewis Strangles ntuag Cannon

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Rau lub yim hli ntuj 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis ntsib tus British Wrestling tau zus ib ntuag Cannon hauv Cincinnati, Ohio. Thaum qhov tseeb wrestling era, lwm wrestlers ntshai cov haib Lewis vim nws stranglehold. Lewis ua hauj lwm ib carotid arterial zawm peb paub los lawm li rear liab qab txhawm chim hauv Judo. Tsawg kawg yog li cas kuv muas thaum chiv thawj xav thiab feem ntau historians muaj quoted. niaj hnub nimno

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Julius W. Johannpeter, Pioneer cua

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Kuv yawg tus thawj nkauj muam nraug nus, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, Nws yog ib tug ntawm St. Louis’ cov tho kev. Julius, leej twg paub tias nyob rau hauv tsev neeg li “Punks”, nkaus cov huab cua lub teb chaws ceev xwm hauv lub mus-1920s. Nws yuav tsum commissioned ua ib Lieutenant. Julius ya dav hlau rau ob cov tub rog thiab neeg peg xeem corps. Feem coob ntawm cov txiv neej nyob hauv nws chav tsev, Uas muaj Charles

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