Johnson Outpoints McVey

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Txog hnub plaub, Lub ob hlis ntuj 26, 1903, Jack Johnson defended his World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship against the undefeated Sam McVey. McVey brought a 6-0 record with six knockouts into the championship match. Since boxing promoters refused to let Black fighters compete for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the best boxers around the turn of the Century fought for the World Colored

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Paul Pons Hometowned nyob rau 1900

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Paul Pons yog ib tug Fabkis Greco-Roman Wrestling tau zus ib. Nws zoo txaus muab George Hackenschmidt ib tug mus dhia rau nws cov nyiaj nyob rau ob peb tournaments. Txawm li cas los, Thaum twg nws tuaj rau Chicago rau 1900, Nws yog “tua yeej” yog ib qhov chaw wrestler. Cov muaj tej yam uas tsis tau tawm rau muab qhov kev kawm ntau. Paul Pons mus rau lub tebchaws hauv 1900. One

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Preston Anslyn Exploits thaum ntxov

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Ua ntej nws tau nce mus Special Officer, St. Louis tub ceev xwm Preston Anslyn teb hu rau kev pab cuam ib yam li lwm yam patrolman. Lub ob hlis ntuj sawv ntxov 28, 1916, Anslyn muaj patrolling cov cheeb tsam hauv Franklin thiab hauv hom. Ib tug pej xeem qhia Anslyn tias 30 xyoo Albert Kivet yog qhuas tom qab nws lub hnub yug rau lub ob hlis ntuj 27th. Thaum nws revelry, Kivet assaulted

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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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Dick Tracy, Detective (1945)

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RKO duab coj tuaj rau Dick Tracy comic sawb cim rau qhov loj screen rau hlis ntuj nqeg 1, 1945. Hos cov naam mas nws yeej yog ib tug “B” zaj duab xis mus ua ntej ntawm qhov nqi ob chav meant, Nws tseem yuav tau cov paj laum rau cov kiv cua nrov comic sawb. Chester Gould tsim lub sawb lub kaum hli ntuj 1931 for the Detroit

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Tus txiv neej tua tuag Middleweight vaj

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Tom qab thaj tsam 9 fights ib xyoos li yav tag los 7 xyoo, Ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing tau zus ib Stanley “Tus neeg tua neeg Michigan” Ketchel nyob sab lim. Ketchel muab ib so ntawm Missouri ranch ntawm nws cov phooj ywg R Vws. P. Dickerson nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev los tsam lub cav muab nws lub zog thiab tej yam txaus siab rau cov. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at

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Ollie J. Zimmerman (1906 – 1977)

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Ollie J. Zimmerman yog tus thib peb tub yug los rau kuv great-yawg Parker L. Zimmerman thiab nws niam ob E-mail Bollinger. Ollie thiab nws tus muam ntxaib Dollie yug rau ob hnub tim 27, 1906 los yog tim 27, 1907. Vim Ollie lub headstone hais tias “1906”, Kuv yuav nrog hnub tim 27, 1906 raws li nws lub hnub yug. Nyob rau hauv 1909, Ollie yuav poob nws niam, when Mellie

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Eugene lub yim hli ntuj Johannpeter (1908 – 1969)

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Eugene “Noob” Lub yim hli ntuj Johannpeter yug rau ntuj 20, 1908, Julius thiab Bertha Johannpeter. Nws yog tus tub thib ob Jules dab laug thiab cov niam hlob Bertha. Nws tus tij laug yog Julius “Punks” William Johannpeter, ❏ Jr ❏., uas ya mus tsev xa ntawv tuaj mus Lambert teb nrog Charles Lindbergh. “Punks” twb tau xya xyoo nyoog noob. Kuv yawg, Gilbert Padilla P. Ellis, nyob

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