Sam McVea loita contra o loitador Jujitsu

On Sunday, Novembro 9, 1913, Boxer afroamericano Sam McVea, ou McVey, loitou contra o profesor Stevenson, un practicante de Jujitsu, Nun combate de estilos mixtos en Lismore, Nova Gales do Sur, Australia.

McVea e Stevenson pelexaron dez, Roldas de cinco minutos, con intermisión de tres minutos entre roldas.

McVea e Stevenson loitaron $100 un lado. En grappler vs.. partidos do boxeador, O grappler normalmente gañou, but McVea had experience in mixed style bouts.

While living and fighting in Paris, McVea knocked out a Jujitsu practitioner in 1908. Porén, Professor Stevenson had more skill than McVea’s earlier opponent.

Professor Stevenson threw McVea to start each of the first four rounds. Stevenson held McVea to the floor for about two minutes before McVea surrendered the round to Stevenson. Entering the fifth round, Stevenson looked to be headed for an easy victory.

To start the fifth round, McVea clipped Stevenson, who fell to the Jujitsu carpet. McVea knocked Stevenson down three more times before knocking Stevenson out two minutes into the fifth round.

The referee declared McVea the winner as ring attendants carried Stevenson back to the dressing room. Despite the initial scare, McVea came back to win his second mixed styles bout.

Frozen out of the world title picture because of his race, McVea fought primarily in Europe, then Australia, and finally South America before returning to the United States for good in 1920.

McVea suffered financial hardship in his last couple of years, when he fought out of New York City, and trained other fighters. McVea contracted pneumonia in New York City and died two days before Christmas, Decembro 23, 1921. McVea was only 37 anos de idade.

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Sources: The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser (Grafton, Nova Gales do Sur, Australia) Novembro 10, 1913, p. 2

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