Sam McVea는 Jujitsu 전투기와 싸우고 있습니다

일요일에, 11월 9, 1913, 아프리카 계 미국인 복서 샘 맥베, 또는 맥비, 스티븐슨 교수와 싸웠다, Jujitsu 실무자, Lismore에서 혼합 스타일로, 뉴 사우스 웨일즈, 호주.

McVea와 Stevenson은 10 번 싸웠다, 5 분 라운드, 라운드 사이의 3 분간 중단.

McVea와 Stevenson은 싸웠다 $100 측면. Grappler vs에서. 복서 일치, 그래플러는 보통 승리했습니다, but McVea had experience in mixed style bouts.

While living and fighting in Paris, McVea knocked out a Jujitsu practitioner in 1908. 그러나, 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, 12월 23, 1921. McVea was only 37 살.

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Sources: The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser (Grafton, 뉴 사우스 웨일즈, 호주) 11월 10, 1913, 피. 2

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