Sam McVea戰鬥柔術戰鬥機

On Sunday, 十一月 9, 1913, 非裔美國人拳擊手Sam McVea, 或麥克維, 與史蒂文森教授作戰, Jujitsu從業者, 在利斯莫爾的混合風格中, 新南威爾士州, 澳洲.

McVea和Stevenson與十個, 五分鐘的回合, 在回合之間進行三分鐘的中場休息.

McVea和Stevenson為 $100 在旁邊. 在Grappler vs中. 拳擊手匹配, 抓手通常贏了, but McVea had experience in mixed style bouts.

While living and fighting in Paris, McVea knocked out a Jujitsu practitioner in 1908. 然而, 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.

第五輪比賽開始, 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, 十二月 23, 1921. McVea was only 37 歲以下.

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Sources: The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser (Grafton, 新南威爾士州, 澳洲) 十一月 10, 1913, P. 2

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