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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 mus 1930.
Hnub Wednesday, Tim 27, 1910, reigning World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought a six-round, non-title match with African American boxer Sam Langford. Langford is one of the greatest boxers of all-time. Txawm li cas los, Langford found himself frozen out of world title fights by promoters and boxers adhering to the “color line.” Promoters and boxers used the “color line” to prevent
Sunday, Kaum ib hlis 9, 1913, African American boxer Sam McVea, or McVey, battled Professor Stevenson, a Jujitsu practitioner, in a mixed styles bout in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. McVea and Stevenson fought ten, five-minute rounds, with three-minute intermission between rounds. McVea and Stevenson fought for $100 ib sab. In grappler vs. boxer matches, the grappler usually won, but McVea
Rau hnub Saturday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 30, 1916, Taro Miyake fought Ben de Mello, a professional boxer, in a mixed styles six round challenge bout. 1,000 spectators filed into the Hilo Armory to watch a rare legitimate contest between a boxer and jiu jitsu expert. Referee H.S. Prager started the bout between the 35-year-old Miyake and the younger boxer. Miyake warily circled de
When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. Tom qab
Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 11, 1932, wrestlers George Tragos and Rudy Dusek faced boxers, Stanley McRae and Tom Pivac in wrestler versus boxer bouts. It took the fans longer to get to their seats than it took the combatants to complete the bouts. The men fought the pair of bouts in Memphis, Tennessee at the Auditorium. Fans know George Tragos, ib
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ezswfi6nskgzp6hb/Episode_69arvtq.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | DownloadIn no rov, we discuss Martin “Ua teb” Burns training James J. Jeffries for his bout with Jack Johnson on July 4, 1910. Update Dan and I talk about my new project and how an earlier writer unfairly portrayed Joe Stecher’s world title run from 1925 mus 1928. Shooter in a Worked World is available
Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub rau hli ntuj 10, 1910, Ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought nws kawg sib ntaus tus unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel muaj cleared tawm tus middleweight faib, Ces boxing promoters struggled nrhiav suitable sib txeeb rau Ketchel. Ntawm xwb 24 xyoo, Ketchel nyob nyuaj thiab fought lossi yuav ua tau ib breakdown thaum ntxov ntawm nws lub cev. Tom qab ntaus Smith, Ketchel npaj siab rau
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4gvdnq/Episode_477tfz4.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | DownloadIn no rov, Peb tham txog cov hauj lwm ntawm Jim Londos thiab Primo Carnera ua rau ib txoj kev ntsuam xyuas ntawm qhov kev ntsuam xyuas ntawm cov 1950 wrestling match. Hloov tshiab peb pib nrog ib qho hloov tshiab txog peb cov ntaub ntawv teev tseg. Ib pab neeg no rau qhov raug mob reserve, Li ntawd, peb yuav tau teev tseg rau Skype rau ob peb lub sijhawm uas nws rov.
Sib xyaw style bouts ntawm wrestlers thiab strikers, Qhov ntxiv yog ib zaug tus wrestler tau nws txhais tes rau tus striker, Kev sib ntaus no lawm. Feem ntau mixed style bouts ntawm wrestlers los yog grapplers thiab boxers, Tus grappler nquag yeej xwb tom qab dragging tus striker rau hauv pem teb. Ray Steele tua yeej Battling Levinsky. "Judo" Gene LeBell smashed Milo Savage. niaj hnub no
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/n9e7e9/Episode_4382qwo.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | DownloadUpdate I have finished writing Origins of a Legend: The Making of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. After editing, it should be released in late January/early February 2024. We briefly discuss Vince Russo’s ideas for a women’s wrestling organization. We try to figure out the market for this material. We also suggest a therapist is probably