Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 te 1930.
In March 1893, koerante regoor die land het die storie gedra van 'n voorgestelde wedstryd tussen huidige wêreld-ligswaargewigbokskampioen Jack McAuliffe en Saint Louis-boksinstrukteur Mike Mooney. Alhoewel die wedstryd vreemd sou lyk omdat Mooney so 'n ligte uitdager was, die lok van $2500 'n kant is waarskynlik wat die kampioen na die tafel gebring het. Aangepas
Op Vrydag, November 27, 1891, voormalige Amerikaanse swaargewigstoeikampioen Joe Acton het die toekomstige wêreldswaargewigbokskampioen Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco gestoei, Kalifornië. Die mans het gestoei vir 'n berig $1,000.00 purse. Acton het gewoonlik grootte aan sy teenstander prysgegee, maar Acton het die 148 pond Fitzsimmons met sewe pond swaarder geweeg. Die manne het 'n twee-uit-drie-val-wedstryd gestoei volgens vang-as-vang-kan-stoei
Op Dinsdag, Januarie 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
Augustus 11, 1915, huidige wêreldkleurige swaargewigbokskampioen, Sam McVey, het met Sandy Ferguson in Boston geveg, Massachusetts by die Atlas Athletic Association-gimnasium. McVey het geveg in 'n era waar promotors al die Afro-Amerikaanse boksers uitgevries het, behalwe die groot Jack Johnson, om vir die wêreldkampioenskap te veg. McVey het die meeste van die ander groot Swart vegters hiervan verslaan
Op Julie 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 te 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the
In 2010, St. Louis was die 58 grootste stad in die Verenigde State van Amerika en die 19 grootste metropolitaanse gebied. Rondom die draai van die eeu, dit was die vyfde of sesde grootste stad in die Verenigde State van Amerika en die grootste wes van die Mississippi River. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
On February 22, 1918, former World Bantamweight and Featherweight Boxing Champion “Terrible” Terry McGovern died in New York City’s Kings County Hospital. McGovern checked in a few days earlier with what McGovern thought was a severe upper respiratory infection. Egter, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.
No one took advantage of the No Decision era of professional boxing like Battling Levinsky. Levinsky was a skilled defensive boxer, who took little damage during his fights. When Ring Magazine asked him why he was so active, sometimes taking 3 fights in a day around New York, Levinsky said, “I like money and I never get hurt.” Levinsky was
Op Maart 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
Op November 19, 1935, professionele stoeier Ray Steele het die professionele bokser Kingfish Levinsky ontmoet in 'n gemengde stoei versus boksgeveg. Die Missouri State Athletic Commission het spesiale reëls vir die wedstryd geskep. Die kommissarisse het beslis dat die geveg uit drie minute rondtes soos 'n boksgeveg sou bestaan. Die kommissarisse het Levinsky toegelaat om te slaan al was hy op die mat. Steele kon