Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 i 1930.
Ar Fawrth 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
Ar Dachwedd 19, 1935, cyfarfu’r reslwr proffesiynol Ray Steele â’r paffiwr proffesiynol Kingfish Levinsky mewn gornest reslo cymysg yn erbyn bocsio. Creodd Comisiwn Athletau Talaith Missouri reolau arbennig ar gyfer y gêm. Dyfarnodd y comisiynwyr y byddai'r ornest yn cynnwys rowndiau tri munud fel gêm focsio. Caniataodd y comisiynwyr i Levinsky ddyrnu hyd yn oed os oedd ar y mat. Gallai Steele
Ar Orffennaf 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Er bod Georges Carpentier
Ar Fai 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
Yn 1902, Roedd Marvin Hart, Pencampwr Bocsio Pwysau Trwm y Byd yn y dyfodol, yn gystadleuydd cynyddol. Ymladd yn bennaf allan o'i dref enedigol, Louisville, Kentucky, Cafodd Hart ei gêm yn erbyn Kid Carter yn y Southern Athletic Club ym mis Mai 2, 1902. At 17-1, Roedd Hart yn gwybod y byddai buddugoliaeth arall yn mynd yn bell i sicrhau gornest teitl pwysau trwm. Bwriad y Kid Carter a aned yn Brooklyn oedd
Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
1909 gweld Stanley Ketchel yn parhau â'i gyflymdra cythryblus trwy'r holl ymladdwyr gorau o gwmpas y terfyn pwysau canol. In March 1909, Roedd her brin yn wynebu Ketchel, pan ymladdodd yn teyrnasu Pencampwr Pwysau Trwm Ysgafn y Byd Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. Roedd O’Brien yn focsiwr slic, a ddefnyddiodd ei gyflymdra a'i ddirgelwch i bwmpio Ketchel yn y rowndiau cynnar. Er gwaethaf mantais maint O'Brien, Ketchel oedd
In this post, which was previously a podcast, we will discuss the epic sixty-one round draw between James J. Corbett and Peter Jackson in 1891. This bout prepared Corbett for his successful challenge of John L. Sullivan in 1892. Ar Fawrth 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color line to
Ar Ionawr 5, 1900, four days before a showdown with Bantamweight Boxing Champion Terry McGovern, Featherweight World Boxing Champion George Dixon made an announcement to chill the spine of all his supporters. Dixon announced that win or lose, he would be retiring from the ring after the bout with McGovern. The last thing a manager wants to hear before a
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. He also entered as one of