Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 kuni 1930.
Reedel, November 27, 1891, Endine Ameerika raskekaalu maadlusmeister Joe Acton maadles San Franciscos tulevase poksi raskekaalu maailmameistri Bob Fitzsimmonsiga, California. Mehed maadlesid teate pärast $1,000.00 purse. Tavaliselt loobus Acton oma suurusest oma vastasele, kuid Acton kaalus 148-kilose Fitzsimmonsi seitsme naela võrra üles. Mehed maadlesid kaks kolmest kukkumise matši vastavalt püüa-saak-saab maadlusele
On Wednesday, Aprill 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. Siiski, 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
1909 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. Märtsis 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was
Teisipäeval, Veebruar 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast esitas Point Richmondi Richmond Arenal väljakutse kergekaalu poksi maailmameistrile, kes võitles Nelsoni tiitli nimel., California. 28-aastane Nelson võitis tiitli, kukutades välja suurepärase Joe Gansi 1908. Poksieksperdid ei oodanud, et Wolgast alistab Nelsoni, kuigi Wolgast otsustas Nelsoni suhtes ajalehes 1909. Pundits
On jaanuar 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Keegi ei kasutanud profipoksi otsustamiseta ajastut ära nagu Levinskyga võitlemine. Levinsky oli osav kaitsepoksija, kes sai oma võitlustes vähe kahju. Kui Ring Magazine küsis temalt, miks ta nii aktiivne on, mõnikord võttes 3 võitleb ühe päevaga New Yorgis, Levinsky ütles, “Mulle meeldib raha ja ma ei saa kunagi haiget.” Levinsky oli
Reedel, Märts 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain võitles San Franciscos California Athletic Clubis George Godfreyga, California. Mehed võitlesid karika ja $5,000. Mehed astusid ringi kl 9:52 Pärastlõunal. William Muldoon, endine maadluse raskekaalu maailmameister, sekundeeris Kilrain, keda Muldoon selleks võitluseks treenis. Muldoon treenis Kilraini vastast, John L. Sullivan, nende jaoks 1889
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 kuni 1942. Louis is widely considered to be one of the top three to five heavyweights in professional boxing history and some consider him the best heavyweight fighter. “Jack” Blackburn arendas noore meistri andeid ja aitas teda
Teisipäeval, Detsember 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Vahel 1904 ja 1919, the best African-American boxers, or black Canadians like Langford, were stuck fighting each other for “Colored” Championship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to
