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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 untuk 1930.
In March 1893, surat kabar di seluruh negeri memuat cerita tentang usulan pertandingan antara juara dunia tinju kelas berat ringan saat ini Jack McAuliffe dan instruktur tinju Saint Louis Mike Mooney. Meskipun pertandingan tersebut tampak aneh karena Mooney adalah penantang yang dianggap remeh, daya tarik dari $2500 satu sisi mungkin adalah apa yang membawa sang juara ke meja. Disesuaikan
Pada hari Jumat, November 27, 1891, mantan Juara Gulat Kelas Berat Amerika Joe Acton bergulat dengan Juara Tinju Kelas Berat Dunia masa depan Bob Fitzsimmons di San Francisco, California. Orang-orang itu bergulat untuk mendapatkan laporan $1,000.00 purse. Acton biasanya memberikan ukuran kepada lawannya tetapi Acton melebihi Fitzsimmons seberat 148 pon dengan tujuh pon. Para pria bergulat dalam dua dari tiga pertandingan jatuh menurut gulat tangkap-tangkap-kaleng
Pada hari Selasa, Januari 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
Pada Agustus 11, 1915, Juara Tinju Kelas Berat Berwarna Dunia saat ini Sam McVey melawan Sandy Ferguson di Boston, Massachusetts di gym Atlas Athletic Association. McVey bertarung di era di mana promotor membekukan semua petinju Afrika-Amerika, kecuali Jack Johnson yang hebat, dari berjuang untuk kejuaraan dunia. McVey mengalahkan sebagian besar petarung kulit hitam hebat lainnya ini
Pada tanggal 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 untuk 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
Di 2010, St. Louis adalah kota ke-58 terbesar di Amerika Serikat dan ke-19 wilayah metropolitan terbesar. Sekitar pergantian abad, itu adalah kota terbesar kelima atau keenam di Amerika Serikat dan barat terbesar dari Sungai Mississippi. 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. However, 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
Pada bulan Maret 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
Pada November 19, 1935, pegulat profesional Ray Steele bertemu petinju profesional Kingfish Levinsky dalam pertarungan campuran versus tinju. Komisi Atletik Negara Bagian Missouri membuat aturan khusus untuk pertandingan tersebut. Para komisaris memutuskan pertarungan itu akan berlangsung selama tiga menit seperti pertandingan tinju. Para komisaris mengizinkan Levinsky untuk melakukan pukulan meskipun dia berada di atas matras. Steele bisa