Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 til 1930.
Mars 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
Nóvember 19, 1935, atvinnuglímukappinn Ray Steele hitti atvinnumanninn Kingfish Levinsky í blönduðum glímu á móti hnefaleikum. Íþróttanefnd Missouri fylkisins bjó til sérstakar reglur fyrir leikinn. Framkvæmdastjórinn úrskurðaði að bardaginn myndi samanstanda af þriggja mínútna lotum eins og hnefaleikaleik. Kommissararnir leyfðu Levinsky að kýla jafnvel þótt hann væri á mottunni. Steele gæti
Júlí 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.” Jafnvel þó Georges Carpentier
Á maí 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
Í 1902, verðandi heimsmeistari í þungavigt í hnefaleikum, Marvin Hart, var vaxandi keppandi. Barðist fyrst og fremst út úr heimabæ sínum Louisville, Kentucky, Hart var leikið gegn Kid Carter í Southern Athletic Club í maí 2, 1902. Á 17-1, Hart vissi að annar sigur myndi fara langt með að tryggja sér titilbardaga í þungavigt. Hinn Brooklyn-fæddi Kid Carter ætlaði að gera það
Mike “Twin” Sullivan krafa welterweight Veröld Boxing Championship, þegar hann decisioned Honey Mellody í apríl 1907. Sem hlotið bæði þungur hendur og betri en venjulega box færni, Sullivan krafa sigra yfir miklu Joe Gans og framtíð welterweight Veröld Boxing Champion Harry Lewis á ferlinum. Lewis vann welterweight titilinn, þegar Sullivan gat ekki lengur gert 147 pound
1909 sá Stanley Ketchel halda áfram hröðum hraða sínum í gegnum alla efstu bardagamennina í kringum millivigtarmörkin. Í mars 1909, Ketchel stóð frammi fyrir sjaldgæfa áskorun, þegar hann barðist við ríkjandi heimsmeistara í léttþungavigt Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. O'Brien var klókur boxari, sem notaði hraða sinn og fáránleika til að kýla Ketchel í fyrstu lotunum. Þrátt fyrir stærðarforskot O'Brien, Ketchel hvað
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. Mars 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color line to
Janúar 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
Á mars nótt í San Francisco, þungavigtar keppinautur Marvin Hart reyndist hreint árásargirni gæti stundum vinna ákvörðun. Eftir 20 umferðir box, Dómarinn Greggains, eina dómari, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart hitti Johnson mars 28, 1905. Johnson inn hringinn og betri uppáhalds. He also entered as one of