Ahli Sejarah Sukan Pertempuran dan Seniman Mempertahankan Diri
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 kepada 1930.
Pada bulan Mac 1893, akhbar-akhbar di seluruh negara menyiarkan kisah cadangan perlawanan antara juara tinju kelas berat ringan dunia semasa Jack McAuliffe dan pengajar tinju Saint Louis Mike Mooney. Walaupun perlawanan itu kelihatan ganjil kerana Mooney adalah pencabar yang dipandang ringan, tarikan daripada $2500 sebelah mungkin yang membawa juara ke meja. Dilaraskan
Pada hari Jumaat, November 27, 1891, bekas Juara Wrestling Heavyweight Amerika Joe Acton bergelut dengan Juara Tinju Heavyweight Dunia Bob Fitzsimmons masa depan di San Francisco, California. Lelaki itu bergelut untuk dilaporkan $1,000.00 purse. Acton biasanya melepaskan saiz kepada lawannya tetapi Acton mengatasi Fitzsimmons seberat 148 paun sebanyak tujuh paun. Lelaki itu bergusti dua daripada tiga perlawanan jatuh mengikut gusti tangkap-tangkap-tin
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
On August 11, 1915, current World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey fought Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts at the Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey fought in an era where promoters froze out all the African American boxers, except the great Jack Johnson, from fighting for the world championship. McVey defeated most of the other great Black fighters of this
Pada Julai 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 kepada 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
Dalam 2010, St. Louis adalah bandar ke-58 terbesar di Amerika Syarikat dan kawasan metropolitan terbesar ke-19. Sekitar awal abad ke-, ia adalah bandar kelima atau keenam terbesar di Amerika Syarikat dan barat yang terbesar di 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. Walau bagaimanapun, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.
Tiada siapa yang mengambil kesempatan daripada era Tiada Keputusan tinju profesional seperti Battling Levinsky. Levinsky adalah peninju pertahanan yang mahir, yang mengalami sedikit kerosakan semasa pergaduhannya. Apabila Majalah Ring bertanya kepadanya mengapa dia begitu aktif, kadang-kadang mengambil 3 bergaduh dalam sehari di sekitar New York, Levinsky berkata, “Saya suka wang dan saya tidak pernah terluka.” Levinsky adalah
Pada Mac 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, ahli gusti profesional Ray Steele bertemu peninju profesional Kingfish Levinsky dalam gusti campuran lawan tinju. Suruhanjaya Olahraga Negeri Missouri mencipta peraturan khas untuk perlawanan itu. Pesuruhjaya memutuskan pertarungan itu akan terdiri daripada pusingan tiga minit seperti perlawanan tinju. Pesuruhjaya membenarkan Levinsky untuk menumbuk walaupun dia berada di atas tikar. Steele boleh