Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
Innlegg om proffboksing fra 1890 til 1930.
In March 1893, aviser over hele landet brakte historien om en foreslått kamp mellom den nåværende verdensmesteren i lett tungvektsboksing Jack McAuliffe og Saint Louis bokseinstruktør Mike Mooney. Selv om kampen ville virke rar fordi Mooney var en så lett ansett utfordrer, lokket av $2500 en side er sannsynligvis det som brakte mesteren til tabellen. Justert
På fredag, November 27, 1891, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California. Mennene kjempet for en anmeldt $1,000.00 purse. Acton ga vanligvis opp størrelsen til motstanderen, men Acton veide syv pund opp for Fitzsimmons på 148 pund. The men wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling
On Tuesday, Januar 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
August 11, 1915, nåværende verdensfargede tungvektsboksingmester Sam McVey kjempet mot Sandy Ferguson i Boston, Massachusetts på treningsstudioet Atlas Athletic Association. McVey kjempet i en tid der promotører frøs ut alle afroamerikanske boksere, bortsett fra den store Jack Johnson, fra å kjempe om verdensmesterskapet. McVey beseiret de fleste av de andre store svarte fighterne i dette
Juli 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 til 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
I 2010, St. Louis var den 58. største byen i USA og den 19. største byområde. Rundt århundreskiftet, det var den femte eller sjette største byen i USA og den største vest for Mississippi-elven. 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.
Ingen utnyttet No Decision-æraen for profesjonell boksing som Battling Levinsky. Levinsky var en dyktig defensiv bokser, som tok liten skade under kampene sine. Da Ring Magazine spurte ham hvorfor han var så aktiv, noen ganger tar 3 kamper på en dag rundt New York, sa Levinsky, “Jeg liker penger og blir aldri skadet.” Levinsky var
På 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
November 19, 1935, professional wrestler Ray Steele met professional boxer Kingfish Levinsky in a mixed wresting versus boxing bout. The Missouri State Athletic Commission created special rules for the match. The commissioners ruled the bout would consist of three-minute rounds like a boxing match. The commissioners allowed Levinsky to punch even if he was on the mat. Steele could