Tag: Boxe profissional

Na quarta-feira, Abril 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. However, 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 viu Stanley Ketchel continuar seu ritmo tórrido através de todos os lutadores de topo em torno do limite dos médios. Em Março 1909, Ketchel enfrentou um raro desafio, quando ele lutou contra o atual campeão mundial meio-pesado Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O'Brien era um boxeador habilidoso, que usou sua velocidade e evasão para esmurrar Ketchel nas primeiras rodadas. Apesar da vantagem de tamanho de O'Brien, Ketchel era

Na terça-feira, Fevereiro 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, Califórnia. The 28-year-old Nelson won the title by knocking out the great Joe Gans in 1908. Boxing experts did not expect Wolgast to defeat Nelson even though Wolgast held a newspaper decision over Nelson in 1909. Pundits

Ninguém aproveitou a era Sem Decisão do boxe profissional como Battling Levinsky. Levinsky era um boxeador defensivo habilidoso, que sofreu poucos danos durante suas lutas. Quando a Ring Magazine perguntou por que ele era tão ativo, às vezes tomando 3 brigas em um dia em Nova York, Levinsky disse, “Gosto de dinheiro e nunca me machuco.” Levinsky foi

Na sexta-feira, Março 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Califórnia. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, seconded Kilrain, who Muldoon trained for this fight. Muldoon trained Kilrain’s opponent, John L. Sullivan, for their 1889

Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 a 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 developed the talents of the young champion and helped him

Na terça-feira, Dezembro 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Entre 1904 e 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