Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 na 1930.
In March 1893, Noviny po celej krajine priniesli príbeh o navrhovanom zápase medzi súčasným svetovým šampiónom v poloťažkej váhe v boxe Jackom McAuliffe a inštruktorom boxu zo Saint Louis Mikeom Mooneym.. Aj keď sa tento zápas môže zdať zvláštny, pretože Mooney bol taký ľahkovážny vyzývateľ, návnada $2500 strana je pravdepodobne to, čo priviedlo šampióna k stolu. Upravené
V piatok, November 27, 1891, Bývalý americký šampión v ťažkej váhe Joe Acton zápasil budúci svetový šampión v boxe v ťažkej váhe Bob Fitzsimmons v San Franciscu, Kalifornia. Muži zápasili o hlásenie $1,000.00 purse. Acton sa zvyčajne vzdal veľkosti svojmu súperovi, ale Acton prevážil 148-libier Fitzsimmons o sedem libier. Muži zápasili v zápase pri dvoch z troch pádov podľa metódy chyť ako chytí plechovku
On Tuesday, Január 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
Augusta 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
On July 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 na 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
V 2010, St. Louis bol 58. najväčšie mesto v Spojených štátoch a 19. najväčšia metropolitná oblasť. Okolo prelomu storočia, to bol piaty alebo šiesty najväčšie mesto v Spojených štátoch a najväčší západne od rieky 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. Však, 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
Marca 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
Novembra 19, 1935, profesionálny zápasník Ray Steele sa stretol s profesionálnym boxerom Kingfishom Levinskym v zmiešanom zápase medzi zápasom a boxom. Missouri State Athletic Commission vytvorila špeciálne pravidlá pre zápas. Komisári rozhodli, že zápas bude pozostávať z trojminútových kôl ako boxerský zápas. Komisári dovolili Levinskému udierať, aj keď bol na podložke. Steele mohol