Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 till 1930.
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
På November 19, 1935, professionell brottare Ray Steele mötte professionell boxare Kingfish Levinsky i en blandad brottning kontra boxning. Missouri State Athletic Commission skapade särskilda regler för matchen. Kommissarierna beslutade att matchen skulle bestå av tre minuter långa rundor som en boxningsmatch. Kommissarierna tillät Levinsky att slå även om han var på mattan. Det kunde Steele
På Juli 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.” Även om Georges Carpentier
På maj 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
I 1902, future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart was a rising contender. Slåss främst från sin hemstad Louisville, Kentucky, Hart matchades mot Kid Carter på Southern Athletic Club i maj 2, 1902. Vid 17-1, Hart visste att ytterligare en seger skulle räcka långt för att säkra en titelkamp i tungvikt. The Brooklyn-born Kid Carter intended to
Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
1909 såg Stanley Ketchel fortsätta sitt heta tempo genom alla toppkämpar runt mellanviktsgränsen. In March 1909, Ketchel stod inför en sällsynt utmaning, när han slogs mot regerande världsmästaren i lätt tungvikt Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O'Brien var en smart boxare, som använde sin snabbhet och svårfånghet för att slå Ketchel i de tidiga omgångarna. Trots O’Briens storleksfördel, Ketchel var
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. På mars 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color line to
På Januari 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
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. He also entered as one of