Історик єдиноборств і майстер єдиноборств
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 для 1930.
У п'ятницю, Листопад 27, 1891, Колишній американський чемпіон з боксу у важкій вазі Джо Ектон боровся з майбутнім чемпіоном світу з боксу в суперважкій вазі Бобом Фіцсіммонсом у Сан-Франциско, Каліфорнія. Чоловіки боролися за звіт $1,000.00 purse. Ектон зазвичай поступався розміром своєму супернику, але Ектон переважив 148-фунтового Фіцсіммонса на сім фунтів. Чоловіки боролися в матчі з падіннями два з трьох згідно з боротьбою «впіймай як впіймай».
On Wednesday, Квітень 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. Однак, 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
Листопад 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
1909 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. In March 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was
У вівторок, Лютий 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast кинув виклик чемпіону світу з боксу в легкій вазі, який бився з Нельсоном за титул Нельсона на Richmond Arena в Пойнт-Річмонд, Каліфорнія. 28-річний Нельсон виграв титул, нокаутувавши великого Джо Ганса 1908. Експерти з боксу не очікували, що Волгаст переможе Нельсона, хоча Волгаст мав газетне рішення щодо Нельсона в 1909. Експерти
Січень 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
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
У п'ятницю, Березень 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Каліфорнія. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. Вільям Малдун, 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 “Джек” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 для 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. “Джек” Blackburn розробив таланти молодого чемпіона і допоміг йому
У вівторок, Грудень 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Між 1904 і 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