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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 để 1930.
Vào ngày 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
Vào ngày 19, 1935, đô vật chuyên nghiệp Ray Steele gặp võ sĩ chuyên nghiệp Kingfish Levinsky trong một trận đấu vật hỗn hợp và quyền anh. Ủy ban thể thao bang Missouri đã đưa ra những quy định đặc biệt cho trận đấu. Các ủy viên phán quyết trận đấu sẽ bao gồm các hiệp đấu kéo dài ba phút giống như một trận đấu quyền anh. Các ủy viên cho phép Levinsky đấm ngay cả khi anh ta đang ở trên thảm. Steele có thể
Vào ngày 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.” Even though Georges Carpentier
Ngày 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
Trong 1902, future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart was a rising contender. Fighting primarily out of his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Hart was matched against Kid Carter at the Southern Athletic Club on May 2, 1902. Khi 17-1, Hart knew another victory would go a long way in securing a heavyweight title fight. 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 chứng kiến Stanley Ketchel tiếp tục tốc độ nóng bỏng của mình trước tất cả các võ sĩ hàng đầu ở giới hạn hạng trung. In March 1909, Ketchel phải đối mặt với một thử thách hiếm hoi, khi anh đấu với đương kim vô địch hạng nhẹ thế giới Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. O'Brien là một võ sĩ quyền anh bóng bẩy, người đã sử dụng tốc độ và khả năng lẩn tránh của mình để hạ gục Ketchel ở những hiệp đầu. Bất chấp lợi thế về quy mô của O'Brien, Ketchel là
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. Vào ngày 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color line to
On January 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