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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 para 1930.
Aínda que é famoso por loitar contra John L. Sullivan na última loita de premios do campionato do mundo disputada baixo as regras de nudillos, Jake Kilrain tamén participou en moitos combates con luvas. Prizefighting foi a transición das regras de nudillo nu a combates con luvas baixo as regras do Marqués de Queensberry (primeiros boxeo afeccionado e profesional) a finais do século XIX. Como Sullivan, Kilrain loitaría en maior
O martes, Febreiro 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast desafiou ao campión mundial de boxeo lixeiro que loitaba contra Nelson polo título de Nelson no Richmond Arena en Point Richmond, California. Nelson, de 28 anos, gañou o título noqueando ao gran Joe Gans 1908. Os expertos en boxeo non esperaban que Wolgast derrotase a Nelson aínda que Wolgast mantivo unha decisión do xornal sobre Nelson en 1909. Os expertos
En xaneiro de 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
O venres, Marzo 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, California. 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 para 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 desenvolveu o talento do novo campión e axudouno
O martes, Decembro 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
James J. Jeffries dominou o boxeo estadounidense dos pesos pesados 1899 para 1904. Despois de gañar o Campionato Mundial de Boxeo Peso Pesado de Bob Fitzsimmons en 1899, Jeffries fixo 9 defensas exitosas do título durante os próximos cinco anos. Retirouse invicto 1905 antes de ser atraído para unha remontada desafortunada contra o gran Jack Johnson. Jeffries non gañou os seus combates cun boxeo superior
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
Monte Attell era o irmán menor do campión mundial de boxeo peso pluma Abe Attell. Monte sempre quedaría atrapado á sombra do seu irmán maior, pero era un loitador talentoso por dereito propio. Monte gañaría o Campionato Mundial de Boxeo de peso gallo durante a súa carreira e estableceríase como un loitador de clase mundial. En 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
Durante a súa primeira carreira como campión mundial de boxeo peso pluma, Abe Attell estaba baseado en St. Louis, Missouri. Ademais de ter o seu campamento en St. Louis, Attell defendeu o seu título varias veces en St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. No momento, St. Louis era a cidade máis grande ao oeste do río Mississippi nos Estados Unidos. Naceu Abraham Washington Attell