Jake Kilrain Boxes to a Draw

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While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major

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Ad Wolgast Wins Lightweight Title

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Na terça-feira, Fevereiro 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, Califórnia. The 28-year-old Nelson won the title by knocking out the great Joe Gans in 1908. Boxing experts did not expect Wolgast to defeat Nelson even though Wolgast held a newspaper decision over Nelson in 1909. Pundits

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Derrotas ex-boxeador

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Em janeiro de 10, 1910, recentemente chegou wrestler polonês Stanislaus Zbyszko assumiu Charlie “The Kid” Cutler em uma melhor correspondência quedas de dois fora-de-três. Cutler tinha sido um boxeador em uma trupe dirigida por John L. Sullivan antes da transição para luta livre. Enquanto Cutler foi extremamente difícil, Stanislaus Zbyszko tinha lutado desde a sua juventude. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler

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Kilrain Battles Godfrey in Brutal Fight

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Na sexta-feira, Março 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Califórnia. 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

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Blackburn and Langford Go Distance

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Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 a 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 developed the talents of the young champion and helped him

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Sam Langford KOs BattlinJim Johnson

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Na terça-feira, Dezembro 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 forColoredChampionship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to

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Jeffries nocauteia Jackson

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James J. Jeffries dominou o boxe peso-pesado americano desde 1899 a 1904. Depois de vencer o Campeonato Mundial de Boxe Peso Pesado de Bob Fitzsimmons em 1899, Jeffries fez 9 defesas de título bem-sucedidas durante os próximos cinco anos. Ele se aposentou invicto em 1905 antes de ser atraído de volta para um retorno malfadado contra o grande Jack Johnson. Jeffries não venceu suas lutas com um boxe superior

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