Istoricul sporturilor de luptă și artist marțial
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 la 1930.
Iulie 2, 1921 în Jersey City, New Jersey, Domneasca mondial la categoria grea box campion Jack Dempsey cu lumina rege box la categoria grea Georges Carpentier. Fanii s-au înghesuit la box eveniment care rezultă în prima poarta de milioane de dolari în istoria boxului. Meciul se va dovedi vechea zicală box, “Un om bun mare bate întotdeauna un om cuminte.” Even though Georges Carpentier
La data de 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
În 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. At 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 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
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. La martie 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color line to
Ianuarie 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. După 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. A intrat și ca unul dintre
Deși faimos pentru lupta împotriva lui John L. Sullivan în ultima luptă cu premii la campionatul mondial, disputată sub regulile simple, Jake Kilrain a luat parte și la multe lupte cu mănuși. Luptele cu premii treceau de la regulile cu nodurile goale la lupte cu mănuși în conformitate cu Regulile Marquesului de Queensberry (box amator timpuriu și profesionist) la sfârşitul secolului al XIX-lea. Ca Sullivan, Kilrain avea să lupte în majoră
Marți, Februarie 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast l-a provocat pe campioana mondială la box uşoară, care se luptă cu Nelson pentru titlul lui Nelson, la Richmond Arena din Point Richmond, California. Nelson, în vârstă de 28 de ani, a câștigat titlul eliminându-l pe marele Joe Gans 1908. Experții în box nu se așteptau ca Wolgast să-l învingă pe Nelson, chiar dacă Wolgast a susținut o decizie a ziarului asupra lui Nelson în 1909. Experti