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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 til 1930.
Den January 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
På fredag, Marts 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain kæmpede mod George Godfrey i California Athletic Club i San Francisco, Californien. Mændene kæmpede om et trofæ og $5,000. Mændene gik ind i ringen kl 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, tidligere verdensmester i sværvægtsbrydning, udstationeret Kilrain, som Muldoon trænede til denne kamp. Muldoon trænede Kilrains modstander, John L. Sullivan, for deres 1889
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 til 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 udviklede talenterne hos den unge mester og hjalp ham
På tirsdag, December 12, 1916, Sam Langford forsvarede “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, som han vandt fra Sam McVea i februar 1916. Mellem 1904 og 1919, de bedste afroamerikanske boksere, eller sorte canadiere som Langford, stod fast og kæmpede for hinanden “Farvet” Mesterskab. Hvis en hvid fighter kæmpede mod dem, det var kun for at udvikle deres eget ry til
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 til 1904. After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899, Jeffries made 9 successful title defenses during the next five years. He retired undefeated in 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing
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 var den yngre bror til verdens fjervægtsboksemester Abe Attell. Monte ville altid sidde fast i skyggen af sin ældre bror, men var en talentfuld fighter i sin egen ret. Monte ville vinde World Bantamweight Boxing Championship i løbet af sin karriere og etablere sig som en verdensklasse fighter. I 1904, han var en 19-årig up-and-coming
Under sit første løb som verdensmester i fjervægtboksning, Abe Attell var baseret på St. Louis, Missouri. Udover at have sin lejr i St. Louis, Attell forsvarede sin titel flere gange på St. Louis’ West End Atletikklub. At the time, St. Louis var den største by vest for Mississippi-floden i USA. Født Abraham Washington Attell
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons var en engelsk bokser, der vandt den ubestridte mellemvægt, verdensmesterskaber i sværvægt og let sværvægt, ved begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede. Forveksles ofte med en australier, fordi han startede sin boksekarriere der, Fitzsimmons rejste til USA i 1890 at kæmpe for mellemvægtsmesterskabet. Fitzsimmons stod lige under 6 fod høj men
On February 23, 1906, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart defended his title in Los Angeles. When James J. Jeffries retired as heavyweight champion, Hart and Jack Sharkey fought for the vacant title. Hart was the surprise winner of the fight. Hart refused to fight Jack Johnson, the recognized best heavyweight. Instead he fought Tommy Burns, a 5’07” skilled boxer.