Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 kuni 1930.
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 ja 1919 were the African-American boxers forced to fight each other for the “Colored Championship”. Even after the great Jack Johnson finally broke the color line and won the World Heavyweight Championship, he would only defend the title against white contenders. Tulemusena, the toughest challengers
Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a
“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 ja 126 naela, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Juulil 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
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.
Sisse 2010, St. Louis oli 58. suurim linn Ameerika Ühendriikides ja 19. suurim pealinna. Umbes sajandivahetusel, see oli viies või kuues linn Ameerika Ühendriikides ja suurim lääne Mississippi. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
1910., Ameerika Ühendriikide professionaalne maadlus püsivalt kolis õigustatud maadlus võistlused jätavad näitused. Fan huvi, promootor kontrolli ja vähem kulumist maadlejate kõik mänginud rolli see üleminek. Teine vähem rääkinud rõhk oli väljaspool sport ise. Enne 20. sajandi, Profipoksi oli ebaseaduslik USA. lihtsalt vait
Neljapäeval, Veebruar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson defended his World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship against the undefeated Sam McVey. McVey brought a 6-0 record with six knockouts into the championship match. Since boxing promoters refused to let Black fighters compete for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the best boxers around the turn of the Century fought for the World Colored
August 11, 1915, Praegune värvilise poksi raskekaalu maailmameister Sam McVey võitles Bostonis Sandy Fergusoniga, Massachusetts Atlase Athletic Associationi jõusaalis. McVey võitles ajastul, mil promootorid külmutasid kõik Aafrika-Ameerika poksijad, välja arvatud suur Jack Johnson, võitlusest maailmameistritiitli nimel. McVey alistas enamiku teistest suurtest mustanahalistest võitlejatest
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 aastat, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Sisse 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. Juures 17-1, Hart knew another victory would go a long way in securing a heavyweight title fight. The Brooklyn-born Kid Carter intended to