Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 to 1930.
Kuten olen kirjoittanut useissa viesteissä, parhaat raskaansarjan nyrkkeilijät välillä 1900 ja 1919 olivatko afrikkalaisamerikkalaiset nyrkkeilijät pakotettuja taistelemaan keskenään “Värillinen mestaruus”. Jopa sen jälkeen, kun suuri Jack Johnson lopulta rikkoi värilinjan ja voitti raskaansarjan maailmanmestaruuden, hän puolustaisi titteliä vain valkoisia kilpailijoita vastaan. As a result, kovimmat haastajat
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 kiloa, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Heinäkuun 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.
Sisään 2010, St. Louis oli 58. suurin kaupunki Yhdysvalloissa ja 19. suurin pääkaupunkiseudulla. Noin vuosisadan vaihteessa, se oli viidenneksi tai kuudenneksi suurin kaupunki Yhdysvalloissa ja suurin länteen Mississippi River. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
In the 1910s, American professional wrestling permanently moved from legitimate wrestling contests to prearranged exhibitions. Fan interest, promoter control and less wear and tear on the wrestlers all played a role in this transition. Another less talked about pressure was outside of the sport itself. Prior to the 20th Century, professional boxing was illegal in the United States. Bare knuckle
Torstaina, Helmikuu 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
On August 11, 1915, current World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey fought Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts at the Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey fought in an era where promoters froze out all the African American boxers, except the great Jack Johnson, from fighting for the world championship. McVey defeated most of the other great Black fighters of this
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 vuotta, 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
Sisään 1902, tuleva raskaansarjan nyrkkeilyn maailmanmestari Marvin Hart oli nouseva haastaja. Taistelee pääasiassa kotikaupungistaan Louisvillestä, Kentucky, Hart kohtasi Kid Carteria Southern Athletic Clubilla toukokuussa 2, 1902. At 17-1, Hart tiesi, että toinen voitto auttaisi pitkälle varmistamaan raskaansarjan mestaruusottelun. Brooklynissa syntynyt Kid Carter aikoi