Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 til 1930.
Eins og ég hef skrifað í nokkrum færslum, bestu þungavigtarboxararnir á milli 1900 og 1919 voru afrísk-amerísku boxararnir neyddir til að berjast hver við annan fyrir “Litað meistaramót”. Jafnvel eftir að hinn frábæri Jack Johnson braut loksins litalínuna og vann heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt, hann myndi aðeins verja titilinn gegn hvítum keppendum. Þar af leiðandi, erfiðustu keppendurnir
Sam McVey myndi vinna World Litað Heavyweight Hnefaleikar Championship á tímum þar sem þrír bestu bardagamenn voru svartir og fryst út úr titlinum mynd. Hann byrjaði 1903 svo vel, hann myndi setja þrýsting á World Heavyweight Boxing meistari James J. Jeffries að gefa honum leik. Jeffries neitaði að brjóta “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 og 126 £, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Júlí 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.
Í 2010, St. Louis var 58 stærsta borg í Bandaríkjunum og 19. stærsta höfuðborgarsvæðinu. Kringum aldamótin, það var fimmta eða sjötta stærsta borg í Bandaríkjunum og stærsta vestan 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
Á fimmtudaginn, Febrúar 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
Ágúst 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 ár, 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
Í 1902, verðandi heimsmeistari í þungavigt í hnefaleikum, Marvin Hart, var vaxandi keppandi. Barðist fyrst og fremst út úr heimabæ sínum Louisville, Kentucky, Hart var leikið gegn Kid Carter í Southern Athletic Club í maí 2, 1902. Á 17-1, Hart vissi að annar sigur myndi fara langt með að tryggja sér titilbardaga í þungavigt. Hinn Brooklyn-fæddi Kid Carter ætlaði að gera það