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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 mus 1930.
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 thiab 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. Yog li ntawd, the toughest challengers
Sam McVey yuav yeej lub qab ntuj dawb lias Heavyweight Boxing Championship hauv ib era uas zoo tshaj plaws cov fighters peb nkawm dub thiab khov hauv lub npe duab. Nws pib 1903 pw zoo li, nws yuav tso siab rau ntuj Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Jeffries muab nws ib match. Jeffries tsis kam siv rau lub “kab xim” by giving a
“Phem heev” Terry McGovern proved lawv yuav muaj tsawg fighter tig rau ntawm lub xyoo pua Twentieth. Thaum me boxers packed tsis muaj hwj huam nyob hauv lawv cov punches, McGovern, neeg sib scaled 110 thiab 126 phaus, hwj huam dab knockout zoo kawg li. “Phem heev” Terry ntau tas nws tw nyob rau hauv cov plaub thawj rounds. Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 1, 1899, Brooklyn McGovern raws li yus lub Chicago Johnny Richie rau
Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 23, 1906, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart defended his title in Los Angeles. Thaum 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.
Nyob rau hauv 2010, St. Louis twb 58th ib lub zos hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thiab puv 19 ib tsam cheeb tsam. Nyob ib ncig ntawm tus tig ntawm lub xyoo pua, Nws yog tus fifth los yog ntau tshaj sixth lub zos hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thiab cov coob west of tus hav dej Mississippi River. St. Louis muaj ib yam ntawm cov khaub ncaws ntau tshaj, 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
Txog hnub plaub, Lub ob hlis ntuj 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
Rau lub yim hli ntuj 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
Tom qab thaj tsam 9 fights ib xyoos li yav tag los 7 xyoo, Ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing tau zus ib Stanley “Tus neeg tua neeg Michigan” Ketchel nyob sab lim. Ketchel muab ib so ntawm Missouri ranch ntawm nws cov phooj ywg R Vws. P. Dickerson nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev los tsam lub cav muab nws lub zog thiab tej yam txaus siab rau cov. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Nyob rau hauv 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. Tom 17-1, Hart knew another victory would go a long way in securing a heavyweight title fight. The Brooklyn-born Kid Carter intended to