Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 na 1930.
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons was an English boxer, who won the undisputed middleweight, heavyweight and light heavyweight world championships, at the turn of the 20th Century. Often mistaken for an Australian because he started his boxing career there, Fitzsimmons traveled to the United States in 1890 to campaign for the middleweight championship. Fitzsimmons stood just under 6 feet tall but
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.
Johnny Reagan was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. Louis, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
V pondelok, Máj 30, 1892, skvelý Peter Jackson boxoval súboj v rukavici s bývalým chránencom Frankom Slavinom. Obaja muži žili a bojovali v Austrálii, hoci záujem fanúšikov viedol Jacksona k turné po svete, aby využil finančné príležitosti v Spojených štátoch a Anglicku. Ako v Austrálii, Jackson často našiel bielych boxerov, ktorí s ním neboli ochotní bojovať. Málo
St. Louis, na začiatku 20. Storočia, mal prominentnú profesionálnu boxerskú scénu. Abe Attell, hoci sa narodil v San Franciscu, sídlila v St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell obhájil svoje majstrovstvá sveta v boxe v perovej váhe proti častému rivalovi Harrymu Forbesovi. Forbes bol tiež pravidelným účastníkom festivalu sv. Louis boxerská scéna. Forbes porazil Dannyho Doughertyho
Sam Langford je považovaný za jeden z najväčších libry za libru bojovníkmi všetkých čias. Narodený v marci 4, 1883 v Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, je považovaný za najväčšieho kanadského boxera všetkých čias. Jeho bojová kariéra sa tiahla od 1900 na 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. On
Oliver Leonard Kirk má vyznamenanie za bytia jediný olympijský boxer vyhrať zlatú medailu v dvoch rôznych váhových triedach v rovnakých olympijských hrách. Oliver Kirk vykonal tento čin v jeho rodnom meste olympijských hier v 1904. St. Louis hostil tretiu olympiádu v priebehu 1904 Svetová výstava Expozícia. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
Ako som písal vo viacerých príspevkoch, medzi najlepšími boxermi v ťažkej váhe 1900 a 1919 boli afroamerickí boxeri nútení bojovať medzi sebou o “Farebný šampionát”. Dokonca aj potom, čo skvelý Jack Johnson konečne prelomil farebnú líniu a vyhral majstrovstvá sveta v ťažkej váhe, obhájil by titul iba proti bielym uchádzačom. As a result, najťažších vyzývateľov
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