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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 کرنے کے لئے 1930.
جیسا کہ میں کئی پوسٹوں میں لکھ چکا ہوں۔, کے درمیان بہترین ہیوی ویٹ باکسر 1900 اور 1919 افریقی نژاد امریکی باکسر ایک دوسرے سے لڑنے پر مجبور تھے۔ “رنگین چیمپئن شپ”. یہاں تک کہ عظیم جیک جانسن نے آخر کار رنگ کی لکیر توڑ دی اور ورلڈ ہیوی ویٹ چیمپئن شپ جیت لی, وہ صرف سفید فام دعویداروں کے خلاف ٹائٹل کا دفاع کرے گا۔. نتیجے کے طور پر, 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 اور 126 پاؤنڈ, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. On July 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.
میں 2010, سینٹ. لوئس امریکہ میں 58th سب سے بڑا شہر اور 19th سب سے بڑا میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ تھا. صدی کے موڑ کے ارد گرد, یہ امریکہ میں پانچویں یا چھٹے سب سے بڑا شہر اور مسیسپی دریا کا سب سے بڑا مغربی تھا. سینٹ. 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
جمعرات, فروری 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
اگست 11, 1915, موجودہ ورلڈ کلرڈ ہیوی ویٹ باکسنگ چیمپئن سیم میکوی نے بوسٹن میں سینڈی فرگوسن سے مقابلہ کیا۔, اٹلس ایتھلیٹک ایسوسی ایشن کے جم میں میساچوسٹس. McVey ایک ایسے دور میں لڑے جہاں پروموٹرز نے تمام افریقی امریکی باکسرز کو منجمد کر دیا تھا۔, سوائے عظیم جیک جانسن کے, عالمی چیمپئن شپ کے لیے لڑنے سے. McVey نے اس کے دوسرے عظیم سیاہ فام جنگجوؤں کو شکست دی۔
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 سال, 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
میں 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. At 17-1, Hart knew another victory would go a long way in securing a heavyweight title fight. The Brooklyn-born Kid Carter intended to