Tag: 专业拳击

正如我在几篇文章中所写, 最好的重量级拳击手之间 1900 和 1919 是非裔美国人的拳击手被迫为 “彩色冠军”. 即使伟大的杰克·约翰逊终于打破了种族分界线并赢得了世界重量级冠军, 他只会捍卫反对白人竞争者的头衔. 其结果, 最艰难的挑战者

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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

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“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 和 126 英镑, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. 七月 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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二月 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.

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在 2010, 圣. 路易斯是美国第58大城市，19大都市圈. 大约在世纪之交, 这是第五或第六大的城市，在美国和密西西比河以西最大. 圣. 路易斯有最大的服装1, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in

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上周四, 二月 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

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八月 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

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在 1902, 未来的世界重量级拳击冠军马文哈特是一个不断上升的竞争者. 主要在他的家乡路易斯维尔打架, Kentucky, 哈特于 5 月在南方体育俱乐部与基德卡特比赛 2, 1902. 在 17-1, 哈特知道另一场胜利对确保重量级冠军争夺战大有帮助. 布鲁克林出生的卡特 (Kid Carter) 打算

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