Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 i 1930.
“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 a 126 bunnoedd, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Ar Orffennaf 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Yn 2010, St. Louis oedd y ddinas yn 58 mwyaf yn yr Unol Daleithiau a'r ardal fetropolitanaidd fwyaf 19eg. Tua throad y ganrif, yr oedd y pumed neu'r chweched mwyaf ddinas yn yr Unol Daleithiau a'r gorllewin fwyaf o Afon Mississippi. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
Yn y 1910au, Symudodd reslo proffesiynol Americanaidd yn barhaol o gystadlaethau reslo cyfreithlon i arddangosfeydd a drefnwyd ymlaen llaw. Diddordeb ffan, roedd rheolaeth hyrwyddwyr a llai o draul ar y reslwyr i gyd yn chwarae rhan yn y trawsnewid hwn. Roedd un arall llai siarad am bwysau y tu allan i'r gamp ei hun. Cyn yr 20fed Ganrif, roedd bocsio proffesiynol yn anghyfreithlon yn yr Unol Daleithiau. Migwrn noeth
Ar ddydd Iau, Chwefror 26, 1903, Amddiffynnodd Jack Johnson ei Bencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Trwm Lliw y Byd yn erbyn Sam McVey, sydd heb ei drechu. Daeth McVey a 6-0 record gyda chwe ergyd i mewn i'r gêm bencampwriaeth. Ers i hyrwyddwyr bocsio wrthod gadael i ddiffoddwyr Du gystadlu am Bencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Trwm y Byd, bu'r bocswyr gorau tua throad y Ganrif yn ymladd dros y Byd Lliwiog
On August 11, 1915, Ymladdodd Sam McVey, Pencampwr Paffio Pwysau Trwm Lliw y Byd presennol Sandy Ferguson yn Boston, Massachusetts yng nghampfa Cymdeithas Athletau Atlas. Ymladdodd McVey mewn oes lle roedd hyrwyddwyr yn rhewi allan yr holl baffwyr Americanaidd Affricanaidd, heblaw y mawr Jack Johnson, rhag ymladd am bencampwriaeth y byd. Gorchfygodd McVey y rhan fwyaf o'r ymladdwyr Du mawr eraill o hyn
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 blynyddoedd, 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
Ar Orffennaf 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 i 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the
“Terrible” Terry McGovern earned a reputation as one of the most powerful punchers in the history of the lighter divisions of professional boxing. McGovern weighed between 112 a 126 bunnoedd. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, September 12, 1899, when he fought British
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, a dyna pam y ddau hyrwyddwr
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300