Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 i 1930.
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
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 Fawrth 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
Ar Orffennaf 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Er bod Georges Carpentier
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Ionawr 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, meddyg Seattle a wrestler pro a oedd yn ddigon da i ennill y Bencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm America, Penderfynodd anesboniadwy i roi cynnig ar ei law yn bocsio proffesiynol. Ei wrthwynebydd yn gyfaill a sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, a fyddai'n ennill Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Trwm y Byd Lliwiog. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
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
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