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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 til 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 og 126 pounds, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. På juli 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
I 2010, St. Louis var den 58. største by i USA og den 19. største byområde. Omkring århundredskiftet, Det var den femte eller sjette største by i USA og den største vest for Mississippi-floden. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
I 1910'erne, Amerikansk professionel wrestling flyttede permanent fra legitime wrestling-konkurrencer til forudaftalte udstillinger. Faninteresse, promotorkontrol og mindre slitage på bryderne spillede alt sammen en rolle i denne overgang. Et andet mindre omtalt pres var uden for selve sporten. Før det 20. århundrede, professionel boksning var ulovligt i USA. Bare kno
På torsdag, Februar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson forsvarede sit World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship mod den ubesejrede Sam McVey. McVey bragte en 6-0 rekord med seks knockouts ind i mesterskabskampen. Siden boksningspromotorer nægtede at lade sorte kæmpere konkurrere om World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, de bedste boksere omkring århundredeskiftet kæmpede for verdens farvede
Den August 11, 1915, den nuværende verdensfarvede sværvægtsboksningsmester Sam McVey kæmpede mod Sandy Ferguson i Boston, Massachusetts i Atlas Athletic Association-gymnastiksalen. McVey kæmpede i en æra, hvor promotorer frøs alle afroamerikanske boksere ud, undtagen den store Jack Johnson, fra at kæmpe om verdensmesterskabet. McVey besejrede de fleste af de andre store sorte kæmpere i dette
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 år, 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
På juli 3, 1905, Marvin Hart indtastet kampen for den ledige verden titel som en 3 til 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 og 126 pounds. 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, hvilket er grunden til begge initiativtagere
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, den pensionerede tidligere sværvægter mester, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. I sin prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. På 35 years of age and nearly 300