Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 arte 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 eta 126 libera, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Uztailetik 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Urtean 2010, St. Louis zen, Estatu Batuetako hiri eta 19an metropoli handienetako 58 handienetako. Mende inguruan, bosgarren edo seigarren handiena Estatu Batuetan hiria eta Mississippi ibaiaren mendebaldean handiena izan zen. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
1910eko hamarkadan, Borroka profesional estatubatuarra betirako mugitu zen legezko borroka-lehiaketetatik aurrez antolatutako erakusketetara. Zaleen interesa, promotoreen kontrolak eta borrokalarien higadura gutxiagok zeresana izan zuten trantsizio honetan. Presioaz gutxiago hitz egiten zen beste kiroletik kanpo zegoen. mendearen aurretik, boxeo profesionala legez kanpokoa zen Estatu Batuetan. Uharkadi biluzik
On Thursday, Otsaila 26, 1903, Jack Johnsonek bere munduko pisu astuneko boxeo txapelketa defendatu zuen Sam McVey garaitu gabekoaren aurka. McVeyk bat ekarri zuen 6-0 errekorra sei kanporaketarekin txapelketako partidan. Boxeo sustatzaileek borrokalari beltzei munduko pisu astuneko boxeo txapelketarako lehiatzen uzteari uko egin ziotenez, mendearen amaierako boxeolari onenak World Colored-en alde borrokatu ziren
Abuztuaren On 11, 1915, egungo Munduko Koloretako Pisu Astunen Boxeo Txapelduna Sam McVeyk Sandy Fergusonen aurka borrokatu zuen Bostonen, Massachusetts Atlas Athletic Association gimnasioan. McVeyk borroka egin zuen sustatzaileek afroamerikar boxeolari guztiak izoztu zituzten garai batean, Jack Johnson handia izan ezik, munduko txapelketarako borrokatik. McVey-k honen beste borrokalari beltz handi gehienak garaitu zituen
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 urte, 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
Uztailetik 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 arte 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 eta 126 libera. 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, horregatik bi sustatzaileak
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. Etan 35 years of age and nearly 300