Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
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 £, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Júlí 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Í 2010, St. Louis var 58 stærsta borg í Bandaríkjunum og 19. stærsta höfuðborgarsvæðinu. Kringum aldamótin, það var fimmta eða sjötta stærsta borg í Bandaríkjunum og stærsta vestan Mississippi River. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
Á 1910, Bandarísk atvinnuglíma færðist varanlega frá lögmætum glímukeppnum yfir í fyrirfram skipulagðar sýningar. Áhugi aðdáenda, eftirlit með forgöngumönnum og minna slit á glímumönnum áttu sinn þátt í þessum umskiptum. Annað minna umtalað álag var utan íþróttarinnar sjálfrar. Fyrir 20. öld, atvinnuhnefaleikar voru ólöglegir í Bandaríkjunum. Beran hnúa
Á fimmtudaginn, Febrúar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson varði heimsmeistaramótið í lituðum þungavigt í hnefaleikum gegn hinum ósigraði Sam McVey. McVey kom með a 6-0 met með sex rothöggum í meistarakeppninni. Þar sem hnefaleikameistarar neituðu að láta svarta bardagamenn keppa um heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt í hnefaleikum, bestu hnefaleikakapparnir í kringum aldamótin börðust um heimlitaða
Ágúst 11, 1915, núverandi heimsmeistari í þungavigt í hnefaleikum, Sam McVey, barðist við Sandy Ferguson í Boston, Massachusetts í Atlas Athletic Association líkamsræktarstöðinni. McVey barðist á tímum þar sem verkefnisstjórar frusu út alla afrísku bandarísku hnefaleikakappana, nema hinn frábæri Jack Johnson, frá því að berjast um heimsmeistaratitilinn. McVey sigraði flesta aðra frábæru svarta bardagamenn í þessu
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 ár, 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
Júlí 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 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 £. 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, which is why both promoters
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, af störfum fyrrum þungavigtar meistari, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” keppinautur. Í blóma sínum, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Á 35 years of age and nearly 300