Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 til 1930.
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
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
Mars 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
Júlí 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.” Jafnvel þó Georges Carpentier
Á þriðjudag, Janúar 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, A Seattle læknir og atvinnumaður wrestler sem var nógu góður til að vinna American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably ákveðið að reyna hendinni á faglegum box. Andstæðingurinn hans var vinur og sparring félagi, “Denver” Ed Martin, hver myndi vinna litað heiminum þungavigtar Hnefaleikar Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
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
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