Kovos sporto istorikas ir kovos menininkas
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 į 1930.
Į 2010, St. Louis buvo 58th pagal dydį miestas Jungtinėse Amerikos Valstijose ir 19 pagal dydį metropolinės zonos. Aplink amžių sandūroje, buvo penkta ar šešta pagal dydį miestas Jungtinėse Amerikos Valstijose ir didžiausias į vakarus nuo Misisipės upės. St. Louis turėjo vieną didžiausių drabužių, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
1910-aisiais, Amerikiečių profesionalios imtynės visam laikui perėjo nuo teisėtų imtynių varžybų prie iš anksto surengtų parodų. Gerbėjų susidomėjimas, Promotoriaus kontrolė ir mažesnis imtynininkų nusidėvėjimas – visa tai turėjo įtakos šiam perėjimui. Kitas mažiau kalbamas apie spaudimą buvo už paties sporto ribų. Prieš XX a, profesionalus boksas JAV buvo neteisėtas. Plikas snukis
On Thursday, Vasaris 26, 1903, Jackas Johnsonas apgynė savo pasaulio spalvotojo sunkaus svorio bokso čempionatą prieš nenugalimą Sam McVey. McVey atnešė a 6-0 rekordas su šešiais nokautais į čempionato rungtynes. Kadangi bokso propaguotojai atsisakė leisti juodaodžiams kovotojams varžytis dėl pasaulio sunkaus svorio bokso čempionato, geriausi amžių sandūros boksininkai kovojo už Pasaulio spalvotuosius
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 metai, 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
On March 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
Liepos 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.” Nors Georges Carpentier
Antradienį, Sausis 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
Liepos 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 į 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 ir 126 svarų. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, Rugsėjis 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, pensininkas buvęs sunkiasvoris čempionas, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “Balta viltis” pretendentai. Savo žydėjime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Į 35 years of age and nearly 300