Tag: Boxing Professjonali

Nhar it-Tnejn, Mejju 30, 1892, il-kbir Peter Jackson boxed bout gloved mal-ex protégé Frank Slavin. Iż-żewġt irġiel għexu u ġġieldu fl-Awstralja, għalkemm l-interess tal-partitarji wassal lil Jackson biex idur id-dinja biex jieħu vantaġġ mill-opportunitajiet finanzjarji fl-Istati Uniti u l-Ingilterra. Bħal fl-Awstralja, Jackson spiss sab boxers bojod mhux lesti jiġġielduh. Ftit

St. Louis, fil-bidu tas-Seklu 20, kellu xena prominenti tal-boxing professjonali. Abe Attell, għalkemm imwieled f'San Francisco, kienet ibbażata St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell iddefenda l-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Boxing Featherweight tiegħu kontra r-rivali frekwenti Harry Forbes. Forbes kienet ukoll regolari fuq is-St. Louis xena tal-boksing. Forbes għeleb lil Danny Dougherty għall-

Sam Langford hija meqjusa waħda mill-lira akbar għall-ġellieda lira ta 'kull żmien. Imwieled f'Marzu 4, 1883 fl Falls Weymouth, Nova Scotia, hu meqjus bħala l-akbar boxer Kanadiż ta’ kull żmien. Il-karriera tal-ġlied tiegħu kienet tiġġebbed minn 1900 li 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. He

In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in

Kif ktibt f’diversi postijiet, l-aqwa boxers heavyweight bejn 1900 u 1919 kienu l-boxers Afrikani-Amerikani mġiegħla jiġġieldu lil xulxin għall- “Kampjonat tal-Kulur”. Anke wara li l-kbir Jack Johnson fl-aħħar kiser il-linja tal-kulur u rebaħ il-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Piż Tqil, kien jiddefendi biss it-titlu kontra kontendenti bojod. As a result, l-aktar sfidanti iebsa

Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a

“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 u 126 liri, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Fuq Lulju 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at