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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 mus 1930.
Johnny Reagan yog ib qho tseem ceeb fighter hauv lub St. Louis boxing scene thaum thawj xyoo caum ntawm lub xyoo pua 20th. Muas thaum chiv thawj ntawm Brooklyn, Reagan nyuam qhuav txav los rau St. Louis los qhia nyob rau hauv Jack McKenna. McKenna raws li nws lub lag luam tawm hauv St. Louis, Qhov twg nws fighter feem ntau fought ntawm St. Louis’ Hnub poob xaus qws. Reagan yog ib tug microscopic bantamweight thaum lub sij hawm
Hnub Monday, Tej zaum 30, 1892, Tus poj Peter Jackson boxed ib bout gloved bout nrog tus protégé Frank Slavin. Leej txiv neej nyob thiab fought nyob Australia, Txawm hais tias kiv cua txaus siab coj Jackson ncig xyuas lub ntiaj teb coj kom zoo dua cov nyiaj txiag hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thiab hais. Raws li nyob rau Australia, Jackson feem ntau pom dawb boxers unwilling mus tua nws. mentsis
St. Louis, Thaum pib lub xyoo pua 20th, Muaj ib tug mas professional boxing scene. Abe Attell, Txawm hais tias yug hauv San Francisco, raws li nyob rau hauv St. Louis. Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 1, 1904, Attell defended nws ntiaj teb Featherweight Boxing Championship tiv thaiv rival Harry Forbes. Forbes no kuj yog ib tug mus tsis tu ncua rau lub St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes tua yeej Danny Dougherty rau lub
Sam Langford puas tau yog ib qhov loj tshaj quj quj fighters txhua lub sij hawm. Yug rau lub peb hlis ntuj 4, 1883 nyob rau hauv cov kev uas yuav ntog Weymouth, Nova Scotia, Nws yog qhov loj tshaj Canadian boxer txhua lub sij hawm. Nws ntaus hauj lwm stretched ntawm 1900 mus 1926. Langford tsuas sawv 5 taw rau thiab ib nrab nti siab thiab weighed 185 phaus thaum nws heaviest. Nws
Oliver Leonard Kirk muaj lub txim hluav taws xob los yog cov boxer Olympic xwb los yeej muaj puav pheej nyob hauv ob hoob yuag cais hauv kev ua si zoo tib yam Olympic kub. Oliver Kirk accomplished no feat ntawm nws hometown Olympics nyob rau 1904. St. Louis hosted lub Olympiad thib peb hauv lub 1904 World's Fair Exposition. Zoo li tus ua si Paris plaub xyoos ua ntej, St. Louis gave
Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 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
Raws li kuv tau sau ntawv nyob rau hauv ntau posts, Qhov zoo heavyweight boxers ntawm 1900 thiab 1919 Tau cov neeg Asmeskas-American boxers yuam mus tua sib rau cov “Xim Championship”. Txawm tias tom qab tus poj Jack Johnson thaum kawg rhuav cov kab xim thiab yeej lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Championship, Nws yuav tsuas cug lub npe tiv thaiv contenders dawb contenders. Yog li ntawd, cov toughest challengers
Sam McVey yuav yeej lub qab ntuj dawb lias Heavyweight Boxing Championship hauv ib era uas zoo tshaj plaws cov fighters peb nkawm dub thiab khov hauv lub npe duab. Nws pib 1903 pw zoo li, nws yuav tso siab rau ntuj Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Jeffries muab nws ib match. Jeffries tsis kam siv rau lub “kab xim” pub rau luag
“Phem heev” Terry McGovern proved lawv yuav muaj tsawg fighter tig rau ntawm lub xyoo pua Twentieth. Thaum me boxers packed tsis muaj hwj huam nyob hauv lawv cov punches, McGovern, neeg sib scaled 110 thiab 126 phaus, hwj huam dab knockout zoo kawg li. “Phem heev” Terry ntau tas nws tw nyob rau hauv cov plaub thawj rounds. Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 1, 1899, Brooklyn McGovern raws li yus lub Chicago Johnny Richie rau
In the 1910s, American professional wrestling permanently moved from legitimate wrestling contests to prearranged exhibitions. Fan interest, promoter control and less wear and tear on the wrestlers all played a role in this transition. Another less talked about pressure was outside of the sport itself. Prior to the 20th Century, professional boxing was illegal in the United States. Bare knuckle