Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 naar 1930.
In 2010, St. Louis was de 58e grootste stad in de Verenigde Staten en de 19 grootste stedelijke gebied. Rond de eeuwwisseling, Het was de vijfde of zesde grootste stad in de Verenigde Staten en de grootste westen van de Mississippi rivier. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
In de jaren 1910, Het Amerikaanse professionele worstelen is permanent verplaatst van legitieme worstelwedstrijden naar vooraf afgesproken tentoonstellingen. Interesse van fans, promotorcontrole en minder slijtage aan de worstelaars speelden allemaal een rol in deze transitie. Een andere, minder besproken druk lag buiten de sport zelf. Vóór de 20e eeuw, professioneel boksen was illegaal in de Verenigde Staten. Blote knokkel
Op donderdag, Februari 26, 1903, Jack Johnson verdedigde zijn World Coloured Heavyweight Boxing Championship tegen de ongeslagen Sam McVey. McVey bracht een 6-0 record met zes knockouts in de kampioenswedstrijd. Omdat bokspromotoren weigerden zwarte vechters te laten strijden om het World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, de beste boksers rond de eeuwwisseling vochten voor de World Coloured
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 jaren, 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
Op maart 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
Op juli 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.” Ook al Georges Carpentier
Op dinsdag, Januari 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, een in Seattle arts en professionele worstelaar die goed genoeg om de Amerikaanse Heavyweight Championship te winnen was, onverklaarbare wijze besloten om te proberen zijn hand bij professionele boksen. Zijn tegenstander was vriend en sparringpartner, “Denver” Ed Martin, die de Gekleurde World Heavyweight Boxing Championship zou winnen. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
Op juli 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 naar 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 en 126 pond. 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, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Bij 35 years of age and nearly 300