Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
Innlegg om proffboksing fra 1890 til 1930.
I 2010, St. Louis var den 58. største byen i USA og den 19. største byområde. Rundt århundreskiftet, det var den femte eller sjette største byen i USA og den største vest for Mississippi-elven. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
På 1910-tallet, Amerikansk profesjonell bryting flyttet permanent fra legitime brytingskonkurranser til forhåndsarrangerte utstillinger. Fan-interesse, promoterkontroll og mindre slitasje på bryterne spilte en rolle i denne overgangen. Et annet mindre omtalt press var utenfor selve sporten. Før det 20. århundre, profesjonell boksing var ulovlig i USA. Bar knoke
On Thursday, February 26, 1903, Jack Johnson forsvarte sitt World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship mot den ubeseirede Sam McVey. McVey tok med en 6-0 rekord med seks knockouts inn i mesterskapskampen. Siden boksingpromotører nektet å la svarte jagerfly konkurrere om verdensmesterskapet i tungvektboksing, de beste bokserne rundt århundreskiftet kjempet for verdens fargede
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 år, 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
På 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
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.” Selv om Georges Carpentier
On Tuesday, Januar 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
Juli 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 and 126 pounds. 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. I sin beste alder, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300