Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 till 1930.
På Juli 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 till 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 och 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
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, which is why both promoters
På April 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 minuter. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when
Efter Jack Johnson blev champion, brist på starka utmanare orsakade tryck från allmänheten att montera på James J. Jeffires, den pensionerade före detta tungviktsmästare, att avsluta sin pensionering och slåss Johnson. Jeffries ansågs den första och mest trovärdiga av de “STORT HOPP” utmanare. I sina bästa år, Jeffries förmodligen inte kunde slå Johnson. Vid 35 years of age and nearly 300
John L. Sullivan hade dominerat prisringen under sin karriär. Besitter ett register över 40 vinner, inga förluster och två oavgjorda, “The Boston Strong Boy” ansågs oövervinnerliga. Sullivan vann VM i 1882 och förpackat alla utmanare kulminerade med Fight av artonhundratalet med Jake Kilrain. Efter att ha besegrat Kilrain i denna episka bout, John L.
På Januari 5, 1900, four days before a showdown with Bantamweight Boxing Champion Terry McGovern, Featherweight World Boxing Champion George Dixon made an announcement to chill the spine of all his supporters. Dixon announced that win or lose, he would be retiring from the ring after the bout with McGovern. The last thing a manager wants to hear before a
På tisdag, Januari 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, en Seattle läkare och pro brottare som var tillräckligt bra för att vinna det amerikanska Heavyweight, oförklarligt valt att prova sin hand på proffsboxning. Hans motståndare var vän och sparringpartner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
In this post, which was previously a podcast, we will discuss the epic sixty-one round draw between James J. Corbett and Peter Jackson in 1891. This bout prepared Corbett for his successful challenge of John L. Sullivan in 1892. Main Content – På mars 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color
Sam McVey trött på bristen på möjligheter för svarta fighters i USA under början av nittonhundratalet. McVey beslutade att lämna för Europa i 1907, där han kämpade fram 1911. McVey kämpade i Australien i tre år innan han återvände till USA. Denna korta höjdpunkt film från Frankrike i 1911 med “Battling” Jim Johnson shows