格斗运动史学家和武术家
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 至 1930.
七月 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 至 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 和 126 英镑. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, 九月 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, 这就是为什么两个发起人
四月 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 分钟. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, 何时
之后，杰克·约翰逊成为冠军, 缺乏强有力的竞争者引起了公众的压力，詹姆斯Ĵ安装. Jeffires, 退休前重量级拳王, 结束了他的退休，争取约翰逊. 杰弗里斯被认为是第一个和最可信的 “白希望” 竞争者. 在他的全盛时期, 杰弗里斯可能无法击败约翰逊. 在 35 years of age and nearly 300
约翰·L. 在他的职业生涯沙利文曾主导了奖金圈. 拥有的纪录 40 胜, 没有损失2平, “波士顿坚强的男孩” 被认为无敌. 沙利文赢得了世界冠军 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. 在这部史诗回合击败Kilrain后, 约翰·L.
一月 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
周二, 一月 19, 1909, 博士. 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. 博士. 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. 主要内容 – 三月 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color
山姆·麦克维厌倦了二十世纪初在缺乏黑人战士在美国的机会. 麦克维决定离开欧洲 1907, 他在那里，直到战斗 1911. 麦克维转战澳洲三年回到美国之前. 来自法国的这个简短的电影精华 1911 同 “Battling” Jim Johnson shows