Tag: الملاكمة المحترفة

في أبريل 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 <تمتد bbox_x = "273" bbox_y = "1490" bbox_w = "50" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = ". From February 5, 1903, when he beat “دنفر” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when

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كانون الثاني 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

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جون L. Sullivan had dominated the prize ring during his career. Possessing a record of 40 wins, no losses and two draws, “The Boston Strong Boy” was considered invincible. Sullivan won the world championship in 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. After defeating Kilrain in this epic bout, جون L.

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On February 22, 1918, former World Bantamweight and Featherweight Boxing Champion “Terrible” Terry McGovern died in New York City’s Kings County Hospital. McGovern checked in a few days earlier with what McGovern thought was a severe upper respiratory infection. لكن, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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سام ماكفاي تعبت من عدم وجود فرصة للمقاتلين السود في الولايات المتحدة خلال أوائل القرن العشرين. قررت ماكفاي لمغادرة لأوروبا في 1907, حيث قاتل حتى 1911. قاتل ماكفاي في أستراليا لمدة ثلاث سنوات أخرى قبل أن يعود إلى الولايات المتحدة. هذا تسليط الضوء على فيلم قصير من فرنسا في 1911 مع “Battling” Jim Johnson shows

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ديسمبر 8, 1903, Sam Langford fought the reigning lightweight boxing champion in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to fighting Langford, most boxing experts felt Joe Gans could not be beaten in a legitimate bout. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Gans was able to break the color barrier by winning the World Lightweight Boxing Championship. Sam Langford is often considered

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“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 و 126 جنيه, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. على يوليو 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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وكان جاك جونسون دائما موضوعا صعبا بالنسبة لي. I admire his courage and strength in confronting hatred and bigotry in a time when doing so put his life in danger. He refused to conform and accept a position of inferiority to white Americans. بعد, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife

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