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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 to 1930.
A l'abril 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 hores i 30 acta. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when
Al gener 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
John 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, John L.
Oliver Leonard Kirk té la distinció de ser l'únic boxejador olímpic a guanyar una medalla d'or en dues categories de pes diferents en els mateixos Jocs Olímpics. Oliver Kirk va aconseguir aquesta gesta a la seva ciutat natal en els Jocs Olímpics 1904. St. Louis va ser seu de la tercera Olimpíada durant el 1904 Fira Exposició del Món. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
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. Però, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.
Sam McVey cansat de la falta d'oportunitats per als combatents negres als Estats Units a principis del segle XX. McVey decidir sortir per a Europa en 1907, on va lluitar fins 1911. McVey lluitar a Austràlia durant tres anys més abans de tornar als Estats Units. Aquesta breu pel·lícula més destacat de França a 1911 amb “Battling” Espectacles de Jim Johnson
Al desembre 8, 1903, Sam Langford va lluitar contra l'actual campió de boxa de pes lleuger en la seva ciutat natal de Boston, Massachusetts. Abans de la lluita contra Langford, la majoria dels experts de la boxa Joe Gans sentien no podria ser millor, en un combat legítim. Nascut a Baltimore, Maryland, Gans va ser capaç de trencar la barrera del color en guanyar el Campionat Mundial de Boxa pes lleuger. Sam Langford is often considered
“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 i 126 lliures, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Al juliol 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
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, per això ambdós promotors
Jack Johnson sempre ha estat un tema difícil per a mi. Admiro el seu coratge i força per enfrontar l'odi i la intolerància en un moment en què en fer-ho posi en perill la seva vida. Es va negar a conformar-se i acceptar una posició d'inferioritat respecte als americans blancs. Encara, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife