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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 a 1930.
El jueves, Febrero 26, 1903, Jack Johnson defendió su Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo Peso Pesado de Color ante el invicto Sam McVey. McVey trajo un 6-0 récord con seis nocauts en el partido por el campeonato. Desde que los promotores del boxeo se negaron a permitir que los luchadores negros compitieran por el Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo de Peso Pesado., Los mejores boxeadores de principios de siglo lucharon por el mundo de color.
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 año, 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
“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 y 126 libras. 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, es por eso que ambos promotores
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. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300
En 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 hours and 30 minutes. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when
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.
Sam McVey cansado de la falta de oportunidades para los combatientes negros en los Estados Unidos a principios del siglo XX. McVey decidió salir para Europa en 1907, donde luchó hasta 1911. McVey luchó en Australia durante tres años más antes de regresar a los Estados Unidos. Esta breve película más destacado de Francia en 1911 con “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
En diciembre 8, 1903, Sam Langford luchó contra el actual campeón de boxeo de peso ligero en su ciudad natal de Boston, Massachusetts. Antes de la lucha contra Langford, la mayoría de los expertos del boxeo Joe Gans sentían no podría ser mejor, en un combate legítimo. Nacido en Baltimore, Maryland, Gans fue capaz de romper la barrera del color al ganar el Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo peso ligero. Sam Langford is often considered
Jack Johnson has always been a tough subject for me. 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. Aún, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife