Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 arte 1930.
Apirilaren 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 minutu. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when
Urtarrilaren On 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 nagusi zuen saria eraztuna bere ibilbidean zehar. Erregistro bat edukitzea 40 garaipen, no galerak eta bi zozketa, “The Boston Strong Boy” invencible jotzen zen. Sullivan munduko txapelketa irabazi zuen 1882 eta errezeten challengers guztiak siglo XIX Fight Jake Kilrain batekin batera zelarik. Kilrain garaituz epiko bout honetan ostean, John L.
Oliver Leonard Kirk du boxeolari olinpiko bakarra izateaz urrezko domina bat irabazteko bi pisu klase desberdinetan Olinpiar Jokoen berean bereizketa du. Oliver Kirk balentria hau lortzen bere jaioterrian Olympics 1904. St. Louis anfitrioi hirugarren Olinpiar zehar 1904 Munduko Azoka Erakusketa. 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. Hala ere, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.
Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Abenduaren on 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
“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 eta 126 libera, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Uztailetik 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, horregatik bi sustatzaileak
Jack Johnson izan da beti niretzat gaia gogorra. Bere ausardia eta indarra miresten dut gorrotoa eta bigotry aurre eginez garai batean denean, hori eginez, bere bizitza arriskuan jarri. Adostasuna eta egoera txarragoan estatubatuar zuriak onartzeko uko egin zion. Oraindik, Gizaki asko bezala flawed gizon bat izan zen. He beat his first wife