Tag: אגרוף מקצועי

באפריל 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 פרוטוקול. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “דנבר” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when

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On January 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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ג'ון L. Sullivan had dominated the prize ring during his career. Possessing a record of 40 wins, no losses and two draws, “הבחור חזק מבוסטון” 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, ג'ון 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. אולם, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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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

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בדצמבר 8, 1903, Sam Langford fought the reigning lightweight boxing champion in his hometown of Boston, מסצ'וסטס. 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 ו - 126 קילו, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. בחודש יולי 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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ג'ק ג'ונסון היה תמיד נושא קשה לי. אני מעריץ את האומץ וכוחו בהתמודדות עם שנאה וגזענות בתקופה שבה עושה זאת לשים את חייו בסכנה. הוא סרב לציית וקיבלתי את עמדת נחיתות לאמריקאים לבנים. <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "789" = bbox_w "653" = bbox_h "21" = fsize "20" = fweight "14" = אדום = ירוק "3" "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ", כמו רבים בני אדם הוא היה אדם פגום. He beat his first wife

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