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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 to 1930.
Sou Avril 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 minit. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, lè
Nan mwa janvye 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 gen distenksyon an pou yo te sèlman boxer la Olympic pou pou genyen yon meday lò nan de klas pwa separe nan menm jwèt yo Olympic. Oliver Kirk akonpli feat sa a nan pwovens li kote l Olympics nan 1904. St. Louis anime twazyèm Olympiad la pandan la 1904 Mondyal la san Patipri Ekspozisyon. Menm jan ak jwèt yo Paris kat ane anvan, 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. Sepandan, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.
Sam McVey fatige nan mank nan opòtinite pou konbatan nwa nan Etazini yo pandan bonè ventyèm syèk la. McVey deside kite pou Ewòp nan 1907, kote li t'ap goumen jouk 1911. McVey goumen nan Ostrali pou twa plis ane anvan yo tounen nan Etazini yo. Sa a fim rekò kout soti nan France nan 1911 ak “Ap batay” Jim Johnson shows
Sou Desanm 8, 1903, Sam Langford goumen reliant ki lejè chanpyon nan boksè nan pwovens li kote l nan Boston, Massachusetts. Anvan yo fè batay Langford, pi ekspè boksè te santi Joe Gans pa t 'ka bat nan yon bout lejitim. Li te fèt nan Baltimore, Maryland, Gans te kapab kraze baryè a pa genyen koulè Mondyal lejè boksè chanpyona a. 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 ak 126 liv, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Sou Jiye 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, which is why both promoters
Jack Johnson has always been a tough subject for me. Mwen admire kouraj li ak fòs li genyen nan konfwonte rayi ak prejije nan yon tan lè fè sa mete lavi l 'an danje. Li te refize konfòme ak aksepte yon pozisyon nan enferyorite ak blan Ameriken. Men,, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife