Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 til 1930.
Apríl 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 mínútur. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, þegar
Janúar 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 hafði ríkjandi verðlaunin hringinn á ferli sínum. Mann skrá yfir 40 vinnur, ekkert tap og tvö teiknar, “The Boston Strong Boy” var talið ósigrandi. Sullivan vann heimsmeistaramótið í 1882 og afgreitt öll áskorun hæst berjast nítjándu aldar með Jake Kilrain. Eftir sigra Kilrain í þessari Epic bardaga, John L.
Oliver Leonard Kirk has the distinction of being the only Olympic boxer to win a gold medal in two separate weight classes in the same Olympic Games. Oliver Kirk accomplished this feat at his hometown Olympics in 1904. St. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair Exposition. 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. Þó, 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
Á Desember 8, 1903, Sam Langford börðust ríkja léttur box meistari í heimabæ hans Boston, Massachusetts. Áður berjast Langford, flestir box sérfræðingar fannst Joe Gans gæti ekki verið barinn í lögmætum lota. Fæddur í Baltimore, Maryland, Gans var fær um að brjóta litinn hindrun með því að vinna World Léttur Hnefaleikar 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 og 126 £, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Júlí 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 hefur alltaf verið erfitt viðfangsefni fyrir mig. Ég dáist hugrekki hans og styrk í frammi hatri og bigotry í tíma þegar að gera það setja líf sitt í hættu. Hann neitaði að uppfylla og tók sér stöðu á óæðri hvíta Bandaríkjamenn. Enn, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife