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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 a 1930.
Aprile 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 verbale. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when
Gennaio 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 aveva dominato l'anello premi durante la sua carriera. In possesso di un record di 40 vittorie, senza perdite e due pareggi, “Il Boston Strong Boy” era considerato invincibile. Sullivan ha vinto il campionato del mondo in 1882 e dispensati tutti gli sfidanti che si conclude con la lotta del XIX secolo con Jake Kilrain. Dopo aver sconfitto Kilrain in questo epico incontro, John L.
Oliver Leonard Kirk ha la particolarità di essere l'unico pugile olimpico a vincere una medaglia d'oro in due classi di peso distinti negli stessi Giochi Olimpici. Oliver Kirk compiuto questa impresa nella sua città natale Olimpiadi di 1904. St. Louis ha ospitato la terza Olimpiade durante l' 1904 Fiera Exposition del Mondo. Come i Giochi di Parigi quattro anni prima, St. Louis gave
Nel febbraio 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. Tuttavia, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.
Sam McVey stanchi della mancanza di opportunità per i combattenti neri negli Stati Uniti nel corso del primo Novecento. McVey decise di partire per l'Europa in 1907, dove ha combattuto fino 1911. McVey ha combattuto in Australia per altri tre anni prima di tornare negli Stati Uniti. Questo breve film di highlight dalla Francia in 1911 con “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Dicembre 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 e 126 sterline, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. On July 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, ecco perché entrambi i promotori
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. Ancora, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife