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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 į 1930.
Balandžio 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 protokolas. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when
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
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 Leonardas Kirkas turi galimybių būti tik olimpinių boksininkas laimėti aukso medalį dviejose skirtingose svorio kategorijose tose pačiose olimpinėse žaidynėse skirtumo. Oliver Kirk atlikti šį žygdarbį jo gimtajame olimpinėse žaidynėse 1904. St. Louis surengė trečiąjį Olimpiados metu 1904 Pasaulio mugė paroda. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Vasario 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. Tačiau, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.
Sam McVey pavargę galimybe juodos kovotojų JAV trūksta per XX amžiaus pradžioje. McVey nusprendė palikti Europą 1907, kur jis kovojo iki 1911. McVey kovojo Australijoje dar tris metus prieš grįžtant į Jungtines Amerikos Valstijas. Ši trumpa akcentas filmas Prancūzijoje 1911 su “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Gruodžio 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 ir 126 svarų, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Liepos 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, dėl ko tiek propaguotojai
Jack Johnson visada buvo kietas dalykas man. Žaviuosi jo drąsą ir stiprumą susiduria su neapykanta ir fanatizmas tuo metu, kai tai padėjo savo gyvybę į pavojų. Jis atsisakė paklusti ir priimti nepilnavertiškumo poziciją baltųjų amerikiečių. Dar, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife