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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 да се 1930.
On Thursday, Февруари 26, 1903, Jack Johnson defended his World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship against the undefeated Sam McVey. McVey brought a 6-0 record with six knockouts into the championship match. Since boxing promoters refused to let Black fighters compete for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the best boxers around the turn of the Century fought for the World Colored
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 години, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
“Terrible” Terry McGovern earned a reputation as one of the most powerful punchers in the history of the lighter divisions of professional boxing. McGovern weighed between 112 и 126 фунти. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, Септември 12, 1899, when he fought British
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, поради што и двајцата промотори
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300
На април 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 минути. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when
Џон Л. Саливан доминираше наградата прстен за време на неговата кариера. Поседување на евиденција на 40 победи, без загуби и две равенства, “Бостон Силен момче” се сметаше непобедлива. Саливан освои светскиот шампионат во 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. По победата над Kilrain во овој еп рунда, Џон Л.
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
На декември 8, 1903, Сем Langford бореше владеел лесни боксерски шампион во неговиот роден град Бостон, Масачусетс. Пред да се борат Langford, повеќето експерти се чувствува бокс Џо Gans не може да биде тепан во легитимен напад. Роден е во Балтимор, Мериленд, Gans беше во можност да се пробие на боја бариера со триумф и на Светскиот шампионат во бокс Лесен. Sam Langford is often considered
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. Сепак,, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife