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Innlegg om proffboksing fra 1890 til 1930.
April 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 minutter. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, når
Januar 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 hadde dominert premien ring i løpet av sin karriere. Besitter en registrering av 40 vinner, ingen tap og to uavgjorte, “The Boston Strong Boy” ble ansett uovervinnelig. Sullivan vant VM i 1882 og utlevert alle utfordrerne kulminerte med Fight av det nittende århundre med Jake Kilrain. Etter å ha beseiret Kilrain i dette episke bout, John L.
Oliver Leonard Kirk har æren av å være den eneste OL-bokseren til å vinne en gullmedalje i to separate vektklasser i samme OL. Oliver Kirk oppnådd denne bragden på hans hjemby OL i 1904. St. Louis vert den tredje Olympiad under 1904 Verdensutstillingen 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. However, 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
Desember 8, 1903, Sam Langford kjempet regjerende lett boksing mester i hjembyen Boston, Massachusetts. Før slåss Langford, de fleste bokseeksperter følte Joe Gans kunne ikke bli slått i en legitim bout. Født i 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 and 126 pounds, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Juli 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, som er grunnen til at begge arrangørene
Jack Johnson har alltid vært et tøft tema for meg. Jeg beundrer hans mot og styrke i møte hat og fordommer i en tid når du gjør det sette hans liv i fare. Han nektet å tilpasse og akseptere en posisjon av underlegenhet til hvite amerikanere. Ennå, som mange mennesker han var en feil mann. He beat his first wife