Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 kwa 1930.
Aprili 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 dakika. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, wakati
Januari 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 alikuwa inaongozwa pete tuzo wakati wa kazi yake. Kitu rekodi ya 40 mafanikio, hakuna hasara na mbili huchota, “Boston Strong Boy” ilionekana kuwa hauonekani. Sullivan alishinda michuano ya dunia katika 1882 na kupatiwa challengers wote kilele na Kupambana ya kumi na tisa karne na Jake Kilrain. Baada ya kuwashinda Kilrain katika bout hii Epic, John L.
Oliver Leonard Kirk kinaweza kuwa tu ya Olimpiki boxer kushinda medali ya dhahabu katika mbili tofauti madarasa uzito katika huo Michezo ya Olimpiki. Oliver Kirk yametimia feat hii katika mji wake michezo ya Olimpiki katika 1904. St. Louis mwenyeji Olympiad ya tatu wakati wa 1904 Dunia Fair Ufafanuzi. Kama Michezo Paris miaka minne kabla ya, 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. Hata hivyo, 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
Desemba 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 na 126 paundi, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Julai 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 daima imekuwa ngumu somo kwa ajili yangu. I admire ujasiri wake na nguvu katika kukabiliana na chuki na bigotry katika muda wakati wa kufanya hivyo kuweka maisha yake katika hatari. Yeye alikataa kuendana na kukubali nafasi ya inferiority kwa Wamarekani nyeupe. Hata hivyo, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife