Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 upang 1930.
Sa Abril 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 minuto. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, kapag
Sa Enero 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 ay dominado ng premyo singsing sa panahon ng kanyang karera. Pagkakaroon ng isang talaan ng 40 panalo, walang mga pagkalugi at dalawang tumatawag na, “Ang Boston Malakas Boy” ay itinuturing invincible. Nanalo Sullivan mundo championship sa 1882 at dispensed lahat ng mga challengers culminating sa paglaban ng ikalabinsiyam Century sa Jake Kilrain. After defeating Kilrain in this epic bout, John L.
Oliver Leonard Kirk ay may pagkakaiba ng pagiging ang tanging Olympic boksingero upang manalo ang gintong medalya sa dalawang magkahiwalay na timbang klase sa parehong Laro sa Olympic. Oliver Kirk Nagagawa ito kahang-hangang gawa sa kanyang bayang kinalakhan Olympics sa 1904. St. Louis naka-host sa ikatlong Olympiad sa panahon ng 1904 Patas Exposition mundo. 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. Gayunman, 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
Sa December 8, 1903, Sam Langford nakipaglaban ang reigning lightweight boxing kampeon sa kanyang bayang kinalakhan ng Boston, Massachusetts. Bago aaway Langford, karamihan ng mga eksperto sa boxing nadama Joe Gans Hindi ma-pinalo sa isang lehitimong labanan. Ipinanganak sa Baltimore, Maryland, Gans nagawa masira ang kulay barrier sa pamamagitan ng panalong sa World Magaang 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 at 126 pounds, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Sa Hulyo 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, kaya naman parehong promoter
Jack Johnson ay palagi nang naging isang matibay na paksa para sa akin. Hahangaan ko ang kanyang tapang at lakas sa confronting galit at pagkapanatiko sa isang oras kapag ang paggawa nito ilagay ang kanyang buhay sa panganib. Tumanggi siya upang sumunod at tanggapin ang isang posisyon ng kahinaan ng klase sa puting Amerikano. Pa, tulad ng maraming mga tao siya ay isang flawed tao. He beat his first wife