Dövüş Sporları Tarihçisi ve Dövüş Sanatçısı
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 karşı 1930.
Perşembe günü, Şubat 26, 1903, Jack Johnson, Dünya Renkli Ağır Siklet Boks Şampiyonasını namağlup Sam McVey'e karşı savundu. McVey getirdi 6-0 şampiyonluk maçında altı nakavtla rekor. Boks organizatörleri Siyah dövüşçülerin Dünya Ağır Siklet Boks Şampiyonası için yarışmasına izin vermediğinden beri, Yüzyılın başındaki en iyi boksörler Dünya Renklileri için savaştı
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 yıl, 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 ve 126 lira. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, Eylül 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, which is why both promoters
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, emekli eski ağır siklet şampiyonu, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “Umut bağlanan kimse” yarışmacıları. Onun başbakan, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300
Nisan'da 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, when
John L. Sullivan kariyeri boyunca ödül halka egemen olan. Bir kaydını sahip olan 40 kazanç, Hiçbir kayıp ve iki çeker, “Boston Güçlü Boy” yenilmez kabul edildi. Sullivan dünya şampiyonluğunu kazandı 1882 ve tüm yarışmacılarımız Jake Kilrain ile Ondokuzuncu yüzyılın Fight ile sonuçlanan vazgeçilebilir. Bu destansı bout Kilrain yendikten sonra, John L.
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'ın gösterileri
Aralık 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
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. Henüz, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife