約翰遜擊敗麥克維
上週四, 二月 26, 1903, 傑克·約翰遜 (Jack Johnson) 對陣不敗的薩姆·麥克維 (Sam McVey)，衛冕了世界有色人種重量級拳擊冠軍. 麥克維帶來了 6-0 冠軍賽中六次淘汰賽的紀錄. 由於拳擊推廣者拒絕讓黑人拳擊手參加世界重量級拳擊錦標賽, 世紀之交最優秀的拳擊手為世界有色人種而戰
Tag: 專業拳擊
有關職業拳擊的帖子 1890 至 1930.
Man Kills Middleweight King
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 歲月, 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 Wins Bantam Title
“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 和 126 英鎊. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, 九月 12, 1899, when he fought British
Gotch Tries Boxing
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, 這就是為什麼兩位發起人
傑克·約翰遜和本世紀撲滅
之後，傑克·約翰遜成為冠軍, 缺乏強有力的競爭者引起了公眾的壓力，詹姆斯Ĵ安裝. Jeffires, 退休前重量級拳王, 結束了他的退休，爭取約翰遜. 杰弗里斯被認為是第一個和最可信的 “白望” 競爭者. 在他的全盛時期, 杰弗里斯可能無法擊敗約翰遜. 在 35 歲和近 300
Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey
四月 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 分鐘. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, 何時
Gentleman Jim KOs Boston Strong Boy
約翰·L. Sullivan had dominated the prize ring during his career. Possessing a record of 40 wins, no losses and two draws, “波士頓堅強的男孩” was considered invincible. Sullivan won the world championship in 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. After defeating Kilrain in this epic bout, 約翰·L.
山姆麥克維的大的右手
山姆·麥克維厭倦了二十世紀初在缺乏黑人戰士在美國的機會. 麥克維決定離開歐洲 1907, 他在那裡，直到戰鬥 1911. 麥克維轉戰澳洲三年回到美國之前. 來自法國的這個簡短的電影精華 1911 同 “作戰的” Jim Johnson shows
蘭福德擊敗大甘斯
十二月 8, 1903, 薩姆·朗福德爭取衛冕輕量級拳擊冠軍，在他的家鄉波士頓, 馬薩諸塞州. 在此之前的戰鬥蘭福德, 大多數拳擊專家認為喬甘斯不能在合法的回合被打. 出生於巴爾的摩, 馬里蘭, 甘斯能夠贏得世界輕量級拳擊冠軍，打破膚色障礙. Sam Langford is often considered
傑克·約翰遜, 美國拳擊先鋒
傑克·約翰遜一直是我的一個艱難的課題. 我很佩服在一次面對仇恨和偏執他的勇氣和力量，這樣把自己的生命處於危險之中時，. 他拒絕遵守並接受自卑到美國白人的位置. 但, 像許多人，他是一個有缺陷的男人. He beat his first wife