“Terrible” Terry Beats Dixon for Title

可怕的姿勢

一月 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

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Gentleman Jim KOs Boston Strong Boy

詹姆斯·j·科貝特

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.

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奧利弗·柯克和 1904 聖. 聖路易斯奧運會

奧利弗·基爾·聖路易斯·義和團

奧利弗·倫納德·柯克具有作為唯一的奧運拳擊手贏得一枚金牌在兩個不同的重量等級在同奧運會的區別. 奧利弗·柯克完成了這一壯舉在他的家鄉在奧運會 1904. 聖. 路易主辦的第三屆奧運會期間 1904 世界博覽會博覽會. Like the Paris Games four years before, 聖. Louis gave

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“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

可怕的麥戈文

“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 和 126 英鎊, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. 七月 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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