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Posts about 19th and early 20th Century boxing.
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
En julio 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Aunque Georges Carpentier
En mayo 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
El viernes, Junio 10, 1910, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought his last fight against unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel has cleared out the middleweight division, so boxing promoters struggled to find suitable competition for Ketchel. At only 24 años de edad, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
En marzo de 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
1909 vio a Stanley Ketchel continuar su ritmo tórrido a través de todos los mejores luchadores alrededor del límite de peso mediano. In March 1909, Ketchel se enfrentó a un desafío poco común, cuando luchó contra el actual campeón mundial de peso semipesado Filadelfia Jack O’Brien. O'Brien era un boxeador hábil, que usó su velocidad y elusividad para golpear a Ketchel en las primeras rondas. A pesar de la ventaja de tamaño de O’Brien, Ketchel fue
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons era un boxeador inglés, quien ganó el indiscutible peso mediano, campeonatos mundiales de peso pesado y semipesado, a principios del siglo XX. A menudo confundido con un australiano porque comenzó su carrera en el boxeo allí., Fitzsimmons viajó a los Estados Unidos en 1890 hacer campaña por el campeonato de peso mediano. Fitzsimmons estaba justo debajo 6 pies de altura pero
James J. Jeffries dominó el boxeo de peso pesado estadounidense desde 1899 a 1904. Después de ganar el Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo de Peso Pesado de Bob Fitzsimmons en 1899, Jeffries hizo 9 Defensas exitosas del título durante los próximos cinco años.. Se retiró invicto en 1905 antes de ser atraído de regreso para una remontada nefasta contra el gran Jack Johnson. Jeffries no ganó sus combates con un boxeo superior
El martes, Febrero 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, California. The 28-year-old Nelson won the title by knocking out the great Joe Gans in 1908. Boxing experts did not expect Wolgast to defeat Nelson even though Wolgast held a newspaper decision over Nelson in 1909. Pundits
El lunes, Mayo 30, 1892, the great Peter Jackson boxed a gloved bout with former protégé Frank Slavin. Both men lived and fought in Australia, although fan interest led Jackson to tour the world to take advantage of the financial opportunities in the United States and England. As in Australia, Jackson often found white boxers unwilling to fight him. Few