Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
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
Uztailetik 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.” Even though Georges Carpentier
Maiatzaren On 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
Ostiralean, Ekaina 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. Bakarrik 24 urte, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Martxoan 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 Stanley Ketchel-ek bere erritmo ikaragarria jarraitzen zuen pisu ertaineko mugaren inguruan borrokalari nagusi guztien artean. Martxoan 1909, Ketchelek erronka arraro bati aurre egin zion, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien munduko pisu arineko txapeldunaren aurka borrokatu zenean. O'Brien boxeolari zintzoa zen, bere abiadura eta iheskortasuna erabili zituena hasierako txandetan Ketchel kolpatzeko. O'Brienen tamaina abantaila izan arren, Kettle zerbait
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons boxeolari ingelesa zen, pisu ertain eztabaidaezina irabazi zuena, pisu astunak eta pisu arinak munduko txapelketak, mendearen amaieran. Askotan australiar batekin nahastuta, han hasi baitzuen bere boxeo ibilbidea, Fitzsimmonsek Estatu Batuetara bidaiatu zuen 1890 pisu ertaineko txapelketarako kanpaina egiteko. Fitzsimmons azpian zegoen 6 oinak altu baina
James J. Jeffries estatubatuar pisu astuneko boxeoan nagusitu zen 1899 arte 1904. Bob Fitzsimmonsen munduko pisu astuneko boxeo txapelketa irabazi ondoren 1899, Jeffries egin zuen 9 tituluen defentsa arrakastatsuak hurrengo bost urteetan. Garaitu gabe erretiratu zen 1905 Jack Johnson handiaren aurkako itzulera zoritxarra erakarri aurretik. Jeffries-ek ez zituen bere borrokak irabazi goi mailako boxeoarekin
Asteartean, Otsaila 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
Astelehenean, Maiatzaren 30, 1892, the great Peter Jackson boxed a gloved bout with former protégé Frank Slavin. Bi gizonak Australian bizi eta borrokatu ziren, nahiz eta zaleen interesak Jackson munduan zehar bira egitera eraman zuen Estatu Batuetako eta Ingalaterrako finantza-aukerak aprobetxatzeko. Australian bezala, Jacksonek sarritan aurkitu zuen boxeolari zuriak berarekin borrokatzeko prest. Few