Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Articles sur la boxe du 19e et du début du 20e siècle.
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
Sur Juillet 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.” Même si Georges Carpentier
Sur mai 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
Le vendredi, Juin 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. A seulement 24 vieux ans, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Sur Mars 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 a vu Stanley Ketchel poursuivre son rythme effréné à travers tous les meilleurs combattants autour de la limite des poids moyens. In March 1909, Ketchel a relevé un défi rare, quand il a combattu le champion du monde en titre des poids lourds légers Philadelphie Jack O'Brien. O'Brien était un boxeur habile, qui a utilisé sa vitesse et son insaisissabilité pour frapper Ketchel dans les premiers tours. Malgré l'avantage de taille d'O'Brien, Ketchel quoi
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons était un boxeur anglais, qui a remporté le poids moyen incontesté, championnats du monde poids lourds et mi-lourds, au tournant du 20e siècle. Souvent confondu avec un Australien car il y a commencé sa carrière de boxeur, Fitzsimmons s'est rendu aux États-Unis en 1890 faire campagne pour le championnat des poids moyens. Fitzsimmons se tenait juste en dessous 6 pieds de haut mais
James J. Jeffries a dominé la boxe américaine des poids lourds de 1899 to 1904. Après avoir remporté le championnat du monde de boxe poids lourd de Bob Fitzsimmons en 1899, Jeffries a fait 9 défenses de titre réussies au cours des cinq prochaines années. Il a pris sa retraite invaincu en 1905 avant d'être attiré pour un retour malheureux contre le grand Jack Johnson. Jeffries n'a pas gagné ses combats avec une boxe supérieure
Mardi, Février 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, Californie. 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
Lundi, Mai 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