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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
Pada tanggal 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
Pada tanggal 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
Pada hari Jumat, Juni 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. Pada hanya 24 th, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Pada bulan Maret 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 melihat Stanley Ketchel melanjutkan langkahnya yang terik melalui semua petarung top di sekitar batas kelas menengah. In March 1909, Ketchel menghadapi tantangan yang jarang terjadi, ketika dia melawan Juara Dunia Kelas Berat Ringan Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. O'Brien adalah petinju yang apik, yang menggunakan kecepatan dan kegigihannya untuk memukul Ketchel di ronde awal. Terlepas dari keunggulan ukuran O'Brien, Ketel sesuatu
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons was an English boxer, who won the undisputed middleweight, heavyweight and light heavyweight world championships, at the turn of the 20th Century. Often mistaken for an Australian because he started his boxing career there, Fitzsimmons traveled to the United States in 1890 to campaign for the middleweight championship. Fitzsimmons stood just under 6 feet tall but
James J. Jeffries mendominasi tinju kelas berat Amerika 1899 untuk 1904. Setelah memenangkan Kejuaraan Tinju Kelas Berat Dunia dari Bob Fitzsimmons di 1899, Jeffries membuat 9 mempertahankan gelar yang sukses selama lima tahun ke depan. Dia pensiun tanpa terkalahkan 1905 sebelum dibujuk kembali untuk kembalinya naas melawan Jack Johnson yang hebat. Jeffries tidak memenangkan pertarungannya dengan tinju superior
Pada hari Selasa, Februari 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast menantang Juara Tinju Ringan Dunia Melawan Nelson untuk gelar Nelson di Richmond Arena di Point Richmond, California. Nelson yang berusia 28 tahun memenangkan gelar dengan mengalahkan Joe Gans yang hebat 1908. Pakar tinju tidak menyangka Wolgast akan mengalahkan Nelson meskipun Wolgast mengeluarkan keputusan di surat kabar atas Nelson 1909. Pakar
Pada hari Senin, Mei 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