Kovos sporto istorikas ir kovos menininkas
Įrašai apie XIX amžiaus ir XX amžiaus pradžios boksą.
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
Liepos 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
Gegužės 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
Penktadienį, Birželis 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. Ne tik 24 metai, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
On March 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 pamatė, kad Stanley Ketchelis tęsia siaubingą tempą per visus geriausius kovotojus, esančius aplink vidutinio svorio ribą. In March 1909, Ketchel susidūrė su retu iššūkiu, kai jis kovojo su karaliaujančiu pasaulio lengvojo svorio čempionu Filadelfija Jacku O’Brienu. O'Brienas buvo švelnus boksininkas, kuris panaudojo savo greitį ir nesuvokiamumą, kad ankstyvosiose turo dalyse sumurmėtų Ketchel. Nepaisant O'Brieno dydžio pranašumo, Ketčelis buvo
Bob “Rudy Robertas” Fitzsimmonsas buvo anglų boksininkas, kuris laimėjo neginčijamą vidutinį svorį, pasaulio ir lengvojo svorio čempionatai, sandūroje. Dažnai klysta su australu, nes ten pradėjo savo bokso karjerą, Fitzsimmonsas išvyko į JAV m 1890 kampaniją dėl vidutinio svorio čempiono. Fitzsimmons stovėjo šiek tiek žemiau 6 pėdų aukščio, bet
James J. Jeffriesas dominavo Amerikos sunkiasvorių bokso varžybose 1899 į 1904. Po to, kai Bobas Fitzsimmonsas laimėjo pasaulio sunkaus svorio bokso čempionatą 1899, Jeffries padarė 9 sėkmingas titulo gynimas per ateinančius penkerius metus. Jis išėjo į pensiją nenugalėtas 1905 prieš tai vėl suvilioti nelemtam sugrįžimui prieš didįjį Jacką Johnsoną. Jeffriesas nelaimėjo savo kovų su puikiu boksu
Antradienį, Vasaris 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, Kalifornija. 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
Pirmadienį, Gegužės 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