Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Ieraksti par 19. gadsimta un 20. gadsimta sākuma boksu.
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
Jūlijā 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
Gada maijā 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
Piektdien, Jūnijs 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 Vīrietis, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Martā 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 redzēju, ka Stenlijs Kečels turpināja savu vētraino tempu cauri visiem labākajiem cīnītājiem ap vidējā svara robežu. In March 1909, Kečels saskārās ar retu izaicinājumu, gadā, kad viņš cīnījās ar pasaules čempionu vieglajā svarā Filadelfijā Džeku O’Braienu. O'Braiens bija gluds bokseris, kurš izmantoja savu ātrumu un netveramību, lai pirmajos raundos satriektu Kečelu. Neskatoties uz O'Braiena lieluma priekšrocībām, Tējkanna kaut ko
Bob “Rūdijs Roberts” Fitzsimmons bija angļu bokseris, kurš uzvarēja neapšaubāmi vidējā svarā, pasaules čempionāts smagajā un pussmagajā svarā, 20. gadsimta mijā. Bieži tiek sajaukts ar austrālieti, jo viņš tur sāka savu boksa karjeru, gadā Ficsimmons devās uz Amerikas Savienotajām Valstīm 1890 aģitēt par čempionātu vidējā svarā. Ficsimmons stāvēja tieši zem 6 pēdas garš, bet
James J. Džefrijs dominēja amerikāņu smagsvaru boksā no 1899 līdz 1904. Pēc uzvaras pasaules smagajā boksa čempionātā no Boba Ficsimmons 1899, Džefrijs taisīja 9 veiksmīgas titula aizstāvēšanas nākamo piecu gadu laikā. gadā viņš aizgāja pensijā nepārspēts 1905 pirms tiks pārvilināts uz neveiksmīgu atgriešanos pret lielisko Džeku Džonsonu. Džefrijs savās cīņās neuzvarēja ar izcilu boksu
Otrdien, Februāris 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
Pirmdien, Maijs 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