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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 Julai 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 Mei 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 Jumaat, Jun 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 lama tahun, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Pada Mac 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 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. Pada bulan Mac 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons ialah seorang peninju Inggeris, yang memenangi kelas menengah yang tidak dipertikaikan, kejohanan dunia kelas berat dan kelas berat ringan, pada permulaan abad ke-20. Sering disalah anggap sebagai warga Australia kerana dia memulakan kerjaya tinjunya di sana, Fitzsimmons mengembara ke Amerika Syarikat di 1890 untuk berkempen untuk kejuaraan middleweight. Fitzsimmons berdiri tepat di bawah 6 feet tall but
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 kepada 1904. After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899, Jeffries made 9 successful title defenses during the next five years. He retired undefeated in 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing
Pada hari Selasa, Februari 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
Pada Isnin, Boleh 30, 1892, Peter Jackson yang hebat bertarung dengan bekas anak didik Frank Slavin. Kedua-dua lelaki itu tinggal dan bertempur di Australia, walaupun minat peminat menyebabkan Jackson menjelajah dunia untuk memanfaatkan peluang kewangan di Amerika Syarikat dan England. Seperti di Australia, Jackson sering mendapati peninju putih tidak mahu melawannya. Beberapa