Dövüş Sporları Tarihçisi ve Dövüş Sanatçısı
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
On July 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.” Georges Carpentier'e rağmen
Mayıs 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
Cuma günü, Haziran 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. Sadece az 24 yaşındayım, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Mart'ta 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 Stanley Ketchel'in orta sıklet sınırı etrafındaki tüm en iyi dövüşçüler arasında ateşli temposuna devam ettiğini gördü.. In March 1909, Ketchel nadir bir zorlukla karşı karşıya kaldı, hüküm süren Dünya Hafif Ağır Siklet Şampiyonu Philadelphia Jack O'Brien ile dövüştüğünde. O'Brien mükemmel bir boksördü., İlk rauntlarda hızını ve anlaşılmazlığını Ketchel'i alt etmek için kullanan. O'Brien'ın beden avantajına rağmen, Ketchel ne
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons bir İngiliz boksördü., tartışmasız orta sıklet kim kazandı, ağır ve hafif ağır sıklet dünya şampiyonaları, 20. yüzyılın başında. Boks kariyerine orada başladığı için genellikle bir Avustralyalı ile karıştırılır., Fitzsimmons, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'ne gitti. 1890 orta sıklet şampiyonası için kampanya yapmak. Fitzsimmons hemen altında durdu 6 ayaklar uzun ama
James J. Jeffries, Amerikan ağır sıklet boksuna hakim oldu. 1899 karşı 1904. Bob Fitzsimmons'tan Dünya Ağır Siklet Boks Şampiyonası'nı kazandıktan sonra 1899, Jeffries yapımı 9 önümüzdeki beş yıl boyunca başarılı başlık savunmaları. namağlup emekli oldu 1905 büyük Jack Johnson'a karşı talihsiz bir geri dönüş için geri çekilmeden önce. Jeffries maçlarını üstün boksla kazanamadı
Salı günü, Şubat 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, Kaliforniya. 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
Pazartesi günü, Mayıs 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