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Posts about 19th and early 20th Century boxing.
წმინდა. Louis, at the beginning of the 20th Century, had a prominent professional boxing scene. Abe Attell, although born in San Francisco, was based in St. Louis. თებერვალი 1, 1904, Attell defended his World Featherweight Boxing Championship against frequent rival Harry Forbes. Forbes was also a regular on the St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes defeated Danny Dougherty for the
Sam LANGFORD ითვლება ერთ უდიდეს ფუნტი სტერლინგი ამისთვის მებრძოლების ყველა დროის. Born on March 4, 1883 in Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 to 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. მამაკაცი
Monte Attell was the younger brother of World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Monte would always be stuck in the shadow of his older brother but was a talented fighter in his own right. Monte would win the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship during his career and establish himself as a world class fighter. In 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
თავისი პირველი რბენის დროს, როგორც მსოფლიო ჩემპიონი, ბეწვო წონით კატეგორიაში, აბე ატელი დაფუძნდა ქ. Louis, Missouri. გარდა ამისა, ბანაკის ქ. Louis, ატელმა რამდენჯერმე დაიცვა თავისი ტიტული წმ. Louis’ ვესტ ენდ ატლეტური კლუბი. At the time, წმინდა. ლუი იყო უდიდესი ქალაქი მდინარე მისისიპის დასავლეთით შეერთებულ შტატებში. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Johnny Reagan was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. Louis, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
Oliver Leonard Kirk აქვს განსხვავება ყოფნის მხოლოდ ოლიმპიური boxer მოიგოთ ოქროს მედალი ორ წონით კატეგორიაში იმავე ოლიმპიური თამაშები. Oliver Kirk შეასრულეს ეს feat თავის მშობლიურ ოლიმპიადა 1904. წმინდა. Louis უმასპინძლა მესამე ოლიმპიადის დროს 1904 მსოფლიოს სამართლიანი Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, წმინდა. Louis gave
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. წმინდა. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 და 1919 were the African-American boxers forced to fight each other for the “Colored Championship”. Even after the great Jack Johnson finally broke the color line and won the World Heavyweight Championship, he would only defend the title against white contenders. შედეგად, the toughest challengers