Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Objave o boksu 19. i ranog 20. stoljeća.
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Nakon 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. Ušao je i kao jedan od
Jack Johnson je oduvijek bila teška tema za mene. Divim mu hrabrost i snagu u sučeljavanju mržnju i fanatizam u trenutku kada se radi tako da stavite svoj život u opasnosti. On je odbio da se prilagodi i prihvatiti položaj inferiornosti da bijelih Amerikanaca. Još, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife
Sam McVey, koji se smatra Idol Pariza, tijekom boksačke karijere iz 1902 to 1921, je u velikoj mjeri i danas zaboravljeni. Jedna od najvećih crnih teškaša svoga vremena, on je bio zamrznut iz borbe za naslov svjetskog prvaka, čak i nakon što Jack Johnson pobijedio Tommy Burns u 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career
Abe Attell bila teška boksač. On je osvojio Svjetsko prvenstvo Pero boks dva puta. On i njegov brat Monte bili prvi braća da će svjetski boksački prvak u isto vrijeme, nakon Monte osvojio Svjetsko prvenstvo bantamweight. Abe Attell won his first title when he was based out of the West End Boxing Club in St. Louis, MO.
While doing research, I found this picture of the Manassa Mauler training for his July 4th, 1919 title fight with Jess Willard, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard was a giant of a man at 6’06” i 235 funti. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Međutim,