Qhov tsis nco qab lawm Boxer Sam McVey
Sam McVey, uas yog xam cov mlom Paris, thaum nws cov hauj lwm boxing ntawm 1902 mus 1921, puas lom zem ntau tsis nco qab lawm hnub no. Ib qhov loj tshaj dub heavyweights nws lub sij hawm, nws twb khov mus ntaus lub ntiaj teb Title txawm tias tub Jack Johnson tua yeej Tommy zaus hauv 1908. McVey poob rau Jack Johnson peb zaug thaum ntxov hauv nws cov hauj lwm tiam sis Johnson yuav tsis tua nws muaj.
McVey yug rau ntuj 17, 1884 hauv Texas, tiam sis nws xyaum kom nws cov hauj lwm boxing hauv Oxnard, California. McVey muaj teeb meem nrhiav fights vim nws tsuas yuav tua lwm fighters dub. McVey yog li chim nrog sawv daws nyob rau hauv uas nws nyob rau Fabkis nyob tsis tus 1907.
Nws nyob rau Fabkis fought neeg Paris kom txog rau thaum nws nyob rau Australia nyob 1911. Dhau li ntawm ntxiv dua kom khwv tau ib nyob sib ntaus nqi zog, Haiv neeg Fabkis txoj yog ntau to dub ncaws pob thiab performers. McVey los ua ib tug celebrity thiab yog hu ua tus “Mlom ntawm Paris”. McVey muab qhov rau ib qhov ntxov mixed martial arts bouts thaum nws coj rau Tano Matsuda, tus Englishman uas tau thov kom muaj ib tug kws muaj txuj Jujitsu, nyob Paris rau tswv yim xyoo tshiab 1908. Lov nws nyob rau hauv kaum vib nas this McVey.
Sam McVey circa 1914 los ntawm cov pej xeem sau ntawv
McVey tus muaj feem koob npe match nyob Fabkis twb nrog Joe Jeanette rau hnub tim 17, 1909. McVey, tus haib boxer uas sawv 5'10” thiab weighed ntawm 205 thiab 220 phaus, dominated qhov sib ntaus rau tus thawj 40 muab suav. Raws li cov tim 18,1909 ib tsab ntawm tus Txhua hnub Herald Newport cov xov xwm, Virginia, Yuav luag lov Jeanette nyob hauv ob lub 21st thiab 22nd rounds McVey. Jeanette, ib tug txiv neej tawv rau nws tus kheej txoj cai, yog muaj sia nyob li McVey pib hauv lub 40th hloov tire. Nyob hauv lub 50th hloov tom qab peb thiab ib nrab hnub sij hawm sib ntaus, McVey cov ces kaum hauv cov thooj ntaub nqus dej hauv ntshai rau lawv fighter txoj kev txawb. Nws yuav tsuas yog ib 16 xwb rau ib 96 hauj lwm sib ntaus.
Kev sib ntaus no yog ib lub rematch rau ntiaj teb dawb lias Heavyweight Boxing Championship uas Sam McVey muaj yeej ntawm Joe Jeanette rau lub ob hlis ntuj 1909. McVey yuav muaj ib ob reign li ntiaj teb dawb lias Heavyweight Championship, thaum nws tua yeej lub zoo Sam Langford lub hlis ntuj nqeg 1911 nyob Australia. Langford yeej lub npe rov qab rau hauv lub rematch no thaum lub plaub hlis 1912. McVey fought hauv Australia ob ntau xyoo ua ntej rov mus rau America.
Lub caij nyob mem kuj ua tsis zoo ntau heev nrog lub backlash tiv thaiv dub fighters tshwm sim los ntawm tus Jack Johnson reign li ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib. Tsis txhob ntxiv mus sim thiab nyiaj ntsuab nyob rau hauv cov tsam thawj thiab tsawg tsawg, Sam McVey pib mus ua hauj lwm nrog ib tus kws qhia thiab sparring tus hlub rau ob fighters dub thiab dawb nyob New York City. Txawm li cas los, nws NW nyuam qhuav tau nyiaj txaus los them rau room and board.
Lub hlis ntuj nqeg 23, 1921 ib tsab ntawm tus New York hmo ntuj qhia txog lub Sam McVey tuag mob ntsws muaj dej nyob hauv lub tsev kho mob Harlem. Ob hnub ua ntej Christmas 1921, yog ib lub heavyweights loj tshaj ntawm lub xyoo pua Twentieth thaum ntxov tuag ntawm 37 xyoo. Nyob rau hauv 1999, Sam McVey nyob inducted hauv cov Boxing nrog kev koob meej, ib yawm dlau caij lawm ntev.
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