3/15-19 BOXING

Boxing Notes
BOXING
6,000 YEARS AGO-ETHIOPIA
688 B.C.-ANCIENT OLYMPIC PROGRAM
s GREEKS-SIT ON STONE POUNDED EACH OTHER
ROME-MYRMEX (LIMB PIERCER)
300 B.C.-BANNED IN ROME
*INVENTED THE RING
CHRISTIANITY SPREADS-PUGILISM DISAPPEARS
1600’S-ENGLAND BOXING RETURNS
1681-NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT OF A BOUT
MIXTURE OF BOXING AND WRESTLING
1719-JAMES FIGG BOXING ACADEMY IN LONDON
1743-JACK BROUGHTON RULES FOR BOXING
3’ SQUARE CENTER OF RING
1838-LONDON PRIZE RING RULES
RING WITH ROPES ROUNDS
ALL BAREKNUCKLE BOXING
1ST TWO AMERICAN BOXERS MADE THEIR NAME IN
ENGLAND
1776-BILL RICHMOND
1809-TOM MOLINEAUX
1816-1ST MATCH IN AMERICA
JACOB HYER V. TOM BEASLEY
1840’S BOXING BANNED IN ENGLAND
YANKEE SULLIVAN
1849-TOM HYER BEATS SULLIVAN IN 16 ROUNDS
1ST SPORTS STORY SENT OVER THE TELEGRAPH
1880-1ST CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
PADDY RYAN KO’S JOE GOSS 87 ROUNDS
1882-JOHN L. SULLIVAN BECOMES AMERICAN CHAMP
1885-MARQUIS OF QUEENSBERRY RULES GLOVES
BOB FITZSIMMONS
1ST TRIPLE CROWN CHAMPION
MIDDLEWEIGHT, LIGHT-HEAVY AND HEAVY
1893-KNOCKED OUT 7 MEN IN ONE NIGHT

JOE LOUIS THE BROWN BOMBER
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION 60-1
HELD CHAMPIONSHIP 12 YEARS
LOUIS V. SCHEMELING DEMOCRACY V. NAZIS
COMEBACK TO MAKE $$$

SUGAR RAY ROBINSON
85-0 AS AN AMATEUR
128-1-2 AS A PROFESSIONAL
WELTERWEIGHT AND MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP
OVER 200 FIGHTS NEVER KNOCKED OUT
1980-RING MAGAZINE GREATEST FIGHTER OF ALL TIME

MUHAMMAD ALI
1960-CASSIUS CLAY WON OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT THE LOUISVILLE LIP
1964-VS SONNY LISTON
BECAME MUHAMMAD ALI
1967-TITLE TAKEN AWAY REFUSES ARMY
1970-LOSES TO JOE FRAZIER
1974-REGAINS TITLE V. GEORGE FOREMAN
RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE
1978-LOSES TO LEON SPINKS
SIX MONTHS LATER, ALI REGAINS CROWN 3RD TIME




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