Vintage Boxers in Action

Historical boxing poses featuring male athletes from the early 20th century, exhibiting traditional boxing attire and styles, capturing a nostalgic sporting era.

Fred Storbeck, South African Boxer, Bain News Service, 1910's

Eugene Criqui. January 30, 1949.

Tom McMahan

Dan A. Sullivan in boxing pose.

Fred Storbeck, South African Boxer, Bain News Service, 1910's

Historical Boxing - Jack Blackburn ca. 1910-1915.

Criqui in his twenties, beautifully with 1st ***** June 8, 1951.

Billy M'Carthy, a middle-weight champion of Australia, whose effort against Bob Fitzsimmons was the gamest ever.A picture of the former Australian middleweight champion, Billy McCarthy, who was buried yesterday, taken at the height of his career. November 05, 1931.

Date: 1910-1915 - Boxer Porky Flynn.

Matt Wells

Leo Houck of Lancaster, Pa., America's premier middleweigh under direction of Jack McGuigan, National A.C., Phila, PA

Jack O'Brien, in wrestling trunks

Nestor Tuominen

Kid Albert, 133 lbs

Jack O'Brien

Joe Coster

Kid Williams, Balto

Yussif Hussane

Young Flysen

W. Corbett - Boxer - Personality. June 15, 1936.

George Hackenschmidt.***** had taken 10 world weight-***** before he was 20. He ***** the true world champions. February 1, 1952.

But he will be remembered as a fighter for he was one of the most scientific boxers of all time. Never a hard hitter, he made up for his lack of punching power by his dazzling speed. Tunney and Corbett are often compared and the two were similar in many respects. Both were fine boxers, they were always in condition, their personal habits were above reproach. Since they had both deposed idols, neither was able to achieve much popularity among ring followers. Sullivan despised his conqueror and re

Tony Galento -- The beer-barrel-shaped back-alley fighter - bruiser would be a more correct term - of the 30s rose from an ice delivery route at the age of 14 to one of the most feared, if disrespected campaigners, in the heavyweight division. October 14, 1939. (Photo by The Associated Press).

Joe Shakespeare.A husky Cessnock welter weight. Another of Darcy's early victims, and whose good work at the Front has added to his popularity. January 26, 1951.

Joe Theel, 128-133 lbs

Put 'em up!

Portrait of an Unidentified Prize Fighter gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives

Eugene Volaire. January 13, 1945.

Elias Elin

Sport - Boxing. November 04, 1952. (Photo by G. K. Austin).

Mickey Devine

Historical Boxing - Houck ca. 1914 .

George England

Padoubny (left) lifts Bech-Olsen, during the World Wrestling Championship, in Paris, 1905. Magnus Emanuel Bech-Olsen (1866 - 1932), Danish circus director and wrestler. Ivan Maximovich Poddubny (1871 - 1949), wrestler from the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. In 1905 he became the World Champion in wrestling in Paris

World light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore has offered to fight two British boxers in one night. March 09, 1954.

Jimmy Carlton, 1928. May 21, 1928.

March 1912. Rafael Belli, killed in a boxing match.

Harry Stone

Young Erne

Bell & Kellar

Tom Kennedy and Joe Jeanette

Marty Cutler, Burns, Jack Johnson

Frank Bryant, full length, standing, facing left, on roller skates

Muscular Young Nude Boxer c.1962

Berger & Jeffries

Frank Klause

Portrait of clown Slivers Oakley

Wells & Coffey

Jess Willard

Jack Dempsey (right), American Professional Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion 1919-1926, with trainer Jerry Luvadis, three-quarter length Portrait, Underwood & Underwood, 1933

Jess Willard

Battling Levinsky ca. 1910-1915.

Two boxers on ring

Charley Weinert

Joe Simonich Butte Assassin

Circus strongman posing , Circus performers. Leon Abdalian Collection

Georges Carpentier - Boxing. March 24, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

Johnny Coulon

Boxing match on F 2, 1940 Boxing match on F 2 Roslagens flying fleet, 1940.

Tommy & Mike Gibbons

Mattie Baldwin - A.A. McLean - Gilbert Gallant

Yussiff Mahmout, Bulgo - Turkish wrestler, will meet Gotch who beat Hachen-Schmidt

Edelmeir & Faust

***** The Same Gym For Their Heavyweight Contest on Monday -- Tommy Farr, doing exercises on the rings during his training at the Crown and Anchor Gym, Preston Park, Brighton, in preparation of his fight against Don Cockell as Nottingham next Monday.Tommy Far and Don Cockell are training hard for their fight at the Nottingham Ice Rink on Monday next (March 9th) when they contest a heavyweight championship eliminator - the winner to meet Johnny Williams in a title match. Although they are both training at the same place - The Crown and Anchor Gym, Preston Park, Brighton - they never meet, for, by mutual consent, their training hours are staggered. March 06, 1953. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Ern Clingan trains for his ***** April 5, 1943.

Mattie Baldwin

J. Jeffries & Farmer Burnes

Young woman punching a mature man

Woman throwing ball to nervous man (EV003516_H)

Studio portrait of boxer Jack Johnson, with fists in fighting stance, 1928 (BSLOC_2018_4_150)

Knockout Brown

Mrs. Moran, son Pat Moran Jr., & Pat Moran, manager, Philadelphia NL (baseball)

Anefo photo collection. Boxers. December 18, 1953

Billy Meeske.Heavyweight champion wrestler of Australia, who will meet Tom Lurich (Russia) at Leichhardt on Monday. May 29, 1930.

Athlete John Treloar in a final training workout for the Australian 100 yards championship which he is contesting at Adelaide today. December 31, 1949.

Matt Wells

Boxing match on F 2, 1940 Boxing match on F 2 Roslagens flying fleet, 1940.

John Henry Lewis, American boxer, 1938. Artist: Unknown

Jimmy Braddock - Boxing. 1936.

Fred Welsh

Wells & Coffey

Pat Connelly.

Photographic portrait of Arne Borg (1901-1987) a Swedish freestyle swimmer and gold Olympic medallist. Dated 20th Century

Two swimmers, 1930s, exact place unknown, Germany, Europe

Madrid. 12/01/1917. Messrs. Reboleño, Thiebaut, Despujols, Noriega and Figueroa, who took part in the boxing match at the Palace Hotel.

McCormack playing tennis - digital file from original neg. | Library of Congress

Cec Pearce. February 5, 1939.

01/01/1930. Golf teacher Julio Casaña.

The body holt and neck double, wrestling display, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co

Edward Walsh, Chicago American League. Portraits, Photographs. 1909-09-09. George Arents Collection. Baseball players, Walsh, Ed, 1881-1959

Strong man with a small head, Montage, c. 1930, Germany, A muscular man in a wrestling suit poses confidently, Historical photo, Europe

Michel Fokine in the Ballet Daphnis et Chloé, Anonymous

Fred Welsh

Ching Hook in fighting attitude Description: "Photograph of Ching Hook in fighting attitude." One of three photographs of boxers registered in April 1888 by East End photographer Harry Carpenter (1860-1906). Date: 1888 shirtless, portrait, man, standing, pose, studio, victorian, boxer, boxing, fists, 1880s, 1888, copy1, blackbritons, mydaguerrotypeboyfriend

John Lawrence Sullivan, was the last bare-knuckle boxing champion in 1882. He was a first generation Irish American, born in Boston's South End in 1858 (BSLOC_2018_4_133)

Young man in boxing stance

GEORGE HACKENSCHMIDT Estonian wrestler, known as 'the Russian Lion', considered one of the greatest figures in the history of wrestling. Date: 1877 - 1968

Boxing Training. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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