Vintage Boxing Champions

Historical black and white portraits of early 20th-century male boxers posed in athletic attire, capturing the essence of vintage sports.

Young McGowan ca. 1914.

Jim Stewart

Sharkey in athletic outfit

Johnny Lore, 12/6/12

Battling Charlie Lohn

Young McGowan ca. 1914.

Jack Britton

Carl Nelson

Billy Adams

Jack Leon

Jack Blackburn

Walter Miller

Harry Lewis in boxing outfit

Eugene Criqui, amazing French boxer, one of the few to knock out Godfrey. Eugene Criqui - You can put forward arguments about Freddie Dawson being the cleverest boxer eves to come here, but critics over a period of years will tell you that there will never be another Criqui. June 1, 1949.

Jess Willard

Sid Stagg. November 06, 1943.

Date: 1910-1915 - Porky Flynn.

Studio Portrait of an Unidentified Boxer, circa 1928, maker unknown. F B Butler/Crown Studios Collection. Gift of Frederick B Butler, 1971.

Milburn Saylor. May 28, 1944.

Criqu in his prime, lithe and beautifully proportioned. He was a magnificent fighter, remembered for his skill and courage. April 5, 1950.

Kid Williams

South African boxer Fred Storbeck

Portrait of Carl Morris boxer

Hermann Glassler

Mickey Devine

Old Time Boxing. July 13, 1951.

Boxer Jack Johnson, won the World Heavyweight Championship from Tommy Burns on Dec. 26, 1908. Photo c. 1910 (BSLOC_2018_4_149)

Al Palzer, boxer

Caspar DeLeon

Portrait of shirtless sportsman

Bob Diry

The American athlete Robert Garrett, winner of two Golds at the Athens Games in April 1896.

Poucher

Harry Lewis in boxing outfit

Boxer George Robinson

Illa Vincent

Jem Smith. Professional Heavy Weight Boxing Champion. Great Britain; British; 1890s; Gelatin silver print

Willie Lewis

George Hackenschmidt (1877 - 1968), Estonian wrestler, known as 'The Russian Lion', considered one of the greatest figures in the history of wrestling. Photographed taken at the Championships at the Royal Albert Hall where Hackenschmidt defeats Jenkins by winning the first two falls. Date: 1904

Mickey Sheridan

Leach Cross

Geo. Chip

Willie Lewis

Date: 1910-1915 - Jack Lester - boxing .

Packy McFarland

Rus Critcher, who will fight "You Sam Langford at Leichhardt Stadium tomorrow might. January 06, 1931.

John Lawrence Sullivan, the bare-knuckle champion in a boxing stance, 1898. After losing his title to Jim Corbett, Sullivan appeared in exhibition fights, but did not his attempt to regain his title. (BSLOC_2018_4_136)

Jack Petersen, Welsh boxer, 1938. Artist: Unknown

F.C. Thomson

Herman Gassler

Gallant little Bert Spargo. August 29, 1952.

Swimming Champion, circa 1930, by William Oakley. F B Butler/Crown Studios Collection. Gift of Frederick B Butler, 1971.

Joe Rogers, "The America Apollo" in gymnasium

Cal Delaney, Kilbane

12/31/1917. A Pedestrian champion. Juan Muguerza, runner from Elgoibar, who has won 23 Awards. Spain champion.

Jim Flynn

Sea-scout James Wheatley, one of the heroes of the Rodney disaster. He was on the launch when it turned over, but managed to save five people. February 01, 1938. (Photo by Norman Victor Herfort/Fairfax Media).

Preparing To Move Man MountainJack Sharkey punching the bag at Orangeburg, N.Y., where he is getting ready for his battle with Primo Carnera, Italian giant, in New York, June 29. June 14, 1933. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

H. Irslinger & Tommy McCarty

B. Ryan of Holy Cross

Madrid, Spain: January 14, 1930 Two of the wrestlers competing for Spain's championship demonstrate the "Full Nelson" hold.

Archie Kemp, 25, the Victorian lightweight boxer who was injured in his contest with Jack Hassen last night, died in St. Vincent's Hospital at 9 am today while his wife was flying to his bedside from Melbourne.Archie Kemp, of Victoria, who has been forced to withdraw from his light weight title flight with Jack Hassen, strapped up with a broken rib. July 14, 1949.

George Chip. October 10, 1943.

Capt. A. Zink, G.W. Hoyns, B. Sanders, K.M. Boorman: Columbia Relay Team, 1908

Portrait of Three Unidentified Athletes, circa 1928, maker unknown. F B Butler/Crown Studios Collection. Gift of Frederick B Butler, 1971.

H. Tickle. February 20, 1934.

Two boxers and a referee (EV004908_H)

Ralph Craig

Photograph of Coast Guardsman During Calisthenics. Coast Guard. Symbolic of the fighting U.S. Coast Guard is this youthful Coast Guardsman whose rugged frame was caught in this picturesque moment during calisthenics at a California Coast Guard Station.

1930s MAN MUSCULAR ATHLETE CONCENTRATED FOCUSED FACIAL EXPRESSION EXERCISING WORKING OUT ON GYMNASIUM STATIONARY ROWING MACHINE

Walter Neusel, German boxer, 1938. Artist: Unknown

Ed Renz

Jess Willard, heavyweight boxer in a boxing post, Sept. 3, 1912. Willard won the heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Johnson in 1915, and lost it to Jack Dempsey in 1919 (BSLOC_2018_4_145)

Vintage photograph. Male bodybuilder flexing his biceps.

Bud Goodwin

G. Aliprantes of Constantinople, the winner of the 'rope-climbing' event at the 1906 Olympic Games in Athens. The Games were staged as a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the resumption of the Games and opened on May 22. Though not official, they were nevertheless very important for the Olympic movement after the failure of the 1900 and 1904 Olympics. Date: 1906

Lovell

America's Challenge To England's Fattest BoyLeslie Bowls, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bowls of Lowerstoft, England, is claimed to be the world's fattest baby for his age. Leslie is only 2 3/4 years of age, he weights 7 stone and is 36 1/2 inches in height, now from America comes a challenge to this claim from Joseph Randazza Jnr., of Gloucester Mass.,who is three years of age and weights 8 stone 151 bs. Both these boys weighted 7 1/2 lbs at birth and were perfectly normal babies. Here is Joseph Randazza, America's challenge to Leslie Bowls of Lowestoft. March 18, 1935. (Photo by Keystone).

Male fencer

Lemonier price on the Versailles-Paris route. "Rerolle winner of the Lemonier Prize leads to the track of the Jean Bouin stadium, Paris (16th arr.)". Photograph by Georges Devred for the Rol agency. January 4, 1931. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99525-21 COURSE

Goullet

Stanley Ketchel in boxing pose

Turkish Triumph In Free-Style Wrestling -- At left, has his arm raised in victory after winning the Welterweight section of the finals of the Free-Style wrestling in the 1948 Olympic games at Empress Hall, Earls Court, London, August 2nd.Australia's R.E.Garrard, second, is at Right. Turkey provided Olympic firsts in the Bamtam weight, featherweight, and Lightweight in Addition to DOGU's win. August 1,1948.

John C. Heenan, the champion of America: (the Benicia boy), 1860. John Heenan was an American bare-knuckle prize fighter

Anefo photo collection. Training Jan de Bruin with Theo Huizenaar. April 19, 1951

Photograph of Jakob Brendel (1907 - 1964) from Germany at the 1932 Olympic games. Jakob won gold in the Bantamweight.

Jeff Tesreau (baseball)

Vintage French photograph of Gaston Delaplane (1882 - 1977), a French rower and cyclist. He won three medals in rowing at the 1906 Intercalated Games and competed in three cycling events at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Philbin, Yale

Paris, 1924 Olympics. Weissmuller Broke the Record for the 400 Meter Free Swim.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Sports at the police school in Suriname. October 1, 1955. Suriname

Bicycle riders: Eddie Root

World Champion All-in Wrestler. Douglas Clark, British Champion undefeated. November 05, 1935. (Photo by Henderson).

Asia. Philippines. Chief Fighter Moro In Typical Costume. 1930-40

Johnson Trains - Don Johnson Training this Afternoon at McQuillan's GYM. October 31, 1951. (Photo by Ronald Leslie Stewart/Fairfax Media).

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