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A year following the third Gans-Nelson fight, Gans was dead from tuberculosis. Gans wasn’t only fighting Nelson in those three bouts, but that cursed disease as well. Gans lacked the flash of some boxers like Muhammad Ali or Floyd Mayweather, but he held the title of lightweight champ from 1902 to 1908—making him America’s first black ...
Finally, in the forty-second round, Nelson hit Gans below the belt causing him to lose the fight by disqualification. In 1907 and 1908, Nelson split a pair of bouts with Britt and fought Attell to a draw.
No.ResultRecordOpponent134Loss69–33–27 (5)133Win69–32–27 (5)Pierce Matthews132Loss68–32–27 (5)131Loss68–31–27 (5)Bobby Waugh3rd September 1906 - Casino Amphitheatre, Goldfield, Nevada, USAWorld Lightweight Title - 10th defence by GansBilled by promoter Tex Rickard as "The Fight of...
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Sep 20, 2014 · For true boxing fans, the site of the Sept. 3, 1906, lightweight championship fight between Joe Gans and Oscar “Battling” Nelson ought to be sacred ground. Not only was it where the longest...
Jun 16, 2012 · Gildea builds the book around that fight: a hot, brutal bout in September 1906 when Gans defended his title against a white boxer named Oscar "Battling" Nelson.
November 25, 1874 – August 10, 1910. The Longest Fight On Labor Day, 1906, in Goldfield, Nevada, Gans and Nelson were matched in the first Fight of the Century promoted by Tex Rickard, who would later achieve greater fame by promoting Jack Dempsey’s million-dollar fights.
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On September 3, 1906 Joe Gans (called The Old Master) and Oscar "Battling" Nelson fought under the searing sun of Goldfield, Nevada. At the time Goldfield was the epicenter of the last great...
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