yes boxing started at about 1890.
Yes of course there was.
Babe Ruth
Charles A. Lindbergh
John L. Sullivan and Bartley Gorman are just two men considered heroes in bare-fist boxing.
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Babe Ruth was a hero of Major League baseball. And Jack Dempsey was a hero of Boxing.
Some of the more famous boxers from Philly that fought in the 1920s include Strawberry Blitman, Lew Tendler, Tommy loughran, and Big George Godfrey. Click on the 'Philadelphia Boxing' link underneath the answer to go to a website about the history of boxing in Philadelphia.
Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones and Jack Dempsey
Joe Louis' first professional fight was in Chicago, Illinois on July 4, 1934. He first became involved with boxing after his family moved to Detroit from Alabama in the mid 1920s.
Bill Tilden of USA, who was also known as 'Big Bill'.
During the 1920's boxers wore very thin gloves that barely had any padding on them. Today, the gloves are much thicker to protect the hands.