pugilism

Very good memories of the past in Berlin. I too have some photos in my Flickr collection of historical photos.

"Joe Edwards" was the alias for the welterweight German boxer Paul Maschke from Berlin, who was a contender in the 'mixed rules' (boxing/wrestling) events that were taking place in parts of Europe.

"Joe Edwards" was the light-weight champion in London in 1900, and in addition to an active fighting schedule, "Joe Edwards" authored books on Boxing ("Boxen. Ein Fechten mit Naturwaffen" translated: "Boxing. Fencing with nature weapons”), taught at the Berlin Boxing Club and ran the "Berlin School of Boxing", ("American-Athletic-Club") in Berlin. [1] [2]

On February 1, 1907, Paul Maschke ('Joe Edwards') (Boxing) defeated the Frenchman, Edmond Vary (Jiu Jitsu) in Berlin. There was a rematch on August 11, 1907, between Maschke and Vary (Jiu Jitsu), also in Berlin. One source states that Vary lost again, another, a newspaper article from August 18, 1907, calls it a draw. [3] [4] [5]

Joe's wife, Rose "Edwards" was also a boxer. Two photographs of her are featured on Flickr.


 
There are other (LOC) photographs of "Joe Edwards" here:

           
"Joe Edwards"           by LOC             "Joe Edwards"           by LOC

 

Jack Johnson was born in Galveston TX

This is one of 4 Bain Collection photos of Jack Johnson taken in the same place and apparently at the same time, one of which is dated May 3, 1912

Joe Mandot was a Los Angeles-based featherweight boxer in the 1910s and 1920s: www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=229207 &cat=boxer There are at least two other photos of Mandot in the collection so far.

I started a biography in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Mandot

I found his World War I draft registration:

This is the New Orleans boxer. He was my great uncle and i have the original photos

Uncle Joe😌 from New Orleans not the one from Los Angelel.