It is difficult to imagine that there can be something in common between boxing and a kangaroo, however, just a few years ago, people entered the ring to arrange sparring with this amazing animal. But today we won’t be able to see how, say, world heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko is boxing with a kangaroo in the Las Vegas ring. However, we have a chance to look, as it was before, in the 20th century.
Gene Harvey, the champion of Great Britain, boxed with a marsupial beast in 1930.
Sydney, 1930s. A kangaroo from Tarong Zoo hits a right hook while sparring with a man.
World Champion Primo Carner, also known as Ambling Alp, in a kangaroo ring in Atlantic City, 1933.
Photographer Fred Morley decided to try sparring with a kangaroo on Trafalgar Square, London, 1931. The self-confident person is so convinced of his victory that he did not even take the camera out of his hands.
In the modern world, animal advocates are extremely negative about such performances and insist on their complete prohibition.
A circus clown falls after hitting a kangaroo.
Paris, November 1932.
Victory for the kangaroo.
Shooting the film "Million dollars for a mermaid" by Mervyn LeRoy. Scene where actor Jesse White is boxing with a kangaroo.
Shanghai Wildlife Park. Clown boxing with a kangaroo during the Animal Olympics.
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