Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
In 'n onlangse plasing, Ek het geskryf oor Charles Green se onsuksesvolle poging om Evan te verslaan “Worger” Lewis in 1889. A year later, Green het groter sukses met nog 'n Amerikaanse stoeilegende gehad, Martin “Boer” Burns. Die binnekort 29-jarige Burns was 'n uitstekende stoeier, maar was nog nie op die vlak van Evan Lewis nie. Egter, hy sal in die top moet wees 10
Die Gold Dust Trio se oorheersing van professionele stoei in die vroeë tot middel-1920's het baie wrok by ander stoeiers en promotors laat ontstaan. Hierdie professionele jaloesie het gelei tot 'n bekende dubbelkruis in 1925. Van hierdie tyd af, die wêreldtitel is betwis aangesien Joe Stecher een weergawe gehou het, terwyl Ed “Worger” Lewis het die ander weergawe gehou. As gevolg van die werklike wrok
Die volgende uittreksel is uit my nuwe boek Double Crossing the Gold Dust Trio, wat hierdie somer uit sal wees. During the summer (of 1921), die Zbyszko-broers het berig ontvang dat hul ma ernstig siek is. Maak vinnige voorbereiding, hulle het vir Curley en die ander promotors laat weet dat hulle sou vertrek sodra hulle deurgang op a kon reël
Charles Groen, ’n bekwame Engelse catch-as-catch-can-stoeier, het in die laat 1880's na die Verenigde State gereis om die beste Amerikaanse stoeiers te stoei. Green het sy geleentheid op Julie gekry 21, 1889, toe hy die Amerikaanse Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can-kampioen Evan Lewis gestoei het. Om voor te berei vir hierdie wedstryd, Green het aan die einde van Junie 'n voorgee-wedstryd met die stoeier Bert Scheller gehad. Scheller gebore is
Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
Whether it was a double-cross or an attempt to setup a legitimate contest, Paul Bowser’s attempt to secure a match between Joe Stecher and Joe Malcewicz nearly resulted in a riot on March 11, 1926. Events of the previous year actually set this debacle into motion. From the end of 1922, the Gold Dust Trio of Ed “Worger” Lewis, sy
Tom Jenkins had the distinction of being the only wrestler to defeat Frank Gotch multiple times. Jenkins and Gotch traded the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship between 1902 en 1906. At the time of this match, Jenkins was the champion again. Fred Beell had been campaigning for a match with Jenkins for the past several months. Beell finally convinced Jenkins to
On Joe Acton’s 33rd birthday, Maart 8, 1885, he wrestled fellow countryman Tom Cannon in a 2-out-of-3-falls match at Sportsman Park in New Orleans, Louisiana. Acton and Cannon had a long history together. Both men were born in England in early 1952. Cannon was born a month later than Acton on April 19, 1852. Both men started wrestling in the
1909 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. In March 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was
Joseph “Toots” Mondt wrestled professionally from the early 1910s through the 1930s but he made his real mark as a booker, booking agent and promoter. While Ed “Worger” Lewis considered Mondt his equal in a legitimate wrestling match, Mondt has a genius for creating angles and finishes in worked wrestling exhibitions. Mondt would join Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow