Istoryen espò konba ak atis masyal
At the end of 1932, 22-Vila Milli ki gen yon ane te pote mari l lajistis, pwofesyonèl wrèstle Wladek Zbyszko, pou divòs akize mechanste fizik ak adiltè. Milli akize Zbyszko, ki gen 41 an, ak mechanste fizik paske li "anbrase l twò fò." Jij Dunne nan Kou Siprèm Brooklyn te tande ka divòs la. Li te eksprime dout ke Zbyszko te abize madanm li. Sepandan, li pa t ranvwaye a
Anvan imigre Ozetazini, Taro Miyake premye etabli nan Angletè. Miyake te ede Yukio Tani ak etabli Judo ak Jujitsu nan Angletè. Miyake ak Tani te defye luteur pwofesyonèl yo nan alimèt kòm yon pati nan efò yo pou etabli Art masyal yo.. Tani te patisipe nan match defi anvan arive Miyake. Miyake te konbat premye opozan li, Tani li menm,
While researching the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1881 – 1922), I discovered Evan “Strangler” Lewis’ early matches in Montana. Prior to researching this topic, I thought Lewis started his career by winning a 64-man wrestling tournament in Montana during 1882. Sepandan, Lewis did not win the tournament. In May 1882, Lewis wrestled in a Cornish wrestling tournament
On February 22, 1918, former World Bantamweight and Featherweight Boxing Champion “Terrible” Terry McGovern died in New York City’s Kings County Hospital. McGovern checked in a few days earlier with what McGovern thought was a severe upper respiratory infection. Sepandan, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.
Frank Gotch dominated American wrestling from 1905 to his retirement in 1913. Gotch, aktyèl chanpyon lit Ameriken Heavyweight, won the biggest match of his career on April 3, 1908. Gotch defeated current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Georg Hackenschmidt in Chicago, Illinois. Gotch proved as dominant a World Champion as he had been as the American Champion. Gotch agreed to
Nan Jedi, Avril 29, 1909, Frank Gotch traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to wrestle highly regarded light heavyweight wrestler Charles Hackenschmidt. Hackenschmidt won the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship under his real name, John Berg. Although fans thought well of Berg, they did not see him as a threat to defeat Frank Gotch in a straight match. To increase fan interest
Joe Stecher wrestled during a transitional time in American professional wrestling. Prior to 1900, wrestlers engaged primarily in legitimate contests although wrestlers did work matches occasionally. After 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Soti nan 1900 to 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches
Sou Out 7, 1882, Chanpyon lit pwa lou Ameriken Edwin Bibby te defann tit li kont chanpyon angle Joe Acton nan Madison Square Garden nan vil Nouyòk.. Mesye yo te lite yon match "catch-as-catch-can" pou chanpyona mondyal la. Sepandan, piblik la pa t rekonèt venkè bout la kòm chanpyon mondyal la. Piblik la rekonèt gayan an kòm pwa lou Ameriken an
Pa gen moun ki te pran avantaj de epòk No Decision nan boksè pwofesyonèl tankou Battling Levinsky. Levinsky te yon boksè defansiv kalifye, ki te fè ti domaj pandan batay li yo. Lè Ring Magazine te mande l poukisa li te tèlman aktif, pafwa pran 3 batay nan yon jou alantou New York, Levinsky te di, “Mwen renmen lajan e mwen pa janm blese.” Levinsky te
(Pòs sa a se yon ekstrè nan nouvo liv mwen an, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: Quest la pou Bondye vin delivre, pibliye nan mwa fevriye 2, 2022.) Evènman ki pi enpòtan ki afekte avni karyè Frank Gotch te fèt nan mwa janvye 11, 1911. Gotch te marye ak ansyen Gladys Oestrich lakay paran li nan Humboldt, Iowa. Mrs. Gotch prefere ke Frank pran retrèt nan bag la ki