Историчар на борбени спортови и боречки уметник
At the end of 1932, 22-year-old Vila Milli sued her husband, professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko, for divorce alleging physical cruelty and adultery. Milli charged the 41-year-old Zbyszko with physical cruelty for “hugging her too hard.” Justice Dunne of the Brooklyn Supreme Court heard the divorce case. He expressed doubt that Zbyszko abused his wife. Сепак, he did not dismiss the
Before immigrating to the United States, Taro Miyake first settled in England. Miyake assisted Yukio Tani with establishing Judo and Jujitsu in England. Miyake and Tani challenged professional wrestlers to matches as part of their effort to establish their martial arts. Tani took part in challenge matches prior to the arrival of Miyake. Miyake grappled his first opponent, Tani himself,
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. Сепак, 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. Сепак, 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, the current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, 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
On Thursday, Април 29, 1909, Френк Готч отпатува за Мемфис, Тенеси ќе се бори со високо ценетиот борач во полутешка категорија Чарлс Хакеншмит. Hackenschmidt won the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship under his real name, John Berg. Иако фановите му мислеа добро на Берг, тие не го гледаа како закана да го поразат Френк Готч во директен натпревар. 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. Од 1900 да се 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches
Во август 7, 1882, American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Edwin Bibby defended his title against English Champion Joe Acton at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The men wrestled a “catch-as-catch-can” match for the world championship. Сепак, the public did not recognize the winner of the bout as the world champion. The public recognized the winner as the American Heavyweight
Никој не ја искористи предноста од ерата „Без одлука“ на професионалниот бокс како „Батлинг Левински“.. Левински беше вешт одбранбен боксер, кој направи мала штета за време на неговите борби. Кога магазинот Ring го праша зошто е толку активен, понекогаш земајќи 3 тепачки во еден ден околу Њујорк, рече Левински, “Сакам пари и никогаш не се повредувам.” Левински беше
(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: Потрагата по откуп, published on February 2, 2022.) The most important event affecting the future of Frank Gotch’s career occurred on January 11, 1911. Gotch married the former Gladys Oestrich at her parent’s home in Humboldt, Ајова. Г-ѓа. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which