Storiku tal-Isport tal-Ġlieda u Artist Marzjali
At the end of 1932, 22-Vila Milli ta’ sena ħarġet lil żewġha, wrestler professjonali Wladek Zbyszko, għal divorzju li jallega moħqrija fiżika u adulterju. Milli akkuża lil Zbyszko ta’ 41 sena b’moħqrija fiżika talli “għannaqha wisq.” L-Imħallef Dunne tal-Qorti Suprema ta’ Brooklyn sema’ l-każ tad-divorzju. Huwa esprima dubju li Zbyszko abbuża minn martu. Madankollu, ma keċċiex il
Qabel ma immigra lejn l-Istati Uniti, Taro Miyake issetilja l-ewwel fl-Ingilterra. Miyake għen lil Yukio Tani biex jistabbilixxi Judo u Jujitsu fl-Ingilterra. Miyake u Tani sfidaw lil lottaturi professjonali għal logħbiet bħala parti mill-isforz tagħhom biex jistabbilixxu l-arti marzjali tagħhom. Tani ħa sehem f’partiti ta’ sfida qabel il-wasla ta’ Miyake. Miyake ħabat mal-ewwel avversarju tiegħu, Tani nnifsu,
Waqt li qed tirriċerka l-istorja tal-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight (1881 – 1922), Skoprejt il-partiti bikrija ta 'Evan "Strangler" Lewis f'Montana. Qabel ma tirriċerka dan is-suġġett, Ħsibt li Lewis beda l-karriera tiegħu billi rebaħ tournament tal-lotta ta’ 64 raġel f’Montana waqt 1882. Madankollu, Lewis ma rebaħx it-tournament. F'Mejju 1882, Lewis ġġieled f'kampjonat tal-lotta ta' Cornish
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. Madankollu, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.
Frank Gotch iddomina l-lotta Amerikana minn 1905 għall-irtirar tiegħu fi 1913. Gotch, iċ-Champion attwali tal-Heavyweight Wrestling Amerikan, rebaħ l-akbar partita fil-karriera tiegħu f’April 3, 1908. Gotch għeleb liċ-Champion attwali tal-World Heavyweight Wrestling Georg Hackenschmidt f’Chicago, Illinois. Gotch wera li kien dominanti bħala Champion tad-Dinja daqskemm kien bħala ċ-Champion Amerikan. Gotch qabel
Nhar il-Ħamis, April 29, 1909, Frank Gotch vvjaġġa lejn Memphis, Tennessee biex tiġġieled kontra l-wrestler tal-piż ħafif ħafif Charles Hackenschmidt. Hackenschmidt rebaħ il-World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship taħt ismu reali, John Berg. Għalkemm il-partitarji ħasbu tajjeb fuq Berg, ma rawhx bħala theddida biex jegħleb lil Frank Gotch f’partita dritta. Biex jiżdied l-interess tal-fann
Joe Stecher lilha waqt żmien transitorju fil-lotta professjonali Amerikana. Prior to 1900, lottaturi kienu involuti primarjament f'konkorsi leġittimi għalkemm il-lottaturi kienu jaħdmu logħbiet kultant. Wara 1915, il-wrestlers kollha ħadmu l-logħbiet tagħhom. Wrestlers ġġieldu kompetizzjonijiet leġittimi biss biex isolvu tilwima promozzjonali jew biex jagħmlu double-cross. Minn 1900 li 1915, lottaturi impenjati f’taħlita ta’ logħbiet maħduma
Fuq Awissu 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. Madankollu, the public did not recognize the winner of the bout as the world champion. The public recognized the winner as the American Heavyweight
Ħadd ma ħa vantaġġ mill-era No Decision tal-boxing professjonali bħal Battling Levinsky. Levinsky kien boxer difensiv tas-sengħa, li ftit ħasru waqt il-ġlied tiegħu. Meta Ring Magazine staqsieh għaliex kien daqshekk attiv, kultant tieħu 3 ġlied f’ġurnata madwar New York, Levinsky qal, “Inħobb il-flus u qatt ma nweġġa’.” Levinsky kien
(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: The Quest for Redemption, 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, Iowa. Sinjura. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which