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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. Vendar, he did not dismiss the
Pred imigracijo v ZDA, Taro Miyake se je najprej naselil v Angliji. Miyake je pomagal Yukiu Taniju pri uveljavljanju juda in jujitsuja v Angliji. Miyake in Tani sta poklicne rokoborce izzvala na dvoboje kot del svojih prizadevanj za uveljavitev svojih borilnih veščin. Tani je sodeloval v dvobojih izzivov pred prihodom Miyakeja. Miyake se je spopadel s svojim prvim nasprotnikom, Tani sam,
Med raziskovanjem zgodovine ameriškega prvenstva v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji (1881 – 1922), Odkril sem zgodnje tekme Evana "Davitelja" Lewisa v Montani. Pred raziskovanjem te teme, Mislil sem, da je Lewis svojo kariero začel z zmago na turnirju v rokoborbi s 64 moškimi v Montani med 1882. Vendar, Lewis turnirja ni zmagal. In May 1882, Lewis se je boril na turnirju v rokoborbi 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. Vendar, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.
Frank Gotch je dominiral v ameriški rokoborbi od 1905 do svoje upokojitve v 1913. Gotch, trenutni ameriški prvak v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji, aprila zmagal na največji tekmi v karieri 3, 1908. Gotch je v Chicagu premagal aktualnega svetovnega prvaka v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji Georga Hackenschmidta, Illinois. Gotch se je izkazal za enako dominantnega svetovnega prvaka, kot je bil kot ameriški prvak. Gotch agreed to
Četrtek, April 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. Po 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Iz 1900 za 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches
Avgusta 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. Vendar, the public did not recognize the winner of the bout as the world champion. The public recognized the winner as the American Heavyweight
Nihče ni izkoristil obdobja No Decision v profesionalnem boksu kot Battling Levinsky. Levinsky je bil spreten obrambni boksar, ki je med svojimi borbami utrpel malo škode. Ko ga je revija Ring vprašala, zakaj je tako aktiven, včasih jemanje 3 bitke v enem dnevu okoli New Yorka, je rekel Levinski, “Rad imam denar in nikoli nisem prizadet.” Levinski je bil
(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: Iskanje odrešitve, 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. Gospa. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which