Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Fred Beell era un forte, loitador profesional talentoso a principios do século XX. Beell deu a todos os mellores loitadores do día duros concursos, pero a súa falta de tamaño a miúdo dificultaba a súa habilidade con loitadores de clase mundial.. Aínda que poderosamente construído, Beell figuraba xenerosamente no 5’06”. No seu máis pesado, Beell nunca superou 170 libras. Mentres posúe un fisiculturismo
Cando William Muldoon se retirou da loita libre profesional 1889, pretendía para o seu protexido, Ernst Roeber, para converterse no novo campión mundial de loita libre de peso pesado. Xa que Muldoon sempre defendeu o seu campionato ao estilo de loita grecorromana, a súa elección tiña sentido. Roeber era sen dúbida o mellor loitador grecorromano de América na época. Porén, os afeccionados á loita libre e xornalista, cubrindo o deporte,
Willard “Wild Bill” Longson naceu en Salt Lake City, Utah, en xuño 8, 1906 pero pasou a maior parte da súa vida adulta en St. Louis, Missouri. Despois de comezar a súa carreira como loitador profesional en 1931, Longson atopouse traballando para Tom Packs en St. Louis. Nunca marchou realmente, xa que sería a súa base para o resto
En 1902, o futuro campión mundial de boxeo peso pesado Marvin Hart foi un aspirante en ascenso. Loitando principalmente fóra da súa cidade natal de Louisville, Kentucky, Hart enfrontouse contra Kid Carter no Southern Athletic Club en maio 2, 1902. En 17-1, Hart sabía que outra vitoria serviría para conseguir unha loita polo título dos pesos pesados. O Kid Carter, nacido en Brooklyn, pretendía facelo
In a recent post, I wrote about Charles Green’s unsuccessful attempt to defeat Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis in 1889. Un ano máis tarde, Green had greater success with another American wrestling legend, Martin “Agricultores” Queimaduras. The soon-to-be 29-year-old Burns was an excellent wrestler but wasn’t yet on the level of Evan Lewis. Porén, he would have to be in the top 10
The Gold Dust Trio’s dominance of professional wrestling in the early to mid-1920s bred lots of resentment with other wrestlers and promoters. This professional jealousy led to a famous double-cross in 1925. From this time on, the world title was disputed as Joe Stecher held one version, while Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis held the other version. Due to the real resentment
The following excerpt is from my new book Double Crossing the Gold Dust Trio, which will be out this summer. During the summer (of 1921), the Zbyszko brothers received word that their mother was gravely ill. Making quick preparation, they let Curley and the other promoters know they would be leaving as soon as they could arrange passage on a
Charles Green, a skilled English catch-as-catch-can wrestler, traveled to the United States in the late 1880s to wrestle the best American wrestlers. Green got his opportunity on July 21, 1889, when he wrestled American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Champion Evan Lewis. To prepare for this match, Green took a handicap bout with journeyman wrestler Bert Scheller in late June. Scheller was born
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 “Estrangulador” Lewis, seu