Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Fred Beell var sterkur, hæfileikaríkur atvinnuglímumaður um aldamótin 20. Beell veitti öllum bestu glímumönnum dagsins erfiðar keppnir en skortur á stærð hamlaði oft getu hans með heimsklassa glímumönnum. Þó kraftmikið byggt, Beell var rausnarlega skráður í 5’06”. Þegar hann er þyngstur, Beell fór aldrei fram úr 170 £. Á meðan þú ert með líkamsbyggingarmann
Þegar William Muldoon hætti í atvinnuglímu í 1889, hann ætlaði til skjóls síns, Ernst Roeber, að verða nýr heimsmeistari í þungavigt í glímu. Þar sem Muldoon varði alltaf meistaratitilinn í grísk-rómverskum glímustíl, val hans var skynsamlegt. Roeber var án efa besti grísk-rómverski glímumaðurinn í Ameríku á þeim tíma. Þó, glímuaðdáendurnir og blaðamaðurinn, fjalla um íþróttina,
Willard “Villi Bill” Longson fæddist í Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 8, 1906 en eyddi mestum hluta fullorðinsárs síns í St. Louis, Missouri. Eftir að hafa byrjað feril sinn sem atvinnuglímumaður í 1931, Longson fann sig vinna fyrir Tom Packs í St. Louis. Hann fór eiginlega aldrei þar sem það yrði heimavöllur hans það sem eftir var
Í 1902, verðandi heimsmeistari í þungavigt í hnefaleikum, Marvin Hart, var vaxandi keppandi. Barðist fyrst og fremst út úr heimabæ sínum Louisville, Kentucky, Hart var leikið gegn Kid Carter í Southern Athletic Club í maí 2, 1902. Á 17-1, Hart vissi að annar sigur myndi fara langt með að tryggja sér titilbardaga í þungavigt. Hinn Brooklyn-fæddi Kid Carter ætlaði að gera það
In a recent post, I wrote about Charles Green’s unsuccessful attempt to defeat Evan “Strangler” Lewis in 1889. Ári síðar, Green had greater success with another American wrestling legend, Martin “Farmer” Burns. The soon-to-be 29-year-old Burns was an excellent wrestler but wasn’t yet on the level of Evan Lewis. Þó, 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 “Strangler” 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 krafa welterweight Veröld Boxing Championship, þegar hann decisioned Honey Mellody í apríl 1907. Sem hlotið bæði þungur hendur og betri en venjulega box færni, Sullivan krafa sigra yfir miklu Joe Gans og framtíð welterweight Veröld Boxing Champion Harry Lewis á ferlinum. Lewis vann welterweight titilinn, þegar Sullivan gat ekki lengur gert 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 “Strangler” Lewis, hans