Combat kev ua si Historian thiab Martial Artist
Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 17, 1922, Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko wrestled ib handicap match tiv thaiv Francois Lemarque thiab up-and-coming lone Jim Londos. Londos yog tseem ob peb xyoos kom deb ntawm qhov biggest box office kos hauv kev wrestling tab sis nws yog tus nrov wrestler hauv St. Louis. Thaum Londos tsuas sawv li 5’06” los yog 5’07”, nws possessed
Sunday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 17, 1906, Kansas City, Missouri ib zaug proved nws tus kheej kom tau ib hotbed rau kev wrestling li 8,000 Kiv cua crammed Convention nrog saib lub rematch ntawm Frank Gotch thiab Fred Beell. Beell yeej tus American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm Gotch peb lub lis piam lawm hauv New Orleans, Louisiana. Gotch tau thov cov tsis tau ib fluke, Thaum
Rau hnub Saturday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 2nd, 1893, Neeg dawb huv Louis boxing txij thiab Greco-Roman wrestler Mike Mooney ntsib Max Luttbeg ntawm neeg dawb huv Louis’ Lom ze nrog. Ua ntej match hype teem rau Mooney yeej tsis poob ib wrestling match los yog ib boxing boxing. Mooney yog ib tug zoo Greco-Roman wrestler, Thaum Luttbeg yog ib tug zoo catch-as-can wrestler. Nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua 19th, Nws yog hom rau qhov yuam kev
Nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 11, 1976, Yos Xes “Toots” Mondt tuag enroute rau Christian Northeast tsev kho mob nyob rau sab qaum teb St. Louis County. Mondt twb nyuam qhuav txav los rau St. Louis hauv 1969 Pab saib xyuas nws tus poj niam Alda niam. Tom qab nws niam tuag nyob rau hauv 1971, Tus Mondts txiav txim siab nyob hauv St. Louis, Qhov twg Alda twb tau yug thiab tsa ceg. Mondt yog ib legendary
Tus ob peb yog tus paub txog qhov prizefighter liaj Ryan tej zaum paub nws li John L. Sullivan kev tsim txom. Sullivan tuav Ryan rau lub Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship rau 1882. Ryan yog fighter zoo rau nws tus kheej kom ho. Ryan yug rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 15, 1851 nyob rau hauv Ireland. Nws tsev neeg mus Troy emigrated, New York. Ryan was known through out his
txoj kev “Loj” Munn tus meteoric sawv hauv kev wrestling. Debuting hauv 1924, Munn “yeej” Lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm Ed “Strangler” Lewis nyob rau thaum ntxov 1925. Nws lub caij nplooj zeeg cia li ceev ceev. Los ntawm 1926, Munn yog txijnkawm. Ib tug kawm ntawv qib siab football kab ntawm Nebraska, Munn yog recruited rau hauv kev wrestling los Billy Sandow, defacto coj ntawm cov kub Trio Trio. Tus
Fred Beell yog ib qho muaj zog, Tuav kev wrestler ntawm tus tig ntawm lub xyoo pua 20th. Beell muab tag nrho cov wrestlers zoo wrestlers ntawm hnub tawv contests tab sis nws tsis muaj luaj li cas hampered nws muaj peev xwm nrog ntiaj teb hoob kawm wrestlers. Txawm tias haib ua tau, Beell yog generously teev nyob 5’06”. Thaum nws heaviest, Beell yeej tsis tshaj 170 phaus. Thaum possessing ib bodybuilder lub bodybuilder
Thaum William Muldoon txijnkawm los ntawm kev wrestling hauv 1889, Nws npaj siab rau nws protégé, Ernst Roeber, Ua lub ntiaj teb tshiab Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Txij thaum Muldoon ib txwm defended nws championship hauv lub Greco-Roman wrestling style, Nws xaiv ua kev txiav txim zoo. Roeber yog arguably qhov zoo Greco-Roman wrestler hauv America thaum lub sij hawm. Txawm li cas los, Tus kiv cua wrestling thiab journalist, npog cov kev ua si nawv,
willard “Nqi qus” Longson yug hauv lub pas dej ntsev lub zos, Utah, nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 8, 1906 Tab sis siv feem ntau ntawm nws lub neej laus hauv St. Louis, Missouri. Tom qab pib nws cov hauj lwm raws li ib tug wrestler wrestler hauv 1931, Longson nrhiav tau nws tus kheej ua hauj lwm rau Tom Packs hauv St. Louis. Nws yeej tsis tshuav li nws yuav nws lub tsev puag rau cov seem
Nyob rau hauv 1902, future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart was a rising contender. Fighting primarily out of his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Hart was matched against Kid Carter at the Southern Athletic Club on May 2, 1902. Tom 17-1, Hart knew another victory would go a long way in securing a heavyweight title fight. The Brooklyn-born Kid Carter intended to