Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Evan “Strangler” Lewis, také volal Evan Lewis “škrtič”, byl profesionální zápasník z 1882 na 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” nebo “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament
Martin “Zemědělec” Burns je známý dnes jako trenér legendárního zápasníka Frank Gotch. “Zemědělec” Burns byl velký zápasník v jeho vlastní pravý. Burns vyhrál Wrestling mistrem American těžká váha legitimní profesionální zápas éry přesto, že pouze 165 liber. V 1891, Burns jako Iowa přeborník v těžké váze se na JC. Comstock, Michigan přeborník v těžké váze. J.C. Comstock was
Ledna 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, několik amerických zápasníků dokonce dříve tvrdilo, že jsou Nogert
In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times reporter Billy Murphy interviewed St. Louis wrestling promoter John Contos. Murphy proposed to Contos that the era of dominant wrestlers like William Muldoon was over. Murphy spoke about the recent match between “World Champion” Hardneck Phillips and the game contender Webster O’Malley. Phillips successfully defended his championship by throwing O’Malley after 1 hour, 50
William Muldoon was the reigning World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and a noted physical culturist, when Muldoon was engaged by John L. Sullivan’s backers to get their fighter in shape. Sullivan was the reigning World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Champion. He signed an agreement to meet his toughest challenger, Jake Kilrain, in July 1889. Sullivan admitted he was in bad shape,
Října 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men
Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”
Nikdo nevyužil éru profesionálního boxu bez rozhodnutí jako Battling Levinsky. Levinsky byl zkušený defenzivní boxer, který během svých bojů utrpěl malé poškození. Když se ho Ring Magazine zeptal, proč je tak aktivní, někdy brát 3 bojuje za den kolem New Yorku, řekl Levinský, “Mám rád peníze a nikdy se nezraním.” Levinský byl
Dne 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch setkal World Wrestling mistra George Hackenschmidt o světový titul v Dexter pavilon v parku v Chicagu, Illinois. Hackenschmidt byl neporažený jako profesionál, ale byl mistr světa na přibližně 7 let. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
V úterý, Březen 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 a 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.