Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Evan “Strangler” Lewis, tiež volal Evan Lewis “škrtič”, bol profesionálny zápasník z 1882 na 1899. Lewis bol prvý Američan Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Zápas Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” alebo “hang hold”, ktorú novodobí fanúšikovia MMA poznajú pod názvom gilotínová tlmivka. Lewis robil jeho profesionálny debut víťazstvom 64 mužský turnaj
Martin “Poľnohospodár” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Poľnohospodár” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 libier. V 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was
On January 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, niekoľko amerických zápasníkov dokonca predtým tvrdilo, že je Nogert
In November 1923, St. Reportér Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy urobil rozhovor so St. Louis wrestlingový promotér John Contos. Murphy navrhol Contosovi, že éra dominantných zápasníkov ako William Muldoon sa skončila. Murphy hovoril o nedávnom zápase medzi nimi “Majster sveta” Hardneck Phillips a herný uchádzač Webster O'Malley. Phillips úspešne obhájil svoje prvenstvo tým, že hodil O’Malleyho po 1 hour, 50
William Muldoon bol úradujúcim majstrom sveta v zápasení v ťažkej váhe a známym fyzickým kulturistom, keď bol Muldoon zasnúbený s Johnom L. Sullivanovi priaznivci, aby dostali svojho bojovníka do formy. Sullivan bol úradujúcim majstrom sveta v ťažkej váhe v prizefightingu holých kĺbov. Podpísal dohodu, aby sa stretol so svojím najťažším vyzývateľom, Jake Kilrain, v júli 1889. Sullivan priznal, že je v zlom stave,
Októbra 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”
No one took advantage of the No Decision era of professional boxing like Battling Levinsky. Levinsky was a skilled defensive boxer, who took little damage during his fights. When Ring Magazine asked him why he was so active, sometimes taking 3 fights in a day around New York, Levinsky said, “I like money and I never get hurt.” Levinsky was
Dňa 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 rokov. Gotch bol o rok starší, no považoval sa za napredujúceho. Fanúšikovia a reportéri pokrývajúci šport považovali Gotcha
On Tuesday, Marec 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.