Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, wat 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Ongelukkig, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Ek het gereeld gevind dat die grootste uitdaging om vroeë professionele stoei te ondersoek, die feit van fiksie skei. Selfs toe die stoeiers in wettige wedstryde meeding, dit het dikwels die uitkomste opgeblaas, het apokriewe folklore opgebou rondom hul oorwinnings en spookagtige verhale uitgeoefen om hul verliese te verklaar. Professionele stoei spruit uit die karnavalle en behou die promosie-instinkte van hierdie kuns. St.
Januarie 10, 1910, onlangs aangekom Pools stoeier Stanislaus Zbyszko het op Charlie “Die Kid” Cutler in 'n twee beste-uit-drie-en-val wedstryd. Cutler was 'n bokser in 'n geselskap wat deur John L. Sullivan voor die oorgang na stoei. Terwyl Cutler was uiters moeilike, Stanislaus Zbyszko het geworstel sedert sy jeug. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Tom Allen is in Birmingham gebore, Engeland, maar het van sy bekendste gevegte in Amerika geveg. In 1867, Allen het na St. Louis, die grootste stad wes van die Mississippi. Allen het nooit weggegaan nie en sou St. Louis as sy tuisbasis om vir prysgevegte op te lei. Allen het meestal in kaalknokkelprysgevegte geveg, aangesien Amerikaanse boks nie sou wees nie
Op Desember 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Op Dinsdag, November 18, 1884, Wêreld-swaargewig kaalknokkel-prysvegkampioen John L. Sullivan het Al Greenfield by Madison Square Garden in New York geveg. Sullivan moes meer as net sy teenstander in hierdie geveg oorkom. Die mans het oorspronklik ingestem om Maandag te baklei, November 17, 1884, maar die owerhede van New York het die mans met arrestasie gedreig. Die gestoei met
Op Maandag, Februarie 7, 1887, Evan “Worger” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton het by Battery D in Chicago ontmoet, Illinois. Dit sou die eerste van verskeie uitstallingsgevegte tussen die mans wees. Hulle het hierdie uitstallings vroeg in die groter Midwest-stede uitgevoer 1887. Soos die St. Paul-wedstryd het ek in 'n vorige pos gedek, Lewis en Acton het ingestem
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. In hierdie episode, I discuss what Evan “Die worger” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Main Content – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Egter, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
Op Vrydag, Maart 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Kalifornië. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 namiddag. William Muldoon, former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, seconded Kilrain, who Muldoon trained for this fight. Muldoon trained Kilrain’s opponent, John L. Sullivan, for their 1889
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 te 1942. Louis is widely considered to be one of the top three to five heavyweights in professional boxing history and some consider him the best heavyweight fighter. “Jack” Blackburn het die talente van die jong kampioen ontwikkel en hom gehelp