Batalsporthistoriisto kaj Militartisto
Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, Kiu estis 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. #Beda?rinde, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.
Sur januaro 10, 1910, #?Us alvenita pola luktisto Stanislaus Zbyszko prenis sur Charlie “La Infano” Cutler en plej bona du-ekstere-de-tri fala #mat?o. Cutler estis boksisto en trupo kurita de John L. Sullivan #anta? transitioning al luktado. Dum Cutler estis ekstreme malfacile, Stanislaus Zbyszko estis luktanta ekde lia junularo. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. Je 1867, Allen moved to St. Louis, the largest city west of the Mississippi. Allen never left and would use St. Louis as his home base to train for prizefights. Allen fought mostly in bare knuckle prizefights as American boxing would not be
Sur decembro 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch perdis tri semajnan batalon kun uremic venenado. #Fu?miksi provita teni liajn renojn iranta tra operacio en Chicago sed ?i provizis nur intertempan #trankvili?o. Gotch celita veturi al Varmaj Printempoj, Arkansaso provi kaj restarigi lian sanon. La operacio finis #?i tiu esperon. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Marde, Novembro 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan fought Al Greenfield at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sullivan needed to overcome more than just his opponent in this bout. The men originally agreed to fight on Monday, Novembro 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with
Lunde, Februaro 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis kaj “Malgranda Demono” Joe Acton met at Battery D in Chicago, Ilinojso. It would be the first of several exhibition bouts between the men. They performed these exhibitions in the larger Midwestern cities in early 1887. Like the St. Paul match I covered in an earlier post, Lewis and Acton agreed to
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. En ĉi tiu epizodo, Mi diskutas kion Evan “La Strangler” Lewis’ Tenado estus vokita hodiaŭ. Ĉefa Enhavo – Kiam mi unue aŭdis de la stranglehold aŭ “pendi tenadon” de Evan “La Strangler” Lewis, Ĝi sonis kiel gilotino sufokas. Tamen, Pluraj fontoj mi kontrolis priskribita ĝin kiel malantaŭa nuda sufoki. Lewis
Vendrede, Marto 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Kalifornio. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 P.M. 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 atingis lian plej grandan famon kiel la trejnisto de Monda Superpezula Bokso Ĉampiono Joe Louis de 1934 Al 1942. Louis estas ĝenerale konsiderita esti unu el la supro tri al kvin superpezuloj en profesia boksa historio kaj kelkaj konsideri lin la plej bona superpezula batalanto. “Jack” Blackburn developed the talents of the young champion and helped him