Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, ktorý bol 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. Bohužiaľ, 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.
On January 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Tom Allen sa narodil v Birminghame, Anglicko, ale niektoré zo svojich najznámejších zápasov odohral v Amerike. V 1867, Allen sa presťahoval do St. Louis, najväčšie mesto západne od Mississippi. Allen nikdy neodišiel a použil by St. Louis ako svoju domovskú základňu na trénovanie na zápasy o ceny. Allen bojoval väčšinou v zápasoch na holých kolenách, ako by americký box nebol
Decembra 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
On Tuesday, November 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, November 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with
V pondelok, Február 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Malý Demon” Joe Acton met at Battery D in Chicago, Illinois. 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. V tejto epizóde, I discuss what Evan “Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Hlavný obsah – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Však, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
V piatok, Marec 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain bojoval s Georgeom Godfreyom v California Athletic Club v San Franciscu, Kalifornia. Muži bojovali o trofej a $5,000. Muži vstúpili do ringu o hod 9:52 p.m.. William Muldoon, bývalý majster sveta v ťažkej váhe, vyslaný Kilrain, ktorý Muldoon trénoval na tento boj. Muldoon vycvičil Kilrainovho súpera, John L. Sullivan, pre ich 1889
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 na 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 rozvíjal talenty mladého šampióna a pomáhal mu