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Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, som var 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. Tyvärr, 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.
På Januari 10, 1910, Nyligen kom polska brottare Stanislaus Zbyszko tog på Charlie “The Kid” Cutler i en bästa två-out-of-tre faller match. Cutler hade varit en boxare i en trupp som drivs av John L. Sullivan innan övergången till brottning. Medan Cutler var extremt tufft, Stanislaus Zbyszko hade brottats sedan sin ungdom. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Tom Allen föddes i Birmingham, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. I 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
På December 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
På tisdag, November 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan slogs mot Al Greenfield vid Madison Square Garden i New York City. Sullivan behövde övervinna mer än bara sin motståndare i den här matchen. Männen gick ursprungligen med på att slåss på måndagen, November 17, 1884, men myndigheterna i New York hotade männen med arrestering. Bråket med
På måndag, Februari 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis och “Little Demon” Joe Acton träffades på Battery D i Chicago, Illinois. Det skulle bli den första av flera utställningsmatcher mellan männen. De utförde dessa utställningar i de större städerna i Mellanvästern tidigt 1887. Som St. Paul match jag behandlade i ett tidigare inlägg, Lewis och Acton gick med på det
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. I denna episod, I discuss what Evan “Den strangleren” 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. Emellertid, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
På fredag, Mars 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain slogs mot George Godfrey på California Athletic Club i San Francisco, Kalifornien. Herrarna kämpade om en trofé och $5,000. Männen gick in i ringen kl 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, tidigare världsmästare i tungviktsbrottning, utstationerade Kilrain, som Muldoon tränade för denna kamp. Muldoon tränade Kilrains motståndare, John L. Sullivan, för deras 1889
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 till 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 utvecklade den unga mästarens talanger och hjälpte honom