Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
On Thursday, Urtarrila 31, 2020, Grandmaster Pat Weseman promoted me to 4th Dan in Taekwondo at the Advanced Class. When I started classes with Grandmaster Weseman and her husband Art, I did not foresee reaching this milestone. I originally started taking classes with my nephew Jim in Spring 1995. After getting married in 1996, I stopped taking classes for several
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” wrestling promotion and beat Munn for the
Asteartean, Abendua 12, 1916, Sam Langfordek defendatu zuen “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, otsailean Sam McVeari irabazi zion 1916. Arteko 1904 eta 1919, boxeolari afroamerikar onenak, edo Langford bezalako kanadiar beltzak, trabatuta zeuden elkarren alde borrokan “Koloreztatua” Txapelketa. Borrokalari zuri batek borrokatuko balu, beren ospea garatzeko bakarrik izan zen
James J. Jeffries estatubatuar pisu astuneko boxeoan nagusitu zen 1899 arte 1904. Bob Fitzsimmonsen munduko pisu astuneko boxeo txapelketa irabazi ondoren 1899, Jeffries egin zuen 9 tituluen defentsa arrakastatsuak hurrengo bost urteetan. Garaitu gabe erretiratu zen 1905 Jack Johnson handiaren aurkako itzulera zoritxarra erakarri aurretik. Jeffries-ek ez zituen bere borrokak irabazi goi mailako boxeoarekin
hastea erabaki nuen 2020 Borroka profesionaleko bi adibide erabiliz, iraganean idatzi zenuen kontu historiko bat zergatik aldatuko zenukeen eztabaidatzeko. Historia idaztean, gaiari buruzko eskuragarri dauden iturriek mugatuta zaude. Egunkariak bezalako iturri nagusiak, erregistro ofizialak eta autobiografiak oso baliotsuak dira. Egunkariak bezalako beste iturri batzuk ere onak dira baina
Evan “Strangler” Lewis scary lehiatu zen. Ez zen gizon handi bat izan arren 5’09” eta pisatu 170 libera, Lewis’ bidalketak maisutasuna berdinak edo hobeto bere garaiko borrokalari gehienek bat egin zion. Jack Carkeek emanaldirik Wrestler zen, baina Lewis partida ia eragindako erretiroa zion. Lewis’ ospea oso lotuta zegoen bere beldurrarekin
Egun berean, Joe Stecher-ek Stanislaus Zbyszko borrokatu zuen St-en Munduko Pisu Astunen Borroka Txapelketaren bertsio aitortua lortzeko.. Louis, Eta “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
Martxoan 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
Uztailetik 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Nahiz eta Georges Carpentier