Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
O xoves, Xaneiro 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
O martes, Decembro 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Entre 1904 e 1919, the best African-American boxers, or black Canadians like Langford, were stuck fighting each other for “Colored” Championship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to
James J. Jeffries dominou o boxeo estadounidense dos pesos pesados 1899 para 1904. Despois de gañar o Campionato Mundial de Boxeo Peso Pesado de Bob Fitzsimmons en 1899, Jeffries fixo 9 defensas exitosas do título durante os próximos cinco anos. Retirouse invicto 1905 antes de ser atraído para unha remontada desafortunada contra o gran Jack Johnson. Jeffries non gañou os seus combates cun boxeo superior
I decided to start 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but
Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis era un competidor asustado. Aínda que el non era un home grande, a 5’09” e pesou 170 libras, Lewis’ mestría de submissões fixo del un iguais ou mellores da maioría dos loitadores da súa época. Jack Carkeek era un loitador fantástico, pero un xogo con Lewis case o levou a aposentar. Lewis’ reputation was strongly related to his feared
O mesmo día Joe Stecher loitou contra Stanislaus Zbyszko pola versión recoñecida do World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship en St.. Louis, E “Estrangulador” Lewis challenged “Gran” Wayne Munn polo seu Championship Wrestling Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight disputada,,en,Lewis perdeu o título para Munn en febreiro,,en,Zbyszko derrotado Munn nunha famosa dobre-cross,,en,A partida entre,,en,acende,,en,esta semana o que significa que o meu bebé se tornou un home,,en,Eu normalmente non me sinto vello pero faime entender o tempo está voando,,en,Vostede segue a evolucionar para unha nova independente trazar o seu propio camiño,,en,Vai facer ben na vida, sempre que permanecer fiel aos seus principios,,en,Retos son temporais,,en. 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
En marzo 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
En xullo de 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.” Aínda que Georges Carpentier