Combat kev ua si Historian thiab Martial Artist
Txog hnub plaub, Lub ib hlis ntuj 31, 2020, Grandmaster Pat Weseman nce kuv mus rau 4th Dan hauv Taekwondo ntawm tus advanced Class. Thaum kuv pib hoob kawm nrog Grandmaster Weseman thiab nws tus txiv daim duab, Kuv tsis foresee xeeb no milestone. Kuv muas thaum chiv thawj pib noj hoob kawm nrog kuv tus kwv tub Jim nyob rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav 1995. Tom qab sib yuav 1996, Kuv tsis noj hoob kawm rau ob peb
Muaj tsawg kawg yog ib tug fundamentally hloov lawv profession tiamsis Stanislaus Zbyszko twg cia li ntawd rau lub plaub hlis 15, 1925 hauv Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko tua yeej Wayne Munn hauv ib qhov ntawm cov xeem tua (tsis staged) qhov yuam kev wrestling hauv lub tebchaws United States. Nws yog ib tug tua los yog tseeb match vim ob chav Zbyszko hla lub “Goldust Trio” wrestling promotion and beat Munn for the
Tuesday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Dawb lias ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Ntawm 1904 thiab 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 dominated American heavyweight boxing ntawm 1899 mus 1904. Tom qab winning lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship ntawm Bob Fitzsimmons hauv 1899, Jeffries ua 9 Zoo npe defenses thaum lub tsib xyoos tom ntej no. Nws txijnkawm undefeated nyob rau hauv 1905 Ua ntej yuav lured rov qab rau ib ill-fated comeback tiv thaiv cov poj Jack Johnson. Jeffries tsis yeej nws bouts nrog superior boxing
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 “Strangler” Lewis yog ib cov scary competitor. Txawm tias nws tsis muaj coob tus txiv neej ntawm 5’09” thiab weighed 170 phaus, Lewis’ submissions paub ua rau nws muaj vaj huam sib luag los zoo uas feem ntau wrestlers ntawm nws era. Jack Carkeek yog ib tus wrestler zoo kawg li tab sis ib match nrog Lewis yuav luag los nws mus so num lawm. Lewis’ reputation was strongly related to his feared
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, Ed “Strangler” Sib tw Lewis “Loj” Wayne Munn rau nws xamphaj Michigan-Illinois ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis poob lub npe mus Munn rau lub ob hlis ntuj 1925. Nyob rau hnub tim 1925, Zbyszko tua yeej Munn nyob hauv ib tug naas ej double-cross. Ntais ntawv ntawm Lewis thiab
Yog Jake Kilrain zoo paub ua lub xeem thiab toughest challenger rau John L. Tua Sullivan hauv cov xeem yas tes mus khaws ntiaj teb championship. Dua li ntawm Kilrain lub cev tsis tuav John L. Sullivan, nws muaj ib cov hauj lwm zoo cov ua ntej thiab tom qab qhov bout nrog tus mighty Sullivan. Ntaus rau 10 ntau xyoo nyob rau hauv bouts los, Feem ntau zoo tab sis nyob Kilrain tau
Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 17, 1897, tam sim no ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib James J. Corbett nkag mus rau lub nplhaib boxing ntawm lub zos Carson, Nevada. Corbett muag rau kev sib tw ntawm tus middleweight boxing tau zus ib Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett nkag mus ua tus nyiam enjoying ob lub yuav luag nees nkaum phaus luj kom zoo dua thiab slick boxing txawj. “Ruddy Robert” raws li Fitzsimmons tau tej zaum kuj paub lub ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing Championship nyob hauv yeej lawm
Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 2, 1921 hauv lub zos tsho, New Jersey, reigning ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing tau zus ib Jack Dempsey ntsib lub teeb heavyweight boxing vaj ntxwv Georges Carpentier. Kiv cua boxing ntawd sib sau kom muaj kev tshwm sim uas yuav ua rau tus thawj duas lab rooj vag nyob hauv keeb kwm boxing. Ntais ntawv yuav pom cov laus boxing adage, “Ib tug txiv neej loj zoo ib txwm neeg ntaus tau ib tug zoo txiv neej me ntsis.” Even though Georges Carpentier