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On Thursday, Januar 31, 2020, Stormester Pat Weseman forfremmet meg til 4. Dan i Taekwondo i Advanced Class. Da jeg begynte på kurs hos stormester Weseman og mannen hennes Art, Jeg forutså ikke å nå denne milepælen. Jeg begynte opprinnelig å ta kurs med nevøen min Jim om våren 1995. Etter å ha giftet seg i 1996, Jeg sluttet å ta kurs for flere
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” bryting opprykk og slo Munn for
On Tuesday, Desember 12, 1916, Sam Langford forsvarte “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, som han vant fra Sam McVea i februar 1916. Mellom 1904 and 1919, de beste afroamerikanske bokserne, eller svarte kanadiere som Langford, sto fast og kjempet mot hverandre “farget” Mesterskap. Hvis en hvit fighter kjempet mot dem, det var bare for å utvikle sitt eget rykte til
James J. Jeffries dominerte amerikansk tungvektsboksing fra 1899 til 1904. Etter å ha vunnet World Heavyweight Boxing Championship fra Bob Fitzsimmons i 1899, Jeffries laget 9 vellykkede tittelforsvar i løpet av de neste fem årene. Han trakk seg ubeseiret inn 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing
Jeg bestemte meg for å begynne 2020 ved å bruke to eksempler fra profesjonell bryting for å diskutere hvorfor du ville endre en historisk beretning du skrev tidligere. I å skrive historie, du er begrenset av tilgjengelige kilder om emnet. Primære kilder som dagbøker, offisielle opptegnelser og selvbiografier er svært verdifulle. Andre kilder som aviser er også gode, men
Evan “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” og veide 170 pounds, Lewis’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Lewis’ rykte var sterkt knyttet til hans fryktede
Samme dag kjempet Joe Stecher Stanislaus Zbyszko om den anerkjente versjonen av World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i St.. Louis, Og “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
På Mars 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
Juli 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.” Selv om Georges Carpentier