Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Na quinta-feira, Janeiro 31, 2020, Grão Mestre Pat Weseman me promoveu a 4º Dan em Taekwondo na Classe Avançada. Quando comecei as aulas com o Grão Mestre Weseman e seu marido Art, Eu não previ atingir esse marco. Originalmente, comecei a ter aulas com meu sobrinho Jim na primavera 1995. Depois de se casar em 1996, Parei de ter aulas por vários
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
Na terça-feira, Dezembro 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 boxe peso-pesado americano desde 1899 a 1904. Depois de vencer o Campeonato Mundial de Boxe Peso Pesado de Bob Fitzsimmons em 1899, Jeffries fez 9 defesas de título bem-sucedidas durante os próximos cinco anos. Ele se aposentou invicto em 1905 antes de ser atraído de volta para um retorno malfadado contra o grande Jack Johnson. Jeffries não venceu suas lutas com um boxe superior
Eu decidi começar 2020 usando dois exemplos de luta livre profissional para discutir por que você mudaria um relato histórico que escreveu no passado. Na escrita da história, você está limitado pelas fontes disponíveis sobre o assunto. Fontes primárias como diários, registros oficiais e autobiografias são muito valiosos. Outras fontes, como jornais, também são boas, mas
Evan “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” e pesou 170 libras, 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’ 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” 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
Em março 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
On July 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.” Even though Georges Carpentier