Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum ostegunean, Abendua 14, 1922. Une honetan, American professional wrestling outside of
Larunbatean, Urtarrila 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Errusiako Lehoia” garaitzeko behar litzateke “Terrible Turk” bere txapelketan atxikitzen. Etxeak aukeratutako Medrali erraldoia, duten 6 amaitu da’02” eta 224 libera, itxuraz invencible Hackenschmidt garaitzeko. George Hackenschmidt koa izan bakarrik 5’09” altuerako eta pisatu 209 libera. Despite his smaller
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. Horietako bat bezala ere sartu zen
Thiebaud edo Theobald Bauer borrokalari frantziarra izan zen, borroka greko-erromatarrean espezializatu zena. Bauer Ameriketara heldu zen 1875 Pisu Astunen Munduko Greko-Erromatar Borroka Txapelketarako zalantzazko aldarrikapenarekin. Bere titulua defendatuko zuen 5 urtean William Muldoonek garaitu zuen arte 1880. Borroka zaleek Bauer ezagutzen badute, normalean aurkari gisa izaten da
On Thursday, Azaroa 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-hilabete. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
Broadcast enpresak ziren edukien bila ari telebistako lehen egunetan zehar. Filmak zaharragoak eta difusio enpresa ekoizpenak batzuk gain, kirol programazio-iturri telebista kateak askorentzat ziren. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star
Yusuf Ismail Estatu Batuetan sei hilabetez bakarrik aritu zen borrokan lehen seihilekoan 1898. Bere lehen partida esanguratsuan, falta zital batengatik deskalifikatu zuten. Bere beste partida esanguratsu bakarrean, eman zion Evani “Strangler” Lewis bere bizitzako jipoia. Hala ere, Estatu Batuetan egindako bira laburra kondaira bihurtu zen. Ismail sartu zen
On a Thursday night, Azaroa 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 libera. Hala ere, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in
Joan den hilabeteko blog batean, Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard partida antolatzeko sustatzaileek izan zituzten zailtasunei buruz idatzi nuen. Hasiera batean Omaharako antolatu zen, Nebraska, Omahako Polizia Burua eta Polizia Komisarioa kezkatuta zeuden partida aldez aurretik antolatuta edo a “work”. Ez zuten nahi apustuzaleak erakusketan hartzea. Gertaera hori saihesteko, haiek