Istoricul sporturilor de luptă și artist marțial
Când Billy Sandow și Ed Lewis au decis că domnia lui Stanislaus Zbyszko a rămas fără abur promoțional, au decis să “câştiga” înapoi titlul în martie 1922. St. Promotorul lui Louis, John Contos, a reușit să asigure marea revanșă, care ar avea loc la St. Louis Colosseum joi, Decembrie 14, 1922. Prin acest timp, Lupte profesioniste americane în afara
Sâmbătă, Ianuarie 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Leul rus” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” și 224 de lire sterline, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 de lire sterline. Despite his smaller
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. După 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. A intrat și ca unul dintre
Thiebaud or Theobald Bauer was a French wrestler, who specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Bauer arrived in America during 1875 with a dubious claim to the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. He would defend his title for 5 years until defeated by William Muldoon in 1880. If wrestling fans are familiar with Bauer at all, it is normally as the opponent
Joi, Noiembrie 22, 1923, St. Promotorul lui Louis, John Contos, a găzduit un cartonaș controversat în frunte cu un meci dintre Joe Stecher și Dan Kolov, un luptător bulgar în devenire. Cardul a fost acoperit de John E. Wray, redactorul sportiv pentru St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Cardul a fost controversat deoarece două dintre cele mai mari vedete din lupte au fost făcute reclamă, dar nu au făcut-o
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. 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 a luptat în Statele Unite doar șase luni în prima jumătate a anului 1898. În primul său meci semnificativ, a fost descalificat pentru un fault vicios. În singurul său alt meci semnificativ, i-a dat lui Evan “Strangler” Lewis bătăile vieții sale. Cu toate acestea, scurtul său turneu în Statele Unite l-a făcut o legendă. Ismail a intrat în
On a Thursday night, Noiembrie 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 de lire sterline. Totuși, 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
In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they