Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Katika sehemu hii, I discuss what Evan “Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Content Kuu – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Hata hivyo, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
Siku ya Ijumaa, Machi 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, California. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, seconded Kilrain, who Muldoon trained for this fight. Muldoon trained Kilrain’s opponent, John L. Sullivan, for their 1889
Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” film series. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 kwa 1942. Louis is widely considered to be one of the top three to five heavyweights in professional boxing history and some consider him the best heavyweight fighter. “Jack” Blackburn developed the talents of the young champion and helped him
Siku ya Alhamisi, Januari 31, 2020, Grandmaster Pat Weseman promoted me to 4th Dan in Taekwondo at the Advanced Class. When I started classes with Grandmaster Weseman and her husband Art, I did not foresee reaching this milestone. I originally started taking classes with my nephew Jim in Spring 1995. After getting married in 1996, I stopped taking classes for several
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” kukuza mieleka na kumpiga Munn kwa ajili ya
Siku ya Jumanne, Desemba 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Kati ya 1904 na 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
Roland V. West directed fourteen films in his career. Critics consider three of his films to be excellent. West directed the silent thriller The Bat in 1926. West directed his most acclaimed film, Alibi (1929), which resulted in an Oscar nomination for his friend Chester Morris. In 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, The Bat Whispers,
James J. Jeffries alitawala ndondi za uzito wa juu kutoka Marekani kutoka 1899 kwa 1904. Baada ya kushinda ubingwa wa ndondi wa uzito wa juu kutoka kwa Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899, Jeffries alifanya 9 mafanikio ya ulinzi wa taji katika kipindi cha miaka mitano ijayo. Alistaafu bila kushindwa 1905 kabla ya kurudishwa nyuma kwa kurudi vibaya dhidi ya magwiji Jack Johnson. Jeffries hakushinda mapambano yake na ndondi bora
Niliamua kuanza 2020 kwa kutumia mifano miwili kutoka kwa mieleka ya kitaalamu kujadili kwa nini ungebadilisha akaunti ya kihistoria uliyoandika hapo awali. Katika kuandika historia, unazuiliwa na vyanzo vinavyopatikana kwenye suala hilo. Vyanzo vya msingi kama shajara, rekodi rasmi na tawasifu ni muhimu sana. Vyanzo vingine kama magazeti ni nzuri pia lakini