Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
Jeg besluttede at starte 2020 ved at bruge to eksempler fra professionel wrestling til at diskutere, hvorfor du ville ændre en historisk beretning, du skrev tidligere. I at skrive historie, du er begrænset af de tilgængelige kilder om emnet. Primære kilder som dagbøger, officielle optegnelser og selvbiografier er meget værdifulde. Andre kilder som aviser er også gode, men
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Farmer” Burns mødte den lille, men magtfulde Fred Beell. Mens begge brydere vejede 165 pounds, “Farmer” Burns stod 5'11” til Beells 5’04”. Den 32-årige Beell havde dog en stor aldersfordel i forhold til den 47-årige Burns. Burns debuterede i 1879, da Beell var 3 år gammel. Mændene var planlagt til en kamp i Omaha, Nebraska, en
Samme dag kæmpede Joe Stecher Stanislaus Zbyszko om den anerkendte version af World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i 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
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Efter 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. Han meldte sig også ind som en af
Evan “Strangler” Lewis var en skræmmende konkurrent. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 pounds, Lewis’ beherskelse af indlæg gjorde ham en tilsvarende eller bedre for de fleste wrestlere i hans æra. Jack Carkeek var en fantastisk wrestler, men en kamp med Lewis næsten fik ham til at gå på pension. Lewis’ ry var stærkt
On April 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. Mens de skulle arbejde på kampen, Lewis og Wladek Zbyszko kæmpede for at arbejde sammen. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek’s older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. I
Frank J. Quinn, a local St. Louis attorney, served as the manager for professional wrestlers George Baptise, Charley Olson and Fred Beell. Originally an admirer of George Baptiste, who was a legend in the St. Louis neighborhood around Cook and Vandeventer Avenues. Baptiste would employ Quinn as his manger and later attorney for his tent and awning company. During his
Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
In early 1916, Martin “Farmer” Burns, who trained and managed Frank Gotch to the World Heavyweight Championship, began denying that he developed current American Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher. The claim seemed odd because Burns had been working with Stecher for several years. Burns helped prepare Stecher for his championship bout with Charlie Cutler in 1915. In a way, what Burns