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Chinn mé tosú 2020 trí úsáid a bhaint as dhá shampla ó wrestling proifisiúnta le plé a dhéanamh ar na fáthanna a n-athrófá cuntas stairiúil a scríobh tú san am a chuaigh thart. Ag scríobh staire, tá tú teoranta ag na foinsí atá ar fáil ar an ábhar. Foinsí príomhúla cosúil le dialanna, Tá taifid oifigiúla agus dírbheathaisnéisí an-luachmhar. Tá foinsí eile cosúil le nuachtáin go maith freisin ach
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Feirmeoir” Bhuail Burns le Fred Beell beag ach cumhachtach. Cé gur mheáigh an dá wrestlers 165 punt, “Feirmeoir” Sheas Burns 5’11” go Béal Feirste 5’04”. Bhí buntáiste mór aoise ag an Beell 32 bliain d'aois thar an Burns 47 bliain d'aois áfach. Burns debuted i 1879, nuair a bhí Beell 3 bliana d'aois. Bhí na fir sceidealta do chluiche in Omaha, Nebraska, aon
Ar an lá céanna rinne Joe Stecher troid i gcoinne Stanislaus Zbyszko don leagan aitheanta de Chraobhchomórtais Wrestling Heavyweight World 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. 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. He also entered as one of
Evan “Strangler” Bhí Lewis ar iomaitheoirí scary. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 punt, Lewis’ máistreacht haighneachtaí a rinneadh dó chomhionann nó níos fearr wrestlers is mó dá ré. Bhí Jack Carkeek wrestler terrific ach mheaitseáil amháin le Lewis ba chúis beagnach dó dul ar scor. Lewis’ cháil a bhí go láidir
Ar Aibreán 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. While they were supposed to be working the match, Lewis and Wladek Zbyszko struggled to work together. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek’s older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. In
Frank J. Quinn, a áitiúil St. Louis aturnae, d'fhóin sé mar bhainisteoir do wrestlers gairmiúla George Baptise, Charley Olson agus Fred Beell. Bhí meas ag George Baptiste ar dtús, a bhí ina finscéal sa St. Louis chomharsanacht timpeall Cook agus Vandeventer Avenues. D’fhostaigh Baptiste Quinn mar a bhainisteoir agus ina aturnae ina dhiaidh sin dá phuball agus dá chuideachta scairt. 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 “Feirmeoir” Dónna, 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