Storico degli sport da combattimento e artista marziale
Ho deciso di iniziare 2020 utilizzando due esempi tratti dal wrestling professionistico per discutere del motivo per cui cambieresti un resoconto storico che hai scritto in passato. Nello scrivere la storia, sei limitato dalle fonti disponibili sull'argomento. Fonti primarie come diari, i documenti ufficiali e le autobiografie sono molto preziosi. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Balestruccio “Agricoltore” Burns ha incontrato il piccolo ma potente Fred Beell. Mentre entrambi i lottatori pesavano 165 sterline, “Agricoltore” Burns era 5'11” a Beell's 5’04”. Il 32enne Beell aveva però un grande vantaggio di età rispetto al 47enne Burns. Burns ha debuttato nel 1879, quando Beell aveva 3 anni. Gli uomini dovevano affrontare una partita a Omaha, Nebraska, uno
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 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. Dopo 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. Ha inoltre inserito come uno dei
Evan “Strangler” Lewis era un concorrente spaventoso. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 sterline, Lewis’ padronanza dei mezzi lo ha reso un uguali o migliori della maggior parte lottatori della sua epoca. Jack Carkeek era un lottatore formidabile, ma una partita con Lewis quasi provocato il suo ritiro. Lewis’ reputazione era fortemente
Aprile 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, un locale St. Avvocato Luigi, è stato il manager dei lottatori professionisti George Baptise, Charley Olson e Fred Beell. Originariamente un ammiratore di George Baptiste, che era una leggenda nel St. Louis intorno a Cook e Vandeventer Avenue. Baptiste avrebbe assunto Quinn come suo manager e poi come avvocato per la sua azienda di tende e tende da sole. 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, Balestruccio “Agricoltore” 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