Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
Jeg bestemte meg for å begynne 2020 ved å bruke to eksempler fra profesjonell bryting for å diskutere hvorfor du ville endre en historisk beretning du skrev tidligere. I å skrive historie, du er begrenset av tilgjengelige kilder om emnet. Primære kilder som dagbøker, offisielle opptegnelser og selvbiografier er svært verdifulle. Andre kilder som aviser er også gode, men
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Farmer” Burns møtte den lille, men mektige Fred Beell. Mens begge bryterne veide 165 pounds, “Farmer” Burns sto 5'11” til Beells 5’04”. Den 32 år gamle Beell hadde imidlertid en stor aldersfordel over den 47 år gamle Burns. Burns debuterte inn 1879, da Beell var 3 år gammel. Mennene skulle ha en kamp i Omaha, Nebraska, en
Samme dag kjempet Joe Stecher Stanislaus Zbyszko om den anerkjente versjonen av World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i St.. Louis, Og “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. Etter 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” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 pounds, Lewis’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Lewis’ reputation was strongly
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. 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. I
Frank J. Quinn, en lokal St. Louis advokat, fungerte som manager for profesjonelle brytere George Baptise, Charley Olson og Fred Beell. Opprinnelig en beundrer av George Baptiste, som var en legende i St. Louis-området rundt Cook og Vandeventer Avenues. Baptiste ville ansette Quinn som sin krybbe og senere advokat for telt- og forteltfirmaet hans. 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, som trente og ledet Frank Gotch til World Heavyweight Championship, begynte å benekte at han utviklet den nåværende amerikanske tungvektsmesteren Joe Stecher. Påstanden virket rar fordi Burns hadde jobbet med Stecher i flere år. Burns hjalp til med å forberede Stecher til mesterskapskampen hans med Charlie Cutler inn 1915. På en måte, hva brenner