Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
On October 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men
Alors que le boxeur à poings nus Tom Allen est né en Angleterre pendant 1840, il a passé la majorité de sa vie d'adulte à St Louis après avoir déménagé aux États-Unis en 1867. Après une défaite décevante face à Jem Mace en 1870, où il a impressionné les spectateurs avec une performance galante dans un effort perdu, Allen a commencé à faire campagne pour tirer sur American
Tom Allen est né à Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 mais il est devenu célèbre en tant que boxeur poids lourd aux mains nues en Amérique. S'installer à St. Louis around 1867, Allen a remporté le championnat américain des poids lourds en 1873 et détenait le titre jusqu'à 1876. Il est retourné en Angleterre pendant un an avant de retourner à St. Louis pour de bon dans 1878. Back
By the end of the 1910s, professional wrestling promoters booked wrestlers in worked or pre-arranged wrestling matches. Occasionally, usually as a result of a double cross, fans would see an actual contest or “shoot” match between the wrestlers. One of these matches occurred in late 1921 and arose from a feud between Tex Rickard, primarily a boxing promoter, and Jack
Sur Décembre 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann
Monte Attell was the younger brother of World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Monte would always be stuck in the shadow of his older brother but was a talented fighter in his own right. Monte would win the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship during his career and establish himself as a world class fighter. Dans 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major
Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, in Gotch’s last
L’article de cette semaine a pour but de terminer l’histoire du double croisement impliquant Dick Shikat et Danno O’Mahony.. Les origines du double cross ont en fait commencé lors d'un match avec Ed “Strangler” Lewis au Madison Square Garden en juin 9, 1932. Alors que ce match était une exhibition préparée à l'avance, les lutteurs discutaient de la chute de la ceinture de Lewis
Lors de sa première course en tant que champion du monde de boxe poids plume, Abe Attell était basé à St. Louis, Missouri. En plus d'avoir son camp à St. Louis, Attell a défendu son titre à plusieurs reprises à St. Louis’ Club d'athlétisme du West End. À l'époque, St. Louis était la plus grande ville des États-Unis à l'ouest du fleuve Mississippi.. Né Abraham Washington Attell