Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
On January 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. In 1867, Allen moved to St. Louis, the largest city west of the Mississippi. Allen never left and would use St. Louis as his home base to train for prizefights. Allen fought mostly in bare knuckle prizefights as American boxing would not be
Op december 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Op dinsdag, November 18, 1884, Wereldkampioen zwaargewicht prijsvechten met blote knokkels John L. Sullivan vocht tegen Al Greenfield in Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sullivan moest in dit gevecht meer overwinnen dan alleen zijn tegenstander. De mannen kwamen oorspronkelijk overeen om maandag te vechten, November 17, 1884, maar de autoriteiten van New York City bedreigden de mannen met arrestatie. Het ruzie met
Op maandag, Februari 7, 1887, Evan “Worger” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton ontmoette elkaar bij Battery D in Chicago, Illinois. Het zou de eerste zijn van een aantal demonstratiegevechten tussen de mannen. Ze voerden deze tentoonstellingen al vroeg uit in de grotere steden in het Midwesten 1887. Zoals de St. Paul match die ik in een eerder bericht heb behandeld, Lewis en Acton waren het daarmee eens
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. In deze aflevering, I discuss what Evan “De Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Hoofd-inhoud – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Echter, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
Op vrijdag, Maart 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain vocht tegen George Godfrey in de California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Californië. De mannen vochten voor een trofee en $5,000. Om uur kwamen de mannen de ring binnen 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, voormalig wereldkampioen zwaargewicht worstelen, gedetacheerd Kilrain, wie Muldoon voor dit gevecht heeft getraind. Muldoon trainde de tegenstander van Kilrain, John L. Sullivan, voor hun 1889
Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” film series. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 naar 1942. Louis is widely considered to be one of the top three to five heavyweights in professional boxing history and some consider him the best heavyweight fighter. “Jack” Blackburn ontwikkelde de talenten van de jonge kampioen en hielp hem
Op donderdag, Januari 31, 2020, Grandmaster Pat Weseman promoted me to 4th Dan in Taekwondo at the Advanced Class. When I started classes with Grandmaster Weseman and her husband Art, I did not foresee reaching this milestone. I originally started taking classes with my nephew Jim in Spring 1995. After getting married in 1996, I stopped taking classes for several