Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Jim Londos popeo se u profesionalnom hrvanju da bi postao najveća zvijezda blagajni ne samo 1930-ih nego i svih vremena. Međutim, da Londos nije došao u St. Louisu ranih 1920-ih, priča je mogla biti sasvim drugačija. Londos je naučio hrvanje uhvati-kao-uhvati, dok je Londos nastupao kao jak čovjek u karnevalskom krugu tijekom
Sam Langford se smatra jednim od najvećih funta za funta boraca svih vremena. Rođen u ožujku 4, 1883 u Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, smatra se najvećim kanadskim boksačem svih vremena. Njegova borilačka karijera protezala se od 1900 to 1926. Langford je samo stajao 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. On
The Gorilla (1939) is a comedy-mystery “B” film starring the Ritz Brothers, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi and Lionell Atwill. The film was produced by Twentieth-Century Fox before they quit making “B” filmovi, the first film on a double bill. The Ritz Brothers were active between 1925 and the 1960s, when Al Ritz the oldest brother passed away. The brothers made
Prvog listopada 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Prvenstvo, ali je ostao izvan svjetla pozornosti do
Studeni 7, 1908, Charles Olson upoznao “Americus” Gus Schonlein za Svjetsko prvenstvo u hrvanju u poluteškoj kategoriji. Utakmica se pokazala uzbudljivom koliko su promatrači i očekivali da će biti, ali završila je kontroverzama. Olson je bio 6’01” ali vagao samo 170 funti. Rođen kao Max Flaskamp u Krefeldu, Sjeverna Rajna-Vestfalija u 1879, uzeo je ime Charles ili Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 funti. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Međutim, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated
U Božićnoj noći 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the
Svibnja 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Zahtjevi za prvenstvo u to su vrijeme bili vrlo mutni. Lupeži i prljavi trikovi često su prikrivali tko je zapravo američki prvak. Jem Mace, koji se dva puta smatrao svjetskim prvakom dok se borio u Engleskoj, je potpisan za susret s Tomom
I “Davitelj” Lewis je jedan od najvećih profesionalnih hrvača i svjetskih prvaka svih vremena. Klin dizač’ signature move was the stranglehold, koje je Lewis počeo koristiti kao promotore i hrvače prebacio je profesionalno hrvanje na unaprijed dogovorenu ili "odrađenu" egzibiciju. Lewis je izvorno koristio bravu s prednje strane ili giljotinsku prigušnicu. Lewisov imenjak Evan "Strangler" Lewis napravio je prednju bravu ili
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Napokon se osigurao