Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Sam Langford word beskou as een van die grootste pond vir pond vegters van alle tye. Gebore op Maart 4, 1883 in Weymouth waterval, Nova Scotia, hy word beskou as die grootste Kanadese bokser van alle tye. Sy vegloopbaan het gestrek vanaf 1900 te 1926. Langford net gestaan 5 voet ses en 'n halwe duim lank en weeg 185 pond op sy swaarste. Hy
Op Oktober 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) Kampioenskap maar uit die kollig gebly tot
Op November 7, 1908, Charles Olson ontmoet het “Americus” Gus Schonlein vir die Wêreld Ligswaargewig Stoeikampioenskap. Die wedstryd was so opwindend soos waarnemers vermoed het dit sou wees, maar dit het in omstredenheid geëindig. Olson het 6 gestaan’01” maar net geweeg 170 pond. Gebore Max Flaskamp in Krefeld, Noordryn-Wesfale in 1879, hy het die naam Charles of Charley Olson aangeneem
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 pond. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Egter, 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
Op Kersnag 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
Op Mei 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Aansprake op die kampioenskap was destyds baie duister. Boewery en vuil truuks het dikwels verbloem wie eintlik Amerikaanse kampioen was. Jem Mace, wat twee keer as Wêreldkampioen beskou is terwyl hy in Engeland geveg het, is onderteken om Tom te ontmoet
En “Worger” Lewis is een van die grootste professionele stoeiers en wêreldkampioene van alle tye. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, wat Lewis as promotors en stoeiers begin gebruik het, het professionele stoei oorgeskakel na 'n vooraf gereëlde of "gewerkte" uitstalling. Lewis het oorspronklik die voorste gesigslot of guillotine choke gebruik. Lewis se naamgenoot Evan "Strangler" Lewis het die voorste gesigslot of
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. Hy het uiteindelik verseker
On February 23, 1946, my great uncle Francis Mosblech married Rosemary Kalt at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The 23-year old Francis had recently returned from service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Aunt Rosemary was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. Die Maart 3, 1946 uitgawe van
Met Choque, Vol. 2 (Amazon geaffilieerde skakel), Roberto Pedreira tel die storie van Brasiliaanse Jiu-Jitsu op in wat hy beskou as sy bloeityd in Brasilië, 1950 – 1960. Behalwe Carlos en Helio Gracie, verskeie ander akademies, soos Oswaldo Fadda s'n, was ook floreer. Judo het gewild geword, maar het nie Jiu-Jitsu in gewildheid oorkom nie. Vale Tudo-wedstryde was op die hoogtepunt