Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 libras. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Porén, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, quen viaxou a América para enfrontarse a Frank Gotch despois de derrotalo
Na noite de Nadal 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko coñeceu a Giovanni Raicievich nun combate de loita libre moi esperado.. Zbyszko, que estaba facendo campaña para unha revancha co campión mundial de loita libre de peso pesado Frank Gotch, acordou botar a Raicevich 3 veces en 90 minutos ou ser declarado perdedor. Cando os homes entraron no famoso Madison Square Garden da cidade de Nova York, Zbyszko foi claramente o
En maio 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. As reivindicacións para o campionato eran moi turbias naquel momento. Os matones e os trucos sucios a miúdo ocultaban quen era en realidade o campión americano. Jem Mace, que foi considerado campión do mundo dúas veces mentres loitaba en Inglaterra, foi asinado para coñecer a Tom
E “Estrangulador” Lewis é un dos mellores loitadores profesionais e campións do mundo de todos os tempos. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, que Lewis comezou a usar como promotores e loitadores fixeron a transición da loita profesional a unha exposición prefixada ou "traballada".. Lewis utilizou orixinalmente o bloqueo frontal ou o estrangulador de guillotina. O homónimo de Lewis, Evan "Strangler" Lewis fixo o bloqueo da cara frontal ou
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. Por fin conseguiu
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. ea Sra. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. The March 3, 1946 edición
Con Choque, Vol. 2 (Ligazón de afiliado de Amazon), Roberto Pedreira recolle a historia do Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu no que considera o seu apoxeo en Brasil, 1950 – 1960. Ademais de Carlos e Helio Gracie, varias outras academias, como a de Oswaldo Fadda, tamén prosperaban. O judo foi gañando popularidade pero non superara o Jiu-Jitsu en popularidade. Os partidos do Vale Tudo estiveron á altura
Esta película (enlace de afiliado) was the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. Sidney Lanfield directed The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) for Twentieth-Century Fox. Nigel Bruce co-stars as Dr. John Watson. Rathbone and Bruce would play Holmes and Watson in thirteen subsequent films, one more for Twentieth-Century Fox and twelve for Universal Pictures. This film is a
En realidade, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. O torneo de Rachman debía comezar o mércores
Martin “Agricultores” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Porén, Queimaduras foi un gran loitador no seu propio dereito. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “O Estrangulador” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. En 1893, Burns estaba quieto