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Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 funtov. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Vendar, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, ki je odpotoval v Ameriko, da bi se pomeril s Frankom Gotchom po njegovem porazu
Na božični večer 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko se je srečal z Giovannijem Raicievichem v težko pričakovanem dvoboju v težki kategoriji.. Zbyszko, ki se je zavzemal za povratni dvoboj s svetovnim prvakom v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji Frankom Gotchom, strinjal, da vrže Raiceviča 3 krat v 90 minut ali pa bo razglašen za poraženca. Ko so moški vstopili v slavni Madison Square Garden v New Yorku, Zbyszko je bil očitno tisti
Maja 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Zahtevki za prvenstvo so bili takrat zelo nejasni. Lopovstvo in umazani triki so pogosto prikrili, kdo je pravzaprav ameriški prvak. Jem Mace, ki je med bojevanjem v Angliji dvakrat veljal za svetovnega prvaka, je bil podpisan za srečanje s Tomom
In “Strangler” Lewis je eden največjih profesionalnih rokoborcev in svetovnih prvakov vseh časov. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, ki jih je Lewis začel uporabljati kot promotorje in rokoborce, je poklicno rokoborbo preusmeril na vnaprej dogovorjeno ali "delano" razstavo. Lewis je prvotno uporabljal sprednji čelni zaklep ali giljotinsko dušilko. Lewisov soimenjak Evan “Strangler” Lewis je izdelal front face lock oz
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. Končno se je zavaroval
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. Marec 3, 1946 edition of
S Choque, vol. 2 (Amazonova pridružena povezava), Roberto Pedreira se loti zgodbe brazilskega jiu-jitsa v času, za katerega meni, da je bil v Braziliji njegov razcvet, 1950 – 1960. Poleg Carlosa in Helio Gracie, več drugih akademij, kot je Oswaldo Fadda, so tudi uspevale. Judo je pridobival na priljubljenosti, vendar ni premagal Jiu-Jitsa v priljubljenosti. Tekme Vale Tudo so bile na vrhuncu
Ta film (podružnica povezava) was the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. Sidney Lanfield usmerjena Baskervillski pes (1939) za Twentieth-Century Fox. Nigel Bruce co-zvezde so dr. John Watson. Rathbone in Bruce bi igral Holmes in Watson v trinajstih poznejših filmih, ena za Twentieth-Century Fox in dvanajst za Universal Pictures. This film is a
Dejansko, 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. Rachmanov turnir naj bi se začel v sredo
Martin “Kmet” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Vendar, Burns je bil velik borec v svoji desni. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. V 1893, Burns je bil miren