Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 pounds. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Gayunman, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, na naglakbay sa Amerika upang kunin si Frank Gotch pagkatapos niyang talunin
Sa Christmas Night 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko nakilala Giovanni Raicievich sa isang magkano-inaasahang matimbang Wrestling labanan. Zbyszko, na nangangampanya para sa isang rematch sa World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, sumang-ayon upang ihagis Raicevich 3 ulit sa 90 minuto o ipinahayag ang natalo. Bilang ang lalake ay pumasok sa sikat Madison Square Garden sa New York City, Zbyszko ay malinaw na ang
Sa Mayo 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Ang mga pag-angkin sa kampeonato ay napakadilim noong panahong iyon. Malimit na natatabunan ng huggery at dirty tricks kung sino talaga ang American Champion. Jem Mace, na itinuturing na World Champion ng dalawang beses habang nakikipaglaban sa England, ay pinirmahan upang makilala si Tom
At “Strangler” Si Lewis ay isa sa mga pinakadakilang propesyonal na wrestler at world champion sa lahat ng oras. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, na sinimulang gamitin ni Lewis bilang mga promoter at wrestler na inilipat ang propesyonal na pakikipagbuno sa isang nakaayos na o "nagtrabaho" na eksibisyon. Orihinal na ginamit ni Lewis ang front face lock o guillotine choke. Ang pangalan ni Lewis na Evan "Strangler" Lewis ay gumawa ng front face lock o
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. Na-secure na niya sa wakas
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. Ang Marso 3, 1946 edition of
Kasama si Choque, Vol. 2 (Link ng kaakibat ng Amazon), Kinuha ni Roberto Pedreira ang kwento ng Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu sa kung ano ang isinasaalang-alang niya sa tagumpay nito sa Brazil, 1950 – 1960. Bukod kina Carlos at Helio Gracie, maraming iba pang mga akademya, tulad ng Oswaldo Fadda's, ay umunlad din. Si Judo ay sumikat ngunit hindi nalampasan ang katanyagan sa Jiu-Jitsu. Ang mga laban sa Vale Tudo ay nasa taas
Film na ito (affiliate link) ay ang unang pelikula ng Sherlock Holmes na pinagbibidahan ni Basil Rathbone bilang si 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. Ang pelikulang ito ay isang
Talaga, 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. Ang paligsahan ni Rachman ay magsisimula sa Miyerkules
Martin “Magsasaka” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Gayunman, Burns ay isang mahusay na mambunuo sa kanyang sariling karapatan. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Ang Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Sa 1893, Natigilan si Burns