Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
A few weeks ago, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, I went on a year-long fitness
At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, decidiu quitarlle parte do almidón aos seus retadores emparelándoos
Frankie Darro e Mantan Moreland foron colocados xuntos por primeira vez neste Locatários internacionais, Ltd (Fotos do monograma) película, Sorte irlandesa (1939). Na película (enlace de afiliado), Frankie Darro pezas “Buzzy” O'Brien, un cargador de hotel, mentres Mantan Moreland é Jefferson, o porteiro do hotel. “De Buzzy” father was a police officer killed in the line of duty. “Buzzy” wants to be
On February 7, 1882, John L. Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan for a title, which was certainly the American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship but probably not the World Title it was billed as. En 1880, Paddy Ryan won the title in his first and only prize fight before facing the ferocious power puncher Sullivan. The men met in Mississippi City, Mississippi around
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, which is why both promoters
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, o ex-campión dos pesos pesados xubilado, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “Esperanza Branca” contendentes. No seu auxe, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. En 35 years of age and nearly 300
On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. Inicialmente, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. Louis Departamento de Policía. When the bank association turned over the
En abril 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 actas. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, cando
Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father
En xaneiro de 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Porén, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, o St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an