लड़ाकू खेल इतिहासकार और मार्शल आर्टिस्ट
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, मैं एक साल की लंबी फिटनेस पर चला गया
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, अपने चुनौती देने वालों का मिलान करके उनमें से कुछ स्टार्च निकालने का निर्णय लिया
फ्रेंकी Darro और Mantan Moreland इस अंतर्राष्ट्रीय Renters में पहली बार एक साथ रखा गया, लिमिटेड (गुंथे तस्वीर) फ़िल्म, आयरिश लक (1939). फिल्म में (affiliate link), फ्रेंकी Darro नाटकों “Buzzy” ओ 'ब्रायन, एक होटल के नौकर, Mantan Moreland जेफरसन है, जबकि, होटल कुली. “Buzzy की” father was a police officer killed in the line of duty. “Buzzy” बनना चाहते है
फरवरी को 7, 1882, जॉन एल. 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. में 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, मिसिसिपी के आसपास
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, यही कारण है कि दोनों प्रमोटर
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300
फरवरी को 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. लुइस. Initially, 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. लुई पुलिस विभाग. When the bank association turned over the
अप्रैल को 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 मिनट. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “डेनवर” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when
Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. लुइस, 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
जनवरी में 7, 1903, सेंट. 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. तथापि, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, सेंट. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an