Dövüş Sporları Tarihçisi ve Dövüş Sanatçısı
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
Başında 1911, Üç erkek kabul güreş kamu Dünya Şampiyonu Frank Gotch hükümdarlık için en büyük meydan olmak. Eski şampiyon George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaw Zbyszko ve “Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout Gotch yenmek için bir şans istedi. Gotch, kimsenin aptal kim, Rakiplerini eşleştirerek nişastanın bir kısmını onlardan almaya karar verdi
Frankie Darro ve Mantan Moreland bu Uluslararası kiracıların ilk kez birlikte eşleştirilmiş, Ltd (Monogram Resimleri) film, İrlandalı Luck (1939). Filmde (bağlı bağlantı), Frankie Darro çalış “Buzzy” O'Brien, Bir otel belboy, Mantan Moreland Jefferson iken, otel porter. “Buzzy en” 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. Içinde 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, emekli eski ağır siklet şampiyonu, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “Umut bağlanan kimse” yarışmacıları. Onun başbakan, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 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. Başlangıçta, 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 Emniyet Müdürlüğü. When the bank association turned over the
Nisan'da 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 dakika. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when
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 “Amca 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
On January 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. Ancak, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an