Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
O venres, Novembro 27, 1891, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California. The men wrestled for a reported $1,000.00 purse. Acton usually gave up size to his opponent but Acton outweighed the 148-pound Fitzsimmons by seven pounds. The men wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/mem3a8/Episode_206q4px.mp3Podcast: Xogar en nova ventá | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the career of Sorakichi Matsada, a 19th Century Japanese pro wrestler. Update I discuss the new podcast schedule. Hopefully, Caleb will be back with me for the next episode. I will release an episode on the second Monday of every month. If scheduling allows, a second episode will be
En decembro de 17, 1923, Jim Browning wrestled a rare match in his hometown of Verona, Missouri. Four hundred fans from the surrounding area crowded into the venue to watch the match between Browning and Clarence Jenkins, a wrestler from Emporia, Kansas. Both Browning and Jenkins wrestled most of their matches in Kansas during 1923. Browning was starting a career that
En novembro 18, 1938, former world wrestling champion Jim Londos wrestled current world champion Bronko Nagurski, the great former football player for the Chicago Bears. The men wrestled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Nagurski’s version of the world wrestling championship. You can view the 14-minute match in its entirety on YouTube. When I viewed the match for the first time, several
En maio 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail wrestled Tom Jenkins in Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail only toured the United States for six months in the early part of 1898. Ismail wrestled less than ten matches but left a path of destruction remembered to this day. Ismail made a powerful impression by easily defeating both Evan “Strangler” Lewis. Ismail also made a strong
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/witdaq/Episode_199c6lp.mp3Podcast: Xogar en nova ventá | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the 1891 wrestling match between Joe Acton and future heavyweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Update I decided to take on a shorter book project on a 19th-Century wrestler to be completed in late summer or early fall 2023. The next project after this book will be a longer book
John "The Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek loitou dous dos concursos lexítimos máis famosos da década de 1920.. Pesek puxo fin a dúas guerras de promoción ao aceptar concursos de "disparo" con Marin Plestina e Nat Pendelton. En 1916, Pesek era un loitador prometedor activo no seu estado natal de Nebraska. O xoves, Setembro 14, 1916, Pesek loitou outro loitador de Nebraska, Chris Jordan. Fans and
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2yakt8/Episode_18ag9gz.mp3Podcast: Xogar en nova ventá | DownloadUpdate The next episode will be released on Monday, Febreiro 13, 2023, where I will discuss a match between the former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and a future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Main Content In January 1923, the promotional war between Jack Curley and the Gold Dust Trio resulted in a shoot contest between
Born Norman Edward Wescoatt in Hawaii on August 2, 1911, “Rusty” Wescoatt played football for the University of Hawaii before making his professional wrestling debut in Hawaii during 1933. Wescoatt was also a swimming champion. Wescoatt initially made more news for his swimming than his wrestling when he traveled to the continental United States in 1935. On Easter Sunday, Abril
Stanislaus Zbyszko toured the United States in 1910 in preparation for a title match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch later in the year. His tour brought him to St. Louis on May 29, 1910. Zbyszko was scheduled to meet highly regarded light heavyweight grappler Charley Olson. Olson was a skilled wrestler, who trained with St. Louis wrestler George