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Të premten, Nëntor 27, 1891, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, Kaliforni. 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: Luaj në dritare të re | 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
Më dhjetor 17, 1923, Jim Browning wrestled a rare match in his hometown of Verona, Misuri. 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
Në nëntor 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
Në maj 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: Luaj në dritare të re | 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 wrestled two of the most famous legitimate contests of the 1920s. Pesek ended two promotional wars by agreeing to “shoot” contests with Marin Plestina and Nat Pendelton. Në 1916, Pesek was an up-and-coming wrestler active in his home state of Nebraska. Të enjten, Shtator 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled another Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Fans and
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2yakt8/Episode_18ag9gz.mp3Podcast: Luaj në dritare të re | DownloadUpdate The next episode will be released on Monday, Shkurt 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
Lindur Norman Edward Wescoatt në Hawaii në gusht 2, 1911, "Rusty" Wescoatt luajti futboll për Universitetin e Hawait para se të bënte debutimin e tij profesional në mundje në Hawaii gjatë 1933. Wescoatt ishte gjithashtu një kampion noti. Wescoatt fillimisht bëri më shumë lajme për notin e tij sesa për mundjen e tij kur udhëtoi në Shtetet e Bashkuara kontinentale në 1935. Të dielën e Pashkëve, Prill
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