Batalsporthistoriisto kaj Militartisto
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 Al 1930.
On Thanksgiving in America, Ĵaŭdo, Novembro 26, 1908, Yussouff Mahmout wrestled former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Mahmout recently to the United States to wrestle Frank Gotch for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. If Mahmout defeated Jenkins, Mahmout would prove to be a bona fide challenger to Gotch. Jenkins was the
Marde, Januaro 29, 1884, approximately two thousand fans crowded into the Detroit Opera House to watch the first of a two-match series between Colonel James H. McLaughlin and Henry Moses Dufur. The crowd had to delight the organizers and wrestlers. Matches drawing crowds in the thousands were rare during the 19th Century. Organizers claimed McLaughlin was defending the American
#?A?de, septembra 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, Anglio, settled in St. Louis, Misuro. Allen eventually became a U.S. Citizen. Allen showed a pugnacious personality, inside and outside the ring, making powerful enemies amongst the sporting men in the United States. Allen particularly irritated
Jim Londos rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Tamen, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
In mixed style bouts between wrestlers and strikers, the adage is once the wrestler gets his hands on the striker, the fight is over. In most mixed style bouts between wrestlers or grapplers and boxers, the grappler normally wins after dragging the striker to the ground. Ray Steele defeated Battling Levinsky. “Judo” Gene LeBell smashed Milo Savage. In modern
Jack Claybourne, unu el la plej fruaj afrik-usonanoj, profesiaj luktistoj, estis naskita Elmer Claybourn ĉe Meksiko, Misuro, Sur marto 8, 1910. Je 1910, Meksiko estis hejmo de ĉirkaŭ 5,939 Loĝantoj. Claybourne komencis sian vrestlingokarieron en Misurio en 1931. Komence, Claybourne luktis en proksima Moberly, Misuro. Moberly havis populacion de 13,722 loĝantoj kompare kun 8,290 loĝantoj en Meksiko, Misuro
Henry Moses Dufur tenis la Mondan Pezegulo-kaj-kubutan Luktado-Ĉampionon dum la 1870-aj jaroj. De 1855, Dufur retiriĝis de vrestlingo por okupiĝi pri sian plentempan profesion de vestaĵtajloro. Eĉ dum lia luktadkariero, Dufur laboris kiel tajloro. Dufur rakontis al la korespondanto de The Boston Globe ke li estis naskita en Richford, Vermonto en junio 5, 1943. Ĉi tiu dato de
Henry Moses Dufur specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling when Dufur wrestled professionally in the 1870s and 1880s. Born on May 5, 1844, En Richmond, Vermont, Dufur wrestled primarily in the northeastern United States. Sur junio 27, 1878, Dufur wrestled a return match with a wrestler named Cox at the Boston Baseball Park in front of five hundred fans. Five hundred fans
Wrestling historians consider either Ed “Strangler” Lewis or Frank Gotch to be the greatest American professional wrestler. While we know quite a bit about the early career of Frank Gotch, we know much less about the early career of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Various sources claim Lewis learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling in the carnivals when he was only fourteen years old. Lewis
Krom esti la preferata ejo por profesiaj boksistoj kaj luktistoj por trejni kiam en St. Louis, La St. Louis Business Men's Gymnasium aranĝis pli malgrandajn boksadon kaj luktadon. Je 1898, iama amerika Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Martin "Farmer" Burns luktis Oscar Wasem antaŭ malgranda homamaso ĉe la Gimnazio de Komercaj Viroj.. Burns transiris al trejnado de luktistoj plentempe kaj