Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 na 1930.
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
Zatímco se proslavil bojem s Johnem L. Sullivan v posledním zápase světového šampionátu soutěžil podle pravidel holých kloubů, Jake Kilrain se také zúčastnil mnoha zápasů v rukavicích. Zápasy o ceny přecházely z pravidel pro holé klouby na zápasy v rukavicích podle pravidel Marquess of Queensberry. (raný amatérský a profesionální box) na konci 19. století. Jako Sullivan, Kilrain bude bojovat v majoru
V lednu 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
V pondělí, Prosinec 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis vyhrál první ze šesti mistrovství světa v těžké váze od Joe Stechera. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher a Lewis se setkali v zápase trvajícím přes tři hodiny. Lewis udělal mentální chybu
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Po
V pozdní 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Zemědělec” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Však, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Podle 1902, George
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
Jak jsem psal v několika příspěvcích, nejlepší boxeři těžké váhy mezi nimi 1900 a 1919 byli afroameričtí boxeři nuceni bojovat mezi sebou za “Barevné mistrovství”. Dokonce i poté, co skvělý Jack Johnson konečně prolomil barevnou linii a vyhrál mistrovství světa v těžké váze, obhájil by titul pouze proti bílým uchazečům. V důsledku toho, nejtěžší vyzyvatelé
Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a
Dne 30, 1910, Zprávy přišel z Anglie, že bývalá světová jednička Heavyweight Prizefighting mistr Jem Mace zemřel na 79 let. Mace byl mistr světa z 1860 na 1862 a opět z 1866 na 1876. Poté, co údajně vydělávat miliony dolarů v kariéře, která trvala 1857 na 1909, Jem Mace zemřel bez peněz. He was laid to rest