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Posts about combat sports history from 1870 untuk 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
Sementara terkenal untuk memerangi John L. Sullivan di kejuaraan dunia terakhir prizefight diperebutkan di bawah aturan buku jari telanjang, Jake Kilrain juga mengambil bagian dalam banyak serangan bersarung. Prizefighting itu transisi dari aturan buku jari telanjang untuk serangan bersarung bawah Marquess of Queensberry Aturan (amatir awal dan tinju profesional) di Abad 19-an. seperti Sullivan, Kilrain akan bertarung di utama
Pada bulan Januari 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Pencekik” 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.
Pada hari Senin, Desember 13, 1920, Dan “Pencekik” Lewis memenangkan yang pertama dari enam Kejuaraan Gulat Kelas Berat Dunia dari Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher dan Lewis bertemu dalam pertandingan yang berlangsung lebih dari tiga jam. Lewis membuat kesalahan mental
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. After
Pada akhir 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 “Petani” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. However, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Oleh 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,
Seperti yang sudah saya tulis di beberapa postingan, petinju kelas berat terbaik di antaranya 1900 dan 1919 adalah para petinju Afrika-Amerika yang dipaksa bertarung satu sama lain demi gelar tersebut “Kejuaraan Berwarna”. Bahkan setelah Jack Johnson yang hebat akhirnya menembus garis warna dan memenangkan Kejuaraan Kelas Berat Dunia, dia hanya akan mempertahankan gelar melawan pesaing kulit putih. As a result, penantang terberat
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. Dia mulai 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
Pada November 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 tahun. Mace was world champion from 1860 untuk 1862 and again from 1866 untuk 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 untuk 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest