Историчар на борбени спортови и боречки уметник
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 да се 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
While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major
Во јануари 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.
Во понеделник, Декември 13, 1920, И “Strangler” Lewis won the first of six World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships from Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Една година пред овој натпревар, Stecher and Lewis met in a match lasting over three hours. Lewis made a mental error in
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
Кон крајот 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 “Земјоделец” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Сепак, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Со 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,
Како што имам напишано во неколку постови, најдобрите боксери во тешка категорија меѓу 1900 и 1919 беа принудени афро-американските боксери да се борат меѓу себе за “Шампионат во боја”. Дури и откако одличниот Џек Џонсон конечно ја проби линијата на бои и го освои Светскиот шампионат во тешка категорија, тој би ја бранел титулата само против белите претенденти. As a result, најтешките предизвикувачи
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
Ноември 30, 1910, извештаи дојде од Англија дека поранешниот светски шампион во тешка категорија Prizefighting Jem Маке загинал 79 години. Маке беше светски шампион од 1860 да се 1862 и повторно од 1866 да се 1876. По наводно заработуваат милиони долари во кариера која траеше 1857 да се 1909, Jem Маке почина без пари. He was laid to rest