格鬥運動史學家和武術家
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 至 1930.
“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 和 126 英鎊, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. 七月 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
八月 26, 1886, 埃文 “扼殺” 劉易斯會見了英國摔跤冠軍湯姆·坎農在辛辛那提, 俄亥俄. 在合法的摔跤時代, 其他選手害怕，因為他的束縛強大劉易斯. 劉易斯採用頸動脈扼殺被譽為柔道後方裸體扼流圈. 至少我最初是這麼想的，大多數歷史學家都引用過. 現代的
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “亞歷克斯” ABERG. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
上週六, 十一月 25, 1899, 聖. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 分鐘. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. 路易’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. 瓦西姆著身
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. 到: 政治, 職業拳擊和比爾屠夫的謀殺. The hot air laid stagnant in the room as the man in the corner tried to sleep. Giving up on the possibility of sleep, the “Troy Giant” pulled himself into a sitting position on the edge of the bed.
On February 23, 1906, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart defended his title in Los Angeles. When James J. Jeffries retired as heavyweight champion, Hart and Jack Sharkey fought for the vacant title. Hart was the surprise winner of the fight. Hart refused to fight Jack Johnson, the recognized best heavyweight. Instead he fought Tommy Burns, a 5’07” skilled boxer.
國際摔跤比賽發生在五月兩個階段 19, 1915 十二月 31, 1915. 五十選手將在比賽，包括世界古典式冠軍亞歷山大·第一階段爭奪 “亞歷克斯” ABERG. 第二批有 40 摔跤手，包括和未來的明星埃德 “扼殺” 劉易斯, 一個月誰加入到十一月比賽 22, 1915. 該
在 2010, 聖. 路易斯是美國第58大城市，19大都市圈. 大約在世紀之交, 這是第五或第六大的城市，在美國和密西西比河以西最大. 聖. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
1910年代, 美國職業摔角從合法摔角比賽永久轉移到預先安排的表演賽. 粉絲興趣, 發起人的控制和摔跤手的較少磨損都在這一轉變中發揮了作用. 另一個較少被談論的壓力是運動本身以外的壓力. 20世紀以前, 職業拳擊在美國是非法的. 裸指關節
上週四, 二月 26, 1903, 傑克·約翰遜 (Jack Johnson) 對陣不敗的薩姆·麥克維 (Sam McVey)，衛冕了世界有色人種重量級拳擊冠軍. 麥克維帶來了 6-0 冠軍賽中六次淘汰賽的紀錄. 由於拳擊推廣者拒絕讓黑人拳擊手參加世界重量級拳擊錦標賽, 世紀之交最優秀的拳擊手為世界有色人種而戰