Batalsporthistoriisto kaj Militartisto
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 Al 1930.
Dum la fruaj 1930-aj jaroj, la plej potencaj iniciatintoj en profesia luktado, Jack Curley, Jozefo "Toots" Mondt, Paul Bowser, kaj Tom Packs efektivigis duoble-krucojn sur unu la alian vundante la totalan tirpovon de siaj luktistoj. Dum la varba milito, Jack Pfefer akordigis sin kun Jack Curley kaj "Toots" Mondt, kiu elkuris el Novjorko. En lasta 1933, Curley kaj
Mi duan rigardon al ĉi tiu matĉo post aŭskultado de la podkasta intervjuo de Shut Up and Wrestle kun Mike Chapman, unu el la plej elstaraj spertuloj pri Frank Gotch. Mike Chapman prezentis konvinkan argumenton por sia kredo ke ambaŭ grafo Caddock vs. Joe Stecher mondĉampionaj matĉoj estis "ŝosoj" aŭ legitimaj konkursoj. Post revizii la kontojn de la
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 Al 1904. After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899, Jeffries made 9 successful title defenses during the next five years. He retired undefeated in 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing
Sorakichi Matsuda malfrue vojaĝis al Usono 1883 por komenci sian luktadkarieron. Matsuda intencis lerni amerikan vrestlingon kaj reveni al sia patrujo por komenci sian propran luktadreklamon. La manaĝero de Matsuda faris asertojn pri sia trejnado en Japanio, Kiu ne povus esti konfirmita. Matsuda trejnis en sumoo-luktado kun la fama Isegahama stalo sed faris
Vendrede, Junio 10, 1910, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought his last fight against unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel has cleared out the middleweight division, so boxing promoters struggled to find suitable competition for Ketchel. Ĉe nura 24 Jaroj malnova, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
Marde, Junio 3, 1924, up-and-coming wrestler Jim Browning challenged Taro Miyake in a mixed styles match in Nashville, Tenesio. Browning, a wrestler from Verona, Missouri recently left the Missouri-Kansas area to wrestle in Tennessee and Kentucky. The 21-year-old Browning was developing a reputation for solid wrestling. Browning impressed promoters so much in the 1920s that the promoters put the
Over the past twenty years, preservationists have found several wrestling films from the 1920s through the 1950s that were assumed lost. Fans can watch most of the newly discovered films on YouTube. One of the surviving films is eighteen minutes of an hour, twenty minutes match from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1930. Jim Londos wrestled Dick Shikat (video link) por
#?A?de, Aprilo 10, 1884, America’s first full-time professional wrestler, J.H. McLaughlin wrestled all-around Scottish athlete and wrestler Duncan C. Ross at Detroit’s Opera House. The men wrestled a three-out-of-five falls mixed styles match. McLaughlin specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling. The men wrestled two falls under collar-and-elbow rules. Ross favored side hold rules. The men wrestled two falls by securing side
Sabate, septembra 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, fresh off his first tour of the United States, wrestled the Great Gama at Shepherd’s Bush Stadium in London, Anglio. 7,000 spectators crowded into the stadium to watch the match. A few weeks earlier, S-ro. Benjamin brought a group of Pehlwani wrestlers from India to wrestle in England. Fans consider the Great Gama
Sur majo 11, 1900, Monda Superpezula Bokso Ĉampiono James J. Jeffries batalis lian eksan dunganton James J. Corbett. Corbett tenis la Mondan Superpezulan Boksan Ĉampionecon en la frua 1890aj jaroj. Corbett dungis la potence konstruita Jeffires helpi lin prepari por liaj titolaj kontestantoj. Jeffries daŭrigis gajni la mondan titolon de la viro, Kiu venkas Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett