Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 a 1930.
El martes, Enero 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, un médico de Seattle y luchador profesional que era lo suficientemente bueno para ganar el campeonato de peso pesado estadounidense, inexplicablemente decidió probar suerte en el boxeo profesional. Su oponente era amigo y compañero de entrenamiento, “Denver” Ed Martin, quién iba a ganar el Campeonato Mundial Peso Pesado de Boxeo color. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
In this post, which was previously a podcast, we will discuss the epic sixty-one round draw between James J. Corbett and Peter Jackson in 1891. This bout prepared Corbett for his successful challenge of John L. Sullivan in 1892. Contenido Principal – En marzo de 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. En enero 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “estrangular a Sorakichi para
For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, cuando se detuvieron en un
Sam McVey cansado de la falta de oportunidades para los combatientes negros en los Estados Unidos a principios del siglo XX. McVey decidió salir para Europa en 1907, donde luchó hasta 1911. McVey luchó en Australia durante tres años más antes de regresar a los Estados Unidos. Esta breve película más destacado de Francia en 1911 con “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
En diciembre 8, 1903, Sam Langford luchó contra el actual campeón de boxeo de peso ligero en su ciudad natal de Boston, Massachusetts. Antes de la lucha contra Langford, la mayoría de los expertos del boxeo Joe Gans sentían no podría ser mejor, en un combate legítimo. Nacido en Baltimore, Maryland, Gans fue capaz de romper la barrera del color al ganar el Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo peso ligero. Sam Langford is often considered
John Morrissey claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in a controversial bout with Yankee Sullivan in October 1853. After beating a murder charge for his participation in the murder of Bill “The Butcher” A, Morrissey decided to defend his title against John C. Heenan, “the Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey defeated Heenan in the October 1858 bout held in
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hachazo” en St. Louis during the 1904 Feria Mundial. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “the Benicia Boy”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. También ingresó como uno de