Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 to 1930.
Mardi, Janvier 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. 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. Main Content – Sur Mars 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Le championnat du monde de Sullivan a brisé la couleur
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 Janvier 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “étrangler Sorakichi pour
Pour le Octobre 5, 1861 édition du Cincinnati Daily Press, éditeurs tiré une histoire hors du service de fil de l'Esprit du Times. L'histoire de fil rapporté sur un combat entre l'ancien champion anglais de la boxe Tom Sayers et actuel champion anglais Jem Mace. Les deux Sayers et Mace ont été tournées avec cirques anglais, lorsqu'ils se sont arrêtés à un
Sam McVey fatigués de l'absence de possibilité pour les combattants noirs aux Etats-Unis au début du XXe siècle. McVey a décidé de quitter pour l'Europe 1907, où il a combattu jusqu'au 1911. McVey a combattu en Australie pour trois ans de plus avant de retourner aux États-Unis. Ce petit film de surbrillance de la France en 1911 avec “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Sur Décembre 8, 1903, Sam Langford battu le champion en titre de boxe poids léger dans sa ville natale de Boston, Massachusetts. Avant de lutte contre Langford, la plupart des experts de boxe Joe Gans estimaient ne pouvait pas être battu dans un combat légitime. Né à Baltimore, Maryland, Gans a réussi à briser la barrière de la couleur en remportant le Championnat du Monde de boxe léger. 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” À, 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 “Entaille” à St. Louis during the 1904 Exposition universelle. 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. Il est également entré comme l'un des