Certamina ludis Historicus et Martialis Artist
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 ut 1930.
Die martis, January 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 – On March 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan patrocinium mundi color fregit
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. In January 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “suffocare Sorakichi to
Nam October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editoribus trahi a fabulam de filum de ministerio Spiritus Times. The filum fabula retulit in eadem pugna inter illa prizefighting Anglorum fortissimus Tom Sayers current et Anglorum fortissimus Jem Mace. Utrumque Sayers Mace sunt et felicia monstrare, Anglorum circenses, cum stetisset in a *
Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
In December 8, 1903, Sam Langford pugnavit caestu fortissimus regnantis leve est in patria Bostono, Massachusetts. Prior ad pugnantes Langford, maxime peritorum boxing comissationesque sensit Joe Gans non potuit in legitimo verberabitur. Natus est in Baltimore, Maryland, Gans was able to break the color barrier by winning the World Lightweight Boxing Championship. Sam Langford is often considered
John Morrissey posuit in Mundus risus in nuda Knuckle Prizefighting disputate IRCA Yankee Sullivan in October 1853. Et plagis eius participatione caedis crimine caedis Valerius “Lanio” To, E contra Ioannem constitutum defendere titulo Morrissey. Heenan, “Puer autem Benicia”. “Old Fumus” Morrissey Heenan percussit in 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 “Hack” in S.. Louis during the 1904 Mauris Pulchra. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Ludovicus, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “Puer autem Benicia”. 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. Postquam 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. Ingressus est etiam unus of