格鬥運動史學家和武術家
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 至 1930.
週二, 一月 19, 1909, 博士. 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. 博士. 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 – 三月 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. 沙利文世錦賽破彩
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. 一月 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “勒死空吉
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, 當他們停在
山姆·麥克維厭倦了二十世紀初在缺乏黑人戰士在美國的機會. 麥克維決定離開歐洲 1907, 他在那裡，直到戰鬥 1911. 麥克維轉戰澳洲三年回到美國之前. 來自法國的這個簡短的電影精華 1911 同 “作戰的” Jim Johnson shows
十二月 8, 1903, 薩姆·朗福德爭取衛冕輕量級拳擊冠軍，在他的家鄉波士頓, 馬薩諸塞州. 在此之前的戰鬥蘭福德, 大多數拳擊專家認為喬甘斯不能在合法的回合被打. 出生於巴爾的摩, 馬里蘭, 甘斯能夠贏得世界輕量級拳擊冠軍，打破膚色障礙. Sam Langford is often considered
約翰·莫里西稱世界裸關節職業拳擊冠軍在一個有爭議的回合揚Sullivan在十月 1853. 比爾謀殺毆打謀殺指控他參與後， “屠夫” 到, 莫里西決定捍衛他對約翰·c標題. 希南, “在Benicia的男孩”. “老煙” 莫里西在10月擊敗希南 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 “哈克” 在聖. Louis during the 1904 世界博覽會. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. 路易, the match would not occur until 1908 在芝加哥,
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “在Benicia的男孩”. 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. 後 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. 他還作為其中之一進入