Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 to 1930.
Georges St-Pierre has been the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Velter prvaka budući 2007 te se bori za naslov, jer 2005. Dok je on jedini 32 godina, samljeti biti svjetski prvak ga je izazvao odreći pojas i korak dalje od sporta za sada. Some pundits have speculated that he is
Abe Attell bila teška boksač. On je osvojio Svjetsko prvenstvo Pero boks dva puta. On i njegov brat Monte bili prvi braća da će svjetski boksački prvak u isto vrijeme, nakon Monte osvojio Svjetsko prvenstvo bantamweight. Abe Attell won his first title when he was based out of the West End Boxing Club in St. Louis, MO.
Svibanj 9, 1905 izdanje St. Louis republike sport poglavlje sadrži priču o nadolazeće utakmice između lokalnog hrvača George Baptiste i touring svjetskog prvak u hrvanju, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, koji je upravo pobijedio Tom Jenkins za Svjetsko prvenstvo. Ako urednik znali “Hack-a” condition at the time, he may have
Stanislav Zbyszko rođen Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz travnja 1, 1879 u Jodlow, Poljska, koja je bila dio Austro-Ugarske Monarhije. Prema Wikipediji, on je izabrao naziv prsten Stanislav Zbyszko jer je to naziv izmišljena poljski vitez. Članak u Walla Walla, Washington novina, Navečer državnik u utorak, Veljača 8, 1910 edition, publicized Zbyszko’s university and
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) was a world record holding weightlifter and World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion before wrestling was prearranged and lifters were using steroids. Hackenschmidt achieved a level of greatness due to several factors. He achieved a high level of physical fitness. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been
While doing research, I found this picture of the Manassa Mauler training for his July 4th, 1919 title fight with Jess Willard, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard was a giant of a man at 6’06” i 235 funti. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Međutim,
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. U naponu snage, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Na 35 years of age and nearly 300
Jack Johnson je oduvijek bila teška tema za mene. Divim mu hrabrost i snagu u sučeljavanju mržnju i fanatizam u trenutku kada se radi tako da stavite svoj život u opasnosti. On je odbio da se prilagodi i prihvatiti položaj inferiornosti da bijelih Amerikanaca. Još, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife