Storico degli sport da combattimento e artista marziale
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 a 1930.
Georges St-Pierre has been the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Campione dei pesi welter dal 2007 ed è stato in lotta per il titolo dal 2005. Mentre è solo 32 anni, la fatica di essere campione del mondo gli ha causato ad abbandonare la cintura e allontanarsi dallo sport per il momento. Some pundits have speculated that he is
Abe Attell era un pugile difficile. Ha vinto il Mondiale piuma Boxing Championship due volte. He and his brother Monte were the first brothers to be world boxing champions at the same time after Monte won the World Bantamweight Championship. Abe Attell won his first title when he was based out of the West End Boxing Club in St. Louis, MO.
The May 9, 1905 edizione del St. La sezione sportiva di Louis Repubblica conteneva una storia di un prossimo match tra wrestler locale George Baptiste e il Campione del Mondo Wrestling touring, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, che ha appena battuto Tom Jenkins per il Campionato del Mondo. Se l'editore sapeva “Hack di” condizioni, al momento, he may have
Stanislao Zbyszko è nato Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz aprile 1, 1879 in Jodlow, Polonia, che faceva parte dell'impero austro-ungarico. Secondo Wikipedia, scelse il nome di anello Stanislao Zbyszko perché era il nome di un cavaliere polacco immaginario. Un articolo del Walla Walla, Quotidiano Washington, The Evening Statesman Martedì, Febbraio 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” e 235 sterline. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Tuttavia,
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. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. A 35 years of age and nearly 300
Jack Johnson has always been a tough subject for me. I admire his courage and strength in confronting hatred and bigotry in a time when doing so put his life in danger. He refused to conform and accept a position of inferiority to white Americans. Ancora, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife