Zgodovinar borilnih športov in borilni umetnik
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 za 1930.
V torek, December 12, 1916, Sam Langford je branil “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, februarja ga je osvojil od Sama McVea 1916. Med 1904 in 1919, najboljši afroameriški boksarji, ali črni Kanadčani, kot je Langford, obtičali v boju drug proti drugemu “Barvna” prvenstvo. Če bi se beli borec boril z njimi, šlo je le za razvoj lastnega ugleda
V petek, Marec 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain se je boril z Georgeom Godfreyjem v California Athletic Clubu v San Franciscu, California. Moški so se borili za pokal in $5,000. Moški so stopili v ring ob 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, nekdanji svetovni prvak v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji, podprl Kilrain, ki ga je Muldoon treniral za to borbo. Muldoon je treniral Kilrainovega nasprotnika, John L. Sullivan, za njihovo 1889
I decided to start 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but
Evan “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 funtov, Lewis’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Lewis’ reputation was strongly related to his feared
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, In “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up
Julija 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Čeprav Georges Carpentier
Marca 22, 1919, In “Strangler” Lewis met Wladek Zbyszko for the vacant World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. In a surprise victory, Zbyszko defeated Lewis to claim the title. Unfortunately for Wladek Zbyszko, he would only have a cup of coffee with the belt. A month or two later, Zbyszko lost the title to Joe Stetcher. This match was most likely
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Rachmann’s plan for establishing Aberg was going as planned after the tournament kicked off