Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 kwa 1930.
Siku ya Jumanne, Novemba 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan fought Al Greenfield at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sullivan needed to overcome more than just his opponent in this bout. The men originally agreed to fight on Monday, Novemba 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with
Tom Allen alizaliwa huko Birmingham, England lakini alipigana baadhi ya mapambano yake maarufu huko Amerika. In 1867, Allen alihamia St. Louis, mji mkubwa zaidi magharibi mwa Mississippi. Allen hakuwahi kuondoka na angetumia St. Louis kama kituo chake cha nyumbani cha kutoa mafunzo kwa mapambano ya zawadi. Allen alipigana zaidi katika pambano la kushindana kwa goli tupu kama ndondi ya Marekani isingekuwa
Siku ya Jumatatu, Februari 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Kidogo Demon” Joe Acton met at Battery D in Chicago, Illinois. It would be the first of several exhibition bouts between the men. They performed these exhibitions in the larger Midwestern cities in early 1887. Like the St. Paul match I covered in an earlier post, Lewis and Acton agreed to
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Katika sehemu hii, I discuss what Evan “Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Content Kuu – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Hata hivyo, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
In 1880, William Muldoon would become World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the Greco-Roman style after defeating Thiebaud Bauer, the reigning champion. Before he would accomplish this feat, Muldoon alikuwa na kulipa mtu haki yake na kujiandaa kwa ajili ya cheo Tilt na Bauer. In 1876, Muldoon hawakupata ya tahadhari ya zamani bare knuckle prizefighting bingwa wa dunia John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 kwa 1942. Louis is widely considered to be one of the top three to five heavyweights in professional boxing history and some consider him the best heavyweight fighter. “Jack” Blackburn developed the talents of the young champion and helped him
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” wrestling promotion and beat Munn for the
Siku ya Jumanne, Desemba 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Kati ya 1904 na 1919, the best African-American boxers, or black Canadians like Langford, were stuck fighting each other for “Colored” Championship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to
Siku ya Ijumaa, Machi 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, California. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, seconded Kilrain, who Muldoon trained for this fight. Muldoon trained Kilrain’s opponent, John L. Sullivan, for their 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