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On Sunday, Novembro 9, 1913, African American boxer Sam McVea, or McVey, battled Professor Stevenson, a Jujitsu practitioner, in a mixed styles bout in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. McVea and Stevenson fought ten, five-minute rounds, with three-minute intermission between rounds. McVea and Stevenson fought for $100 un lado. In grappler vs. boxer matches, the grappler usually won, but McVea
O sábado, Decembro 30, 1916, Taro Miyake loitou contra Ben de Mello, un boxeador profesional, nun desafío de seis roldas de estilos mixtos. 1,000 Os espectadores entraron na Armería de Hilo para ver un raro concurso lexítimo entre un boxeador e un experto en jiu jitsu. Árbitro H.S. Prager comezou o combate entre Miyake, de 35 anos, e o boxeador máis novo. Miyake rodeou con cautela
O venres, Marzo 11, 1932, os loitadores George Tragos e Rudy Dusek enfrontáronse a boxeadores, Stanley McRae e Tom Pivac en combates de loitador contra boxeador. Os afeccionados tardaron máis en chegar aos seus asentos que os combatentes en completar os combates. Os homes loitaron o par de combates en Memphis, Tennessee no Auditorio. Os fans coñecen a George Tragos, unha
In mixed style bouts between wrestlers and strikers, the adage is once the wrestler gets his hands on the striker, the fight is over. In most mixed style bouts between wrestlers or grapplers and boxers, the grappler normally wins after dragging the striker to the ground. Ray Steele defeated Battling Levinsky. “Judo” Gene LeBell smashed Milo Savage. In modern
Cando Wladek Zbyszko viaxou dos Estados Unidos a Brasil para realizar unha lucrativa xira polo ben desenvolvido circuíto de loita libre profesional de Brasil., Zbyszko pouco sospeitaba que ía loitar no seu primeiro concurso en case vinte anos. Como os seus homólogos americanos, Os loitadores profesionais brasileiros traballaron uns cos outros para facer exhibicións emocionantes para os afeccionados. Os loitadores profesionais brasileiros loitaron ocasionalmente contra a
Before immigrating to the United States, Taro Miyake first settled in England. Miyake assisted Yukio Tani with establishing Judo and Jujitsu in England. Miyake and Tani challenged professional wrestlers to matches as part of their effort to establish their martial arts. Tani took part in challenge matches prior to the arrival of Miyake. Miyake grappled his first opponent, Tani himself,
En outubro 20, 1916, Ad Santel, un destacado "prostituta" ou loitador de submisión hábil, coñeceu a Taro Miyake, a Jujitsu black belt, nunha loita mixta vs. concurso de jujitsu. Despois de aproximadamente 20 seconds, Santel asegurou un medio Nelson sobre Miyake, levantouno da colchoneta e bateu a Miyake no chan. O impacto deixou sen sentido a Miyake. Miyake’s seconds assisted him back to the
En novembro 19, 1935, professional wrestler Ray Steele met professional boxer Kingfish Levinsky in a mixed wresting versus boxing bout. The Missouri State Athletic Commission created special rules for the match. The commissioners ruled the bout would consist of three-minute rounds like a boxing match. The commissioners allowed Levinsky to punch even if he was on the mat. Steele could
I was recently honored to be a guest on The Martial Culture Podcast. Coach Rene Driefuss and Matt Peters were excellent hosts. I truly enjoyed my time on their podcast. We spoke about one of my books, Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: The Matches That Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling in particular. Porén, we spoke in general about the history
On St. Patrick’s Day, Marzo 17, 1905, St. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans from drowning