Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
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Toe Wladek Zbyszko van die Verenigde State na Brasilië gereis het vir 'n winsgewende toer
Wie is die grootste wettige professionele stoeier om in die Verenigde State te stoei?? Hoe doen
Op April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Charles Groen, ’n bekwame Engelse catch-as-catch-can-stoeier, het in die laat 1880's na die Verenigde State gereis om die beste Amerikaanse stoeiers te stoei. Green het sy geleentheid op Julie gekry 21, 1889, toe hy die Amerikaanse Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can-kampioen Evan Lewis gestoei het. Om voor te berei vir hierdie wedstryd, Green het aan die einde van Junie 'n voorgee-wedstryd met die stoeier Bert Scheller gehad. Scheller gebore is
Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
Whether it was a double-cross or an attempt to setup a legitimate contest, Paul Bowser’s attempt to secure a match between Joe Stecher and Joe Malcewicz nearly resulted in a riot on March 11, 1926. Events of the previous year actually set this debacle into motion. From the end of 1922, the Gold Dust Trio of Ed “Worger” Lewis, sy
Tom Jenkins had the distinction of being the only wrestler to defeat Frank Gotch multiple times. Jenkins and Gotch traded the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship between 1902 en 1906. At the time of this match, Jenkins was the champion again. Fred Beell had been campaigning for a match with Jenkins for the past several months. Beell finally convinced Jenkins to
On Joe Acton’s 33rd birthday, Maart 8, 1885, he wrestled fellow countryman Tom Cannon in a 2-out-of-3-falls match at Sportsman Park in New Orleans, Louisiana. Acton and Cannon had a long history together. Both men were born in England in early 1952. Cannon was born a month later than Acton on April 19, 1852. Both men started wrestling in the
1909 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. In March 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was
Joseph “Toots” Mondt wrestled professionally from the early 1910s through the 1930s but he made his real mark as a booker, booking agent and promoter. While Ed “Worger” Lewis considered Mondt his equal in a legitimate wrestling match, Mondt has a genius for creating angles and finishes in worked wrestling exhibitions. Mondt would join Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow
From late 1921 te 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Egter, Contos decided to leave promotion to focus on managing the career of budding star Dan Kolov. Prior to leaving St. Louis, Contos sold the promotion to Tom Packs, his nephew and assistant in the promotion. Packs’ first card was scheduled for Friday, Januarie 4, 1924.
By die bespreking van Stanislaus Zbyszko se titel regeer van 1921 te 1922, die hoofrede wat gegee is om die titel van hom af te neem, was dat sy titelbewind 'n loketmislukking was. Bevestig die syfers hierdie oortuiging? Voor die wen van die kampioenskap, Zbyszko het geworstel met die voormalige kampioen Joe Stecher by die 71ste Regiment Armory voor 7,000 fans. In 1915, die
Toe William Muldoon as die Wêreld-swaargewig Grieks-Romeinse stoeikampioen in 1889, daar was geen gereed opvolger vir die kampioenskap nie. Evan “Worger” Lewis was die beste stoeier in die Verenigde State wat nie William Muldoon genoem is nie, maar sy spesialiteit was vang-as-vang-kan-stoei. Die beste Amerikaanse Grieks-Romeinse stoeier, Clarence Whistler, het in Australië gesterf tydens 1885. Muldoon se uitgesoekte opvolger was Duits-gebore