Istoricul sporturilor de luptă și artist marțial
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Aprilie 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Aprilie 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, în Chicago, Illinois for his title. Fans considered Mahmout a tough challenger primarily because they had not seen him wrestle. Emil Klank, Gotch’s manager, convinced foreign wrestlers with good reputations like Mahmout and Stanislaus Zbyszko to travel to America to challenge Gotch. Fans
Aleksander “Alex” Aberg a făcut titluri în 1917 în timpul unui proces privind refuzul său de a îndeplini un angajament de luptă în Boston în luna martie 1917. Aberg a fost de acord să-l lupte pe Wladek Zbyszko, principalul său adversar în timpul 1915 Turnee internaționale de lupte din New York, pentru promotorul din Boston, George Touhey. Totuși, Aberg a ieșit din luptă la scurt timp după ce a semnat un acord pentru a-l lupta
După ce s-a căsătorit cu soția sa Gladys și l-a bătut pe Georg Hackenschmidt a doua oară, atât în 1911, Campionul mondial la lupte grele, Frank Gotch, a început să lupte cu un program mai limitat. Soția sa Gladys nu era un mare fan al luptei și își dorea ca noul ei soț să petreacă mai mult timp acasă în Humboldt, Iowa. În lumea luptei din acea vreme,
Clarence Whistler was born in Indiana during 1856. While standing only 5’09” or so and weighing 165 de lire sterline, Whistler was considered one of the most powerful wrestlers of his era. Whistler was the only wrestler able to give William Muldoon a hard time during Muldoon’s 9-year run as World Champion. Whistler primarily competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, the dominant style in
For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, when they stopped in at a
La data de 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, New York. Zbyszko, a Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from Poland, wanted to generate interest in a potential match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. While Dr. Roller was never able to beat Gotch, he was considered one of the top American
Leading into his January 24, 1921 title match with former world champion Earl Caddock, Campionul mondial la lupte grele Ed “Strangler” Lewis was reputed to have injured his previous two opponents, Wladek Zbyszko and Joe Stecher, with his headlock. Lewis would use the headlock to hip toss his opponent to the floor. Zbyszko was knocked senseless, when his head hit the
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Agricultor” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 de lire sterline, “Agricultor” Burns stood 5’11” to Beell’s 5’04”. The 32-year-old Beell had a big age advantage over the 47-year-old Burns though. Burns debuted in 1879, when Beell was 3-years-old. The men were scheduled for a match in Omaha, Nebraska, one
Aprilie 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross l-a cunoscut pe Sorakichi Matsuda, cunoscută și sub numele de Matsada, primul luptător profesionist japonez din Statele Unite. Matsuda a imigrat în Statele Unite pentru a-și urmări visul de a deveni un luptător profesionist, deoarece în acel moment nu exista cu adevărat în Japonia. 28-year-old Duncan Ross was born in Turkey of Scottish descent on March
On St. Patrick’s Day, Martie 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. Louisani de la înec