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En abril 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
En enero 5, 1900, four days before a showdown with Bantamweight Boxing Champion Terry McGovern, Featherweight World Boxing Champion George Dixon made an announcement to chill the spine of all his supporters. Dixon announced that win or lose, he would be retiring from the ring after the bout with McGovern. The last thing a manager wants to hear before a
En enero 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” y 210 libras, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Segundo,
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: El truco que salvó al 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) La versión de otoño del 1915 El Torneo Internacional de Lucha estaba luchando con la asistencia y el interés, cuando el promotor Sam Rachmann alcanzó el oro promocional al introducir a un luchador enmascarado en su torneo. The Masked Marvel stormed
When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum el jueves, Diciembre 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
El sábado, Enero 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defendió su Campeonato de Lucha greco-romana Mundial contra Ahmed Medrali. “El León de Rusia” tendría que derrotar “El Terrible Turk” para retener su campeonato. Los promotores seleccionados del gigante Medrali, que fue de 6’02” y 224 libras, para derrotar al aparentemente invencible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt situó sólo 5’09” de altura y pesaba 209 libras. Despite his smaller
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. También ingresó como uno de
Thiebaud o Theobald Bauer fue un luchador francés, que se especializó en la lucha grecorromana. Bauer llegó a América durante 1875 con un dudoso derecho al Campeonato Mundial de Lucha Grecorromana de Peso Pesado. Defendería su título por 5 años hasta que fue derrotado por William Muldoon en 1880. Si los fanáticos de la lucha libre conocen a Bauer, normalmente es como el oponente
El jueves, Noviembre 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star
Yusuf Ismail only wrestled in the United States for six months in the first half of 1898. In his first significant match, he was disqualified for a vicious foul. In his only other significant match, he gave Evan “Strangler” Lewis the beating of his life. Yet his short tour of the United States made him a legend. Ismail entered the