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Quando Wladek Zbyszko viajou dos Estados Unidos para o Brasil para uma lucrativa turnê no
Quem é o maior lutador profissional legítimo a lutar nos Estados Unidos? Como
Em abril de 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Em dezembro de 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Na terça-feira, Novembro 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, Novembro 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with
Na segunda-feira, Fevereiro 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Demónio pequeno” 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. Neste episódio, Eu discutir o que Evan “O Estrangulador” Lewis’ hold seria chamado hoje. Main Content – Quando eu ouvi pela primeira vez o estrangulamento ou "travar hold" de Evan "O Estrangulador" Lewis, soou como uma guilhotina. However, várias fontes I verificados descreveu-o como um mata-leão. Lewis
Na sexta-feira, Março 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Califórnia. 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
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 a 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
Na quinta-feira, Janeiro 31, 2020, Grão Mestre Pat Weseman me promoveu a 4º Dan em Taekwondo na Classe Avançada. Quando comecei as aulas com o Grão Mestre Weseman e seu marido Art, Eu não previ atingir esse marco. Originalmente, comecei a ter aulas com meu sobrinho Jim na primavera 1995. Depois de se casar em 1996, Parei de ter aulas por vários
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
Na terça-feira, Dezembro 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Entre 1904 e 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
James J. Jeffries dominou o boxe peso-pesado americano desde 1899 a 1904. Depois de vencer o Campeonato Mundial de Boxe Peso Pesado de Bob Fitzsimmons em 1899, Jeffries fez 9 defesas de título bem-sucedidas durante os próximos cinco anos. Ele se aposentou invicto em 1905 antes de ser atraído de volta para um retorno malfadado contra o grande Jack Johnson. Jeffries não venceu suas lutas com um boxe superior