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Quan Wladek Zbyszko va viatjar des dels Estats Units al Brasil per a una gira lucrativa
Qui és el millor lluitador professional legítim per lluitar als Estats Units?? Com fer
A l'abril 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
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Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 lliures, Lewis’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Lewis’ la reputació estava fortament relacionada amb la seva por
El mateix dia, Joe Stecher va lluitar contra Stanislaus Zbyszko per la versió reconeguda del Campionat Mundial de Lluita Pes Pesat a St.. Louis, I “Estrangulador” Lewis challenged “Gran” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
Al març de 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
Al juliol 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Tot i que Georges Carpentier
A l'abril 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” llumins. Lewis in fact dropped his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek Zbyszko in 1917. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling
Frank J. Quinn, un local de St. Lluis advocat, va exercir com a gerent dels lluitadors professionals George Baptise, Charley Olson i Fred Beell. Originalment un admirador de George Baptiste, que era una llegenda al St. Barri de Louis al voltant de les avingudes Cook i Vandeventer. Baptiste contractaria a Quinn com a pessebre i més tard advocat de la seva empresa de tendes i tendals. During his
Al gener 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. Mentre que britànic
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. El pla de Rachmann per establir Aberg anava com estava previst després de l'inici del torneig