Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
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Kad je Wladek Zbyszko otputovao iz Sjedinjenih Država u Brazil na unosnu turneju
Tko je najveći legitimni profesionalni hrvač koji se hrva u Sjedinjenim Državama? Kako
Travanj 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Odlučio sam započeti 2020 koristeći dva primjera iz profesionalnog hrvanja kako biste raspravili zašto biste promijenili povijesni izvještaj koji ste napisali u prošlosti. U pisanju povijesti, ograničeni ste dostupnim izvorima o predmetu. Primarni izvori poput dnevnika, službeni zapisi i autobiografije vrlo su vrijedni. Drugi izvori poput novina također su dobri, ali
Evan “Davitelj” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 funti, Klin dizač’ 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. Klin dizač’ ugled je bio snažno povezan s njegovim strahom
Istog dana Joe Stecher borio se protiv Stanislausa Zbyszka za priznatu verziju Svjetskog prvenstva u hrvanju u teškoj kategoriji u St.. Louis, I “Davitelj” Lewis challenged “Big” 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
Na ožujka 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
On July 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.” Iako Georges Carpentier
Travanj 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Davitelj” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” šibice. 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, lokalni St. Louis odvjetnik, služio je kao menadžer za profesionalne hrvače George Baptise, Charley Olson i Fred Beell. Izvorno obožavatelj Georgea Baptistea, koji je bio legenda u St. Louis oko avenija Cook i Vandeventer. Baptiste će zaposliti Quinna kao svog upravitelja i kasnije odvjetnika za svoju tvrtku za šatore i nadstrešnice. During his
Siječnja 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. Dok britanski
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. Rachmannov plan za osnivanje Aberga išao je po planu nakon što je turnir započeo