Историчар на борбени спортови и боречки уметник
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Кога Владек Збишко отпатува од Соединетите Држави во Бразил на профитабилна турнеја
Кој е најголемиот легитимен професионален борач кој се борел во САД? Како
На април 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
I decided to start 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but
Еван “Strangler” Луис беше страшно конкурент. Иако не беше голем човек во 5’09” и се мери 170 фунти, Луис’ мајсторство на поднесоци го направи еднакви или подобри од повеќето борачи од својата ера. Џек Carkeek беше страшно борач но еден натпревар со Луис речиси предизвикани од него да се пензионира. Луис’ reputation was strongly related to his feared
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, И “Strangler” 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. Саливан, 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
Март 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Невада. 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.” Even though Georges Carpentier
На април 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” натпревари. 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
Френк Џ. Квин, локален Св. Луис адвокат, служел како менаџер за професионалните борачи Џорџ Баптис, Чарли Олсон и Фред Бил. Првично обожавател на Џорџ Баптист, кој бил легенда во Св. Населбата Луис околу авенијата Кук и Вандевентер. Баптист ќе го вработи Квин како негов јасли, а подоцна и адвокат на неговата компанија за шатори и тенди. During his
Од јануари 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “Б” 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. While British
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. Rachmann’s plan for establishing Aberg was going as planned after the tournament kicked off