Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Τον Απρίλιο του 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Τον Οκτώβριο του 20, 1916, Ad Santel, Αυτή η ανάρτηση είναι ένα απόσπασμα από το νέο μου βιβλίο, met Taro
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I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.
Τον Ιανουάριο 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
During the 19th century, both prizefighters and duelists took advantage of the sandbar islands in the Mississippi River, around St. Louis, Μιζούρι, to hold prizefights or duels. Authorities have frowned on duels to the death in any location. Ωστόσο, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.
Τον Δεκέμβριο 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
No one took advantage of the No Decision era of professional boxing like Battling Levinsky. Levinsky was a skilled defensive boxer, who took little damage during his fights. When Ring Magazine asked him why he was so active, sometimes taking 3 fights in a day around New York, Levinsky said, “I like money and I never get hurt.” Levinsky was
Την Δευτέρα, Φεβρουάριος 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Μικρή Demon” 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. Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο, Θα συζητήσουμε τι Evan “Ο Στραγγαλιστής” Λουδοβίκος’ αναμονή θα ονομάζεται σήμερα. Main Content – Όταν άκουσα για πρώτη φορά από τον ασφυκτικό κλοιό "κολλάει στα χέρια» του Evan "The Στραγγαλιστής" Lewis, ακουγόταν σαν γκιλοτίνα τσοκ. Ωστόσο, διάφορες πηγές Έλεγξα το περιέγραψε ως μια οπίσθια γυμνή έμφραξη. Λουδοβίκος
Την Παρασκευή, Μάρτιος 13, 1891, Ο Jake Kilrain πάλεψε με τον George Godfrey στο California Athletic Club στο Σαν Φρανσίσκο, Καλιφόρνια. Οι άνδρες αγωνίστηκαν για ένα τρόπαιο και $5,000. Οι άνδρες μπήκαν στο ρινγκ στο 9:52 μ.μ. William Muldoon, πρώην παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής πάλης βαρέων βαρών, αποσπασμένος Kilrain, που ο Muldoon εκπαιδεύτηκε για αυτόν τον αγώνα. Ο Muldoon εκπαίδευσε τον αντίπαλο του Kilrain, John L. Sullivan, για τους 1889
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 να 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” Ο Μπλάκμπερν ανέπτυξε τα ταλέντα του νεαρού πρωταθλητή και τον βοήθησε
Την Πέμπτη, Ιανουάριος 31, 2020, Grandmaster Pat Weseman promoted me to 4th Dan in Taekwondo at the Advanced Class. When I started classes with Grandmaster Weseman and her husband Art, I did not foresee reaching this milestone. I originally started taking classes with my nephew Jim in Spring 1995. After getting married in 1996, I stopped taking classes for several