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On April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis kæmpede sin sidste legitime konkurrence med Lee Wykoff
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Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, En bemærket "hooker" eller dygtig indsendelses wrestler, Mødte Taro
William Muldoon var verdensmester i sværvægt baseret på hans nederlag af Thiebaud Bauer i? Hvordan
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 til 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 udviklede talenterne hos den unge mester og hjalp ham
På torsdag, Januar 31, 2020, Stormester Pat Weseman forfremmede mig til 4. Dan i Taekwondo i Advanced Class. Da jeg startede undervisning hos stormester Weseman og hendes mand Art, Jeg havde ikke forudset at nå denne milepæl. Jeg begyndte oprindeligt at tage klasser med min nevø Jim i foråret 1995. Efter at være blevet gift i 1996, Jeg holdt op med at tage undervisning i flere
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 forfremmelse og slog Munn for
På tirsdag, December 12, 1916, Sam Langford forsvarede “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, som han vandt fra Sam McVea i februar 1916. Mellem 1904 og 1919, de bedste afroamerikanske boksere, eller sorte canadiere som Langford, stod fast og kæmpede for hinanden “Farvet” Mesterskab. Hvis en hvid fighter kæmpede mod dem, det var kun for at udvikle deres eget ry til
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 til 1904. After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899, Jeffries made 9 successful title defenses during the next five years. He retired undefeated in 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing
Jeg besluttede at starte 2020 ved at bruge to eksempler fra professionel wrestling til at diskutere, hvorfor du ville ændre en historisk beretning, du skrev tidligere. I at skrive historie, du er begrænset af de tilgængelige kilder om emnet. Primære kilder som dagbøger, officielle optegnelser og selvbiografier er meget værdifulde. Andre kilder som aviser er også gode, men
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Farmer” Burns mødte den lille, men magtfulde Fred Beell. Mens begge brydere vejede 165 pounds, “Farmer” Burns stod 5'11” til Beells 5’04”. Den 32-årige Beell havde dog en stor aldersfordel i forhold til den 47-årige Burns. Burns debuterede i 1879, da Beell var 3 år gammel. Mændene var planlagt til en kamp i Omaha, Nebraska, en
Samme dag kæmpede Joe Stecher Stanislaus Zbyszko om den anerkendte version af World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i St.. Louis, Ed “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. 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
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Efter 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. Han meldte sig også ind som en af