Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
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Toe Wladek Zbyszko van die Verenigde State na Brasilië gereis het vir 'n winsgewende toer
Wie is die grootste wettige professionele stoeier om in die Verenigde State te stoei?? Hoe doen
Op April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Joe Acton was een van Engeland se beste stoeiers gedurende die 19de eeu. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
During the 19th century, both prizefighters and duelists took advantage of the sandbar islands in the Mississippi River, around St. Louis, Missouri, to hold prizefights or duels. Authorities have frowned on duels to the death in any location. Egter, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Deur 1904 of 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
Januarie 10, 1940, Rowland V. Lee released his low-budget feature film The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) through United Artists. Rowland V. Lee started directing films in 1920 and would make 59 films before retiring in 1945. In hierdie film, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. Die graaf erf sy pa se geld en die
Op Maandag, Mei 30, 1892, die groot Peter Jackson het 'n handskoengeveg met die voormalige protégé Frank Slavin geboks. Albei mans het in Australië gewoon en geveg, hoewel aanhangers se belangstelling daartoe gelei het dat Jackson deur die wêreld toer om voordeel te trek uit die finansiële geleenthede in die Verenigde State en Engeland. Soos in Australië, Jackson het dikwels gevind dat wit boksers nie bereid was om teen hom te veg nie. Min
St. Louis, aan die begin van die 20ste eeu, het 'n prominente professionele bokstoneel gehad. Abe Attell, hoewel gebore in San Francisco, was gebaseer in St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell het sy Wêreld-veergewigbokskampioenskap teen gereelde mededinger Harry Forbes verdedig. Forbes was ook 'n gereelde op die St. Louis-bokstoneel. Forbes het Danny Dougherty verslaan vir die
Jim Londos het deur die geledere van professionele stoei gestyg om die grootste loketster van nie net die 1930's nie, maar van alle tye te word. Egter, as Londos nie na St. Louis in die vroeë 1920's, die storie kon heel anders gewees het. Londos het vang-as-vang-kan-stoei geleer terwyl Londos as sterk man in die karnavalkring tydens
Sam Langford word beskou as een van die grootste pond vir pond vegters van alle tye. Gebore op Maart 4, 1883 in Weymouth waterval, Nova Scotia, hy word beskou as die grootste Kanadese bokser van alle tye. Sy vegloopbaan het gestrek vanaf 1900 te 1926. Langford net gestaan 5 voet ses en 'n halwe duim lank en weeg 185 pond op sy swaarste. Hy
Die gorilla (1939) is 'n komedie-raaisel “B” film hoofrol die Ritz Brothers, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi en Lionell Atwill. Die rolprent is vervaardig deur die twintigste eeu Fox voordat hulle ophou maak “B” films, the first film on a double bill. Die Ritz Brothers was aktief tussen 1925 en die 1960's, when Al Ritz the oldest brother passed away. The brothers made
Op Oktober 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Kampioenskap maar uit die kollig gebly tot