Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Op April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Op Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, 'n bekende "haker" of vaardige voorleggingstoeier, met Taro
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Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis Police Department. He would need all that toughness on the morning of January 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. O’Keefe had just woken up and was getting ready
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,
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
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
Op November 7, 1908, Charles Olson ontmoet het “Americus” Gus Schonlein vir die Wêreld Ligswaargewig Stoeikampioenskap. Die wedstryd was so opwindend soos waarnemers vermoed het dit sou wees, maar dit het in omstredenheid geëindig. Olson het 6 gestaan’01” maar net geweeg 170 pond. Gebore Max Flaskamp in Krefeld, Noordryn-Wesfale in 1879, hy het die naam Charles of Charley Olson aangeneem
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 pond. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Egter, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated
Op Kersnag 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the