Storiku tal-Isport tal-Ġlieda u Artist Marzjali
Dwar April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Ottubru 20, 1916, Ad Santel, a noted “hooker” or skilled submission wrestler, met Taro
Min hu l-akbar wrestler professjonali leġittimu li jiġġieled fl-Istati Uniti? Kif
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis Dipartiment tal-Pulizija. 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. Billi 1904 jew 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,
Nhar it-Tnejn, Mejju 30, 1892, il-kbir Peter Jackson boxed bout gloved mal-ex protégé Frank Slavin. Iż-żewġt irġiel għexu u ġġieldu fl-Awstralja, għalkemm l-interess tal-partitarji wassal lil Jackson biex idur id-dinja biex jieħu vantaġġ mill-opportunitajiet finanzjarji fl-Istati Uniti u l-Ingilterra. Bħal fl-Awstralja, Jackson spiss sab boxers bojod mhux lesti jiġġielduh. Ftit
St. Louis, fil-bidu tas-Seklu 20, kellu xena prominenti tal-boxing professjonali. Abe Attell, għalkemm imwieled f'San Francisco, kienet ibbażata St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell iddefenda l-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Boxing Featherweight tiegħu kontra r-rivali frekwenti Harry Forbes. Forbes kienet ukoll regolari fuq is-St. Louis xena tal-boksing. Forbes għeleb lil Danny Dougherty għall-
Jim Londos rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Madankollu, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
Sam Langford hija meqjusa waħda mill-lira akbar għall-ġellieda lira ta 'kull żmien. Imwieled f'Marzu 4, 1883 fl Falls Weymouth, Nova Scotia, hu meqjus bħala l-akbar boxer Kanadiż ta’ kull żmien. Il-karriera tal-ġlied tiegħu kienet tiġġebbed minn 1900 li 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. He
Ottubru 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) Kampjonat imma baqa’ barra mill-attenzjoni sa
Fuq Novembru 7, 1908, Charles Olson iltaqa' “Americus” Gus Schonlein għall-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Lotta Light Heavyweight. Il-partita wriet li kienet eċċitanti daqs kemm l-osservaturi ssuspettaw li se tkun iżda spiċċat f’kontroversja. Olson kien 6’01” iżda miżun biss 170 liri. Imwieled Max Flaskamp fi Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia fi 1879, ħa l-isem Charles jew Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 liri. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Madankollu, 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
Fuq Lejl tal-Milied 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