Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Aprili 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Mnamo Oktoba 20, 1916, Ad Santel, "mshikaji ndoano" aliyejulikana au mwanamieleka mwenye ujuzi, met Taro
Ambaye ni mwanamieleka mkubwa halali wa kitaalamu kumenyana nchini Marekani? Jinsi gani
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis Idara ya Polisi. 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. By 1904 au 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,
Siku ya Jumatatu, Mei 30, 1892, Peter Jackson alipigana pambano la glavu na aliyekuwa mfuasi Frank Slavin. Wanaume wote wawili waliishi na kupigana huko Australia, ingawa shauku ya mashabiki ilimfanya Jackson kuzuru ulimwengu ili kutumia fursa za kifedha nchini Marekani na Uingereza. Kama huko Australia, Jackson mara nyingi alikuta mabondia wa kizungu hawataki kupigana naye. Wachache
St. Louis, mwanzoni mwa karne ya 20, alikuwa na eneo maarufu la ndondi. Abe Attell, ingawa alizaliwa San Francisco, ilikuwa na makao yake huko St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell alitetea Ubingwa wake wa Dunia wa Uzani wa Featherweight dhidi ya mpinzani wake wa mara kwa mara Harry Forbes. Forbes pia ilikuwa ya kawaida kwenye tamasha la St. eneo la ndondi la Louis. Forbes walimshinda Danny Dougherty kwa tuzo hiyo
Jim Londos alipanda safu ya mieleka ya kitaaluma na kuwa nyota mkuu wa ofisi ya sanduku sio tu ya miaka ya 1930 lakini wa wakati wote.. Hata hivyo, kama Londos hangekuja St. Louis mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 1920, hadithi inaweza kuwa tofauti kabisa. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
Sam Langford ni kuchukuliwa moja ya pound kubwa kwa wapiganaji chupa ya wakati wote. Alizaliwa Machi 4, 1883 katika Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, anachukuliwa kuwa bondia mkubwa zaidi wa Kanada wa wakati wote. Kazi yake ya mapigano ilianzia 1900 kwa 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Yeye
Mnamo Oktoba 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) Ubingwa lakini ulisalia bila kuangaziwa hadi
Novemba 7, 1908, Charles Olson alikutana “Americus” Gus Schonlein kwa Mashindano ya Dunia ya Mieleka ya Uzito wa Juu. Mechi hiyo ilionekana kuwa ya kusisimua kama waangalizi walishuku kuwa ingekuwa hivyo lakini ilimalizika kwa utata. Olson alisimama 6’01” bali kupimwa tu 170 paundi. Alizaliwa Max Flaskamp huko Krefeld, Kaskazini mwa Rhine-Westphalia 1879, alichukua jina Charles au Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 paundi. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Hata hivyo, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, ambaye alisafiri hadi Amerika kuchuana na Frank Gotch baada ya kushindwa
On Krismasi Night 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko alikutana Giovanni Raicievich katika inayosubiriwa kwa hamu Heavyweight mieleka bout. Zbyszko, aliyekuwa kampeni kwa rematch na World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, walikubaliana kutupa Raicevich 3 nyakati katika 90 dakika au kutangazwa loser. Wanaume hao walipoingia kwenye bustani maarufu ya Madison Square katika Jiji la New York, Zbyszko alikuwa wazi