Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Dňa 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Októbra 20, 1916, Ad Santel, známy „šľapák“ alebo skúsený zápasník podriadenosti, met Taro
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When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. After
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
In late 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Poľnohospodár” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Však, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Podľa 1902, George
Augusta 11, 1915, current World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey fought Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts at the Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey fought in an era where promoters froze out all the African American boxers, except the great Jack Johnson, from fighting for the world championship. McVey defeated most of the other great Black fighters of this
Ako som písal vo viacerých príspevkoch, medzi najlepšími boxermi v ťažkej váhe 1900 a 1919 boli afroamerickí boxeri nútení bojovať medzi sebou o “Farebný šampionát”. Dokonca aj potom, čo skvelý Jack Johnson konečne prelomil farebnú líniu a vyhral majstrovstvá sveta v ťažkej váhe, obhájil by titul iba proti bielym uchádzačom. As a result, najťažších vyzývateľov
Novembra 10, 1924, Pani. A.W. Stickney opúšťal St. Louis Country Club, keď ju oslovili dvaja Afroameričania. Muž svetlejšej pleti povedal Mrs. Stickney, aby jej prevrátil šperky, inak by jej ich zobral. Zo strachu o jej bezpečie, Pani. Stickney podal mužovi svoje šperky, ocenený na $17,000.00, a $85.00 in cash. Pani.
Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a
V 1902, Budúci majster sveta v boxe v ťažkej váhe Marvin Hart bol stúpajúcim kandidátom. Bojuje predovšetkým zo svojho rodného mesta Louisville, Kentucky, Hart bol zápas proti Kid Carter v Southern Athletic Club v máji 2, 1902. Na 17-1, Hart vedel, že ďalšie víťazstvo bude znamenať veľký úspech v boji o titul v ťažkej váhe. Kid Carter narodený v Brooklyne to zamýšľal
Novembra 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 rokov. Mace was world champion from 1860 na 1862 and again from 1866 na 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 na 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
On September 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. Po celé roky, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate