Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Dne 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2pnhj/Episode_58uqay.mp3Podcast: Přehrát v novém okně | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about some
Října 20, 1916, Ad Santel, známý „šlapka“ nebo zkušený zápasník podrobení, met Taro
Kdo je největší legitimní profesionální zápasník ve Spojených státech? Jak
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 let, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
William Powell’s fifth turn as S.S. Van Dine’s detective Philo Vance may have been his best. The Kennel Murder Case (1933) finds Philo Vance trying to solve the murder of Archer Coe. Coe had many enemies but the greatest mystery for Vance is how Coe was murdered in a locked room. Vance se zúčastnil výstavy psů s Coem a jeho
Března 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
Earl Caddock měl na konci 10. a na začátku 20. let relativně krátkou, ale slavnou profesionální zápasovou kariéru.. Svůj profesionální debut si odbyl v 1915 poté, co vyhrál tři národní tituly AAU v amatérském zápase, Caddock profesionálně zápasil až do 1922. Však, byl by uznán jako mistr světa poté, co v dubnu porazil Joea Stechera 1917. Caddock by ztratil titul zpět
Ve čtvrtek, Leden 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, one of St. Louis’ wealthiest men, owned residential real estate and other assets valued at 2 milionů dolarů. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. On
Července 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” I když Georges Carpentier
Března 19, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released the second film starring the Old Time Radio comedy team Lum and Abner. The Bashful Bachelor (1942) starred Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody, the owners of the Jot’Em Down Store in Arkansas. V tomto filmu (partnerský odkaz), dlouholetý mládenec Lum Edwards se chce stát hrdinou
V úterý, Leden 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, Seattle lékař a pro zápasník, který byl dost dobrý, aby vyhrál americkou Heavyweight šampionát, nevysvětlitelně rozhodl se vyzkoušet jeho umění u profesionálního boxu. Jeho soupeř byl přítel a sparing partnera, “Denver” Ed Martin, kdo by vyhrál Barevný svět Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Zemědělec” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 liber. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg zápasil dovnitř
Ledna 26, 1934, United Artists released Palooka (1934), a feature film based on the popular comic strip. Stuart Erwin plays Joe Palooka but Jimmy Durante steals the show as his manager Knobby Walsh. Joe Palooka is the son of former world boxing champion Pete Palooka. When Joe was a baby, his mother Mayme, played by Marjorie Rambeau, bere ho