Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Sa Abril 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Noong Oktubre 20, 1916, Ad Santel, isang kilalang "hooker" o bihasang mambubuno sa pagsusumite, met Taro
Sino ang pinakadakilang lehitimong propesyonal na wrestler na nakipagbuno sa Estados Unidos? paano gawin
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 taon, 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 attended a dog show with Coe and his
Sa Marso 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
Si Earl Caddock ay may medyo maikli ngunit mahusay na propesyonal na karera sa pakikipagbuno noong huling bahagi ng 1910s at unang bahagi ng 1920s. Ginagawa ang kanyang propesyonal na debut sa 1915 matapos manalo ng tatlong AAU National title sa amateur wrestling, Si Caddock ay nakipagbuno lamang nang propesyonal hanggang 1922. Gayunman, kikilalanin siya bilang world champion matapos talunin si Joe Stecher noong Abril 1917. Mawawalan ng titulo pabalik si Caddock
Sa Huwebes, Enero 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, isa sa st. Louis’ pinakamayaman na lalaki, Pag -aari ng Residential Real Estate at iba pang mga pag -aari na pinahahalagahan 2 milyong dolyar. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Siya
Sa Hulyo 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.” Kahit na si Georges Carpentier
Sa Marso 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. Sa ganitong film (affiliate link), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero
Sa Martes, Enero 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, isang Seattle manggagamot at pro mambunuo na naging sapat na mahusay na upang manalo sa American matimbang Championship, inexplicably nagpasyang subukan ang kanyang kamay sa propesyonal na boxing. Ang kanyang kalaban ay kaibigan at sparing kasosyo, “Denver” Ed Martin, sino ang gusto manalo sa may-kulay na World matimbang Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Magsasaka” 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 pounds. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg wrestled in
Sa Enero 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, takes him