היסטוריון ספורט קרבי ואמן לחימה
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
בשנות ה -1910, היאבקות מקצועית אמריקנית עברה לצמיתות תחרויות היאבקות לגיטימיות לתערוכות מראש. עניין מאוורר, מלאה אמרגן ללבוש פחות מדמיע על מתאבק כל תפקיד בשינוי הזה. לחץ פחות דבר על עוד היה מחוץ לספורט עצמו. לפני המאה ה -20, אגרוף מקצועי היה חוקי בארצות הברית. רק להיכנע
RKO תמונות הביאו את דמות קומיקס דיק טרייסי למסך הגדול בדצמבר 1, 1945. בעוד הסרט הוא בהחלט “ב '” סרט אמור להיות ראשון על הצעת החוק הכפולה, זה עדיין היה לעניין את מעריצים הרבים של סדרת הקומיקס הפופולריות. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
Earl Caddock had a relatively short but storied professional wrestling career in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Making his professional debut in 1915 after winning three AAU National titles in amateur wrestling, Caddock only wrestled professionally until 1922. אולם, he would be recognized as world champion after defeating Joe Stecher in April 1917. Caddock would lose the title back
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “חקלאי” 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 קילו. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. ברג התאבק
“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!" פרנק Gotch הביט לעבר יריבו ג'ורג Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hack
At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “האיום הטורקי” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, החליט לקחת חלק העמילן מתוך התיגר שלו על ידי התאמת אותם
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, וזו הסיבה הוא מקדמת
בדצמבר 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. שתי נוצות ראשיות נכנסו
ביום שלישי, ינואר 19, 1909, ד"ר. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “דנבר” אד מרטין, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. ד"ר. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. בחודש ינואר 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “לחנוק Sorakichi כדי