Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
V 10. rokoch 20. storočia, Americký profesionálny wrestling sa natrvalo presunul z legitímnych wrestlingových súťaží k vopred pripraveným exhibíciám. Záujem fanúšikov, kontrola promotéra a menšie opotrebovanie zápasníkov, to všetko zohralo úlohu v tomto prechode. Ďalší menej hovoril o tlaku bol mimo samotného športu. Pred 20. storočím, profesionálny box bol v Spojených štátoch nezákonný. Holý kĺb
RKO Pictures priniesol Dick Tracy kresleného seriálu znak na veľkej obrazovke decembra 1, 1945. Zatiaľ čo film je rozhodne “B” Film mal byť v prvom rade na dvojtitul, stále by bolo predmetom záujmu mnohých fanúšikov obľúbeného kresleného seriálu. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
Earl Caddock mal koncom 10. a začiatkom 20. rokov relatívne krátku, ale slávnu profesionálnu zápasnícku kariéru.. Svoj profesionálny debut v r 1915 po zisku troch národných titulov AAU v amatérskom zápasení, Caddock profesionálne zápasil len do r 1922. Však, bol uznaný za majstra sveta po tom, čo v apríli porazil Joea Stechera 1917. Caddock by stratil titul späť
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Poľnohospodár” 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 libier. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg zápasil
“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!“ Frank Gotch sa pozrel na svojho rivala Georga Hackenschmidta, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
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 “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, sa rozhodol odobrať trochu škrobu svojim vyzývateľom tým, že ich porovná
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, preto obaja promotéri
Decembra 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. Chief Two Feathers entered the
On Tuesday, Január 19, 1909, Dr. 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, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. 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. In January 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “uškrtiť Sorakichiho