Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Articles sur le catch-as-catch-can ou les matchs de catch, le style de lutte dominant aux États-Unis après 1890.
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, a décidé de retirer un peu d'amidon de ses challengers en les faisant correspondre
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, c'est pourquoi les deux promoteurs
Sur Décembre 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. Le chef Deux Plumes entra dans le
Mardi, Janvier 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. En Janvier 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “étrangler Sorakichi pour
Lundi, Décembre 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis a remporté le premier des six championnats du monde de lutte poids lourd devant Joe Stecher.. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Un an avant ce match, Stecher et Lewis se sont rencontrés dans un match de plus de trois heures. Lewis a commis une erreur mentale
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Entaille” à St. Louis during the 1904 Exposition universelle. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
Le sort de beaucoup de St. Louis’ bâtiments historiques prouvent le vieil adage de l'immobilier. C'est une question de lieu, emplacement, emplacement. Si le bâtiment est dans le Saint-Sud. Louis, il a une meilleure chance d'être sauvé d'un bâtiment sur le côté nord. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
Stanislaus Zbyszko est né Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz sur Avril 1, 1879 dans Jodlow, Pologne, qui faisait partie de l'Empire austro-hongrois. Selon Wikipedia, il a choisi le nom de ring Stanislaus Zbyszko parce que c'était le nom d'un chevalier de fiction polonais. Un article dans le Walla Walla, Journal Washington, Mardi de l'Soirée Statesman, Février 8, 1910 édition, publicized Zbyszko’s university and