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Objave o grško-rimskih rokoborbah in drugih stilih rokoborbe, kot je rokoborba z ovratnikom in komolcem, bočna borba, Cornish wrestling, itd.
On February 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Massachusetts. Zbyszko came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Catch-as-Catch Can Championship. Wrestling insiders considered Gotch’s title the World Championship. Zbyszko could not beat Gotch in 1910. Before they had a rematch, Frank Gotch retired in
V borilne športe, dober velik človek ponavadi premaga dober mali človek. Če ste super, lahko pogosto za velike razlike velikosti. Edwin Bibby je bil samo 5’04” and weighed 160 funtov, vendar je premagal številne večje rokoborcev v svoji poklicni rokoborbo karieri. Bibby je premagal številne rokoborce, vključno z ogromnim nemškim rokoborcem Williamom Heygsterjem. Edwin Bibby je bil sposoben
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Samo en človek je resno izzval Muldoona med njegovo dominantno vladavino. 165-kilogramski Clarence Whistler je Muldoonu nenehno postavljal najtežje izzive. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Kalifornija v eni od njihovih več tekem. William Muldoon je bil skoraj za glavo višji in težji
Joe Acton je bil eden najboljših angleških rokoborcev v 19. stoletju. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Končno se je zavaroval
Dejansko, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachmanov turnir naj bi se začel v sredo
Alex Aberg je v najboljšem letu svoje profesionalne rokoborske kariere premagal številne pomembne sovražnike. V 1915, Aberg je tekmoval v spomladanski in jesenski različici newyorškega mednarodnega rokoborskega turnirja. Tekmuje izključno v svojem priljubljenem slogu grško-rimskega rokoborbe, Aberg je premagal Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko in Ed “Strangler” Lewis skupaj s številnimi potniškimi rokoborci.
V petek, Lahko 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 min. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
Paul Pons je grško-rimske rokoborbe prvak Francije v 1890. Je osvojil turnir v Folies-Bergeres pred zmago na turnirju v Rusiji 1898. Te zmage so mu omogočile naslov svetovnega prvaka v grško-rimskem rokoborbi. Pons kapitalizirane na ta slava z odprtjem telovadnico trenirati rokoborcev in močne moške. Pons’ zmaga je bila še posebej izjemna zaradi