Staraí Spóirt agus Ealaíontóir Comhraic
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 to 1930.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/z8ypec9ms634as58/Episode_866uybh.mp3Podcast: Seinn i bhfuinneog nua | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the recent passing of my co-host and cousin Dan Zimmerman. I discuss a mixed styles bout between Ray Steel and Kingfish Levinsky in St. Louis during November 1935. Update On Saturday, Aibreán 26, 2025, my cousin Dan Zimmerman passed away at the age of 53. Dan was my sometimes
Ar an Domhnach, Samhain 9, 1913, African American boxer Sam McVea, or McVey, battled Professor Stevenson, a Jujitsu practitioner, in a mixed styles bout in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. McVea and Stevenson fought ten, five-minute rounds, with three-minute intermission between rounds. McVea and Stevenson fought for $100 taobh. In grappler vs. boxer matches, the grappler usually won, but McVea
When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. After
Ar Dé Sathairn, December 30, 1916, Taro Miyake fought Ben de Mello, a professional boxer, in a mixed styles six round challenge bout. 1,000 spectators filed into the Hilo Armory to watch a rare legitimate contest between a boxer and jiu jitsu expert. Referee H.S. Prager started the bout between the 35-year-old Miyake and the younger boxer. Miyake warily circled de
Ar Dé hAoine, Márta 11, 1932, wrestlers George Tragos and Rudy Dusek faced boxers, Stanley McRae and Tom Pivac in wrestler versus boxer bouts. It took the fans longer to get to their seats than it took the combatants to complete the bouts. The men fought the pair of bouts in Memphis, Tennessee at the Auditorium. Fans know George Tragos, a
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ezswfi6nskgzp6hb/Episode_69arvtq.mp3Podcast: Seinn i bhfuinneog nua | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss Martin “Feirmeoir” Burns training James J. Jeffries for his bout with Jack Johnson on July 4, 1910. Update Dan and I talk about my new project and how an earlier writer unfairly portrayed Joe Stecher’s world title run from 1925 to 1928. Shooter in a Worked World is available
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4gvdnq/Episode_477tfz4.mp3Podchraoladh: Seinn i bhfuinneog nua | DownloadIn this episode, pléimid gairmeacha Jim Londos agus Primo Carnera as a dtiocfaidh athbhreithniú ar an 1950 cluiche wrestling. Nuashonrú Tosaímid le nuashonrú faoinár sceideal taifeadta. Tá duine den fhoireann sa chúlchiste gortaithe, mar sin beidh muid ag taifeadadh ar Skype don chéad roinnt eipeasóid eile.
I babhtaí stíl measctha idir wrestlers agus stailceoirí, Is é an adage nuair a fhaigheann an wrestler a lámha ar an bhuailteoir, tá an troid thart. Sa chuid is mó babhtaí stíl measctha idir wrestlers nó grapplers agus dornálaithe, de ghnáth bíonn an bua ag an grappler tar éis dó an buailteoir a tharraingt go talamh. Bhuaigh Ray Steele Cath Levinsky. Bhris “Judo” Gene LeBell Milo Savage. I nua-aimseartha
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/n9e7e9/Episode_4382qwo.mp3Podcast: Seinn i bhfuinneog nua | DownloadUpdate I have finished writing Origins of a Legend: The Making of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. After editing, it should be released in late January/early February 2024. We briefly discuss Vince Russo’s ideas for a women’s wrestling organization. We try to figure out the market for this material. We also suggest a therapist is probably
In March 1893, newspapers across the country carried the story of a proposed match between current world light heavyweight boxing champion Jack McAuliffe and Saint Louis boxing instructor Mike Mooney. Although the match would seem odd because Mooney was such a lightly regarded challenger, the lure of $2500 a side is probably what brought the champion to the table. Adjusted