Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about professional boxing from 1890 to 1930.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4gvdnq/Episode_477tfz4.mp3Podcast: Toista uudessa ikkunassa | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss the careers of Jim Londos and Primo Carnera leading into a review of the 1950 wrestling match. Update We start off with an update about our recording schedule. One of the team is on the injured reserve, so we will be recording on Skype for the next several episodes.
In mixed style bouts between wrestlers and strikers, the adage is once the wrestler gets his hands on the striker, the fight is over. In most mixed style bouts between wrestlers or grapplers and boxers, the grappler normally wins after dragging the striker to the ground. Ray Steele defeated Battling Levinsky. “Judo” Gene LeBell smashed Milo Savage. In modern
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/n9e7e9/Episode_4382qwo.mp3Podcast: Toista uudessa ikkunassa | 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
Perjantaina, Marraskuu 27, 1891, entinen amerikkalainen raskaansarjan painin mestari Joe Acton paini tulevan raskaansarjan nyrkkeilyn maailmanmestari Bob Fitzsimmonsin San Franciscossa, Kalifornia. Miehet painivat ilmoituksen puolesta $1,000.00 purse. Acton yleensä luovutti koon vastustajalleen, mutta Acton painoi 148-kiloisen Fitzsimmonsin seitsemällä kilolla.. Miehet painivat kahdesta kolmesta putoamisottelun "saapa niinkuin saa-voi" -painin mukaan
Marraskuun 19, 1935, ammattipaini Ray Steele tapasi ammattinyrkkeilijä Kingfish Levinskyn sekapain vs. nyrkkeilyottelussa. Missourin osavaltion yleisurheilukomissio loi ottelua varten erityiset säännöt. Komissaarit päättivät, että ottelu koostuisi kolmen minuutin kierroksista kuten nyrkkeilyottelussa. Komissaarit antoivat Levinskyn lyödä vaikka hän oli matolla. Steele voisi
No one took advantage of the No Decision era of professional boxing like Battling Levinsky. Levinsky was a skilled defensive boxer, who took little damage during his fights. When Ring Magazine asked him why he was so active, sometimes taking 3 fights in a day around New York, Levinsky said, “I like money and I never get hurt.” Levinsky was
Tammikuu 10, 1910, äskettäin saapui Puolan painija Stanislaus Zbyszko otti Charlie “Kid” Cutler on paras kahden-out-of-kolme falls ottelussa. Cutler oli ollut nyrkkeilijä seurue ajaa John L. Sullivan ennen siirryttäessä paini. Vaikka Cutler oli erittäin kova, Stanislaus Zbyszko oli paini nuoruudestaan. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Charles Henry “Tunkki” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 to 1942. Louis is widely considered to be one of the top three to five heavyweights in professional boxing history and some consider him the best heavyweight fighter. “Tunkki” Blackburn developed the talents of the young champion and helped him
Tiistaina, Joulukuu 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Välillä 1904 ja 1919, the best African-American boxers, or black Canadians like Langford, were stuck fighting each other for “Colored” Championship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to
Perjantaina, Maaliskuu 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain taisteli George Godfreyta vastaan California Athletic Clubissa San Franciscossa, Kalifornia. Miehet taistelivat pokaalista ja $5,000. Miehet astui kehään osoitteessa 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, entinen raskaansarjan painin maailmanmestari, toisti Kilrain, jonka Muldoon koulutti tätä taistelua varten. Muldoon koulutti Kilrainin vastustajaa, John L. Sullivan, heidän 1889