Combat kev ua si Historian thiab Martial Artist
Posts about 19th and early 20th Century boxing.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4gvdnq/Episode_477tfz4.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | DownloadIn no rov, 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: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | 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
Tuesday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, California. The 28-year-old Nelson won the title by knocking out the great Joe Gans in 1908. Boxing experts did not expect Wolgast to defeat Nelson even though Wolgast held a newspaper decision over Nelson in 1909. Pundits
Nyob rau ib lub peb hlis ntuj tsaus ntuj hauv San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved aggressiveness ntshiab ua tej zaum yeej txiav txim siab. Tom qab 20 rounds cov boxing, referee Greggains, tus kws txiav txim xwb, muab qhov kev txiav txim dua tus yawm Jack Johnson rau Hart. Hart ntsib Johnson rau tim 28, 1905. Johnson nkag mus rau lub nplhaib ua tus betting nyiam. He also entered as one of
Txog rau hnub Friday, Kaum ib hlis 27, 1891, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California. The men wrestled for a reported $1,000.00 hnab tawv pojniam. Acton usually gave up size to his opponent but Acton outweighed the 148-pound Fitzsimmons by seven pounds. The men wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling
Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 5, 1900, 4 hnub ua ntej ib showdown nrog Bantamweight Boxing tau zus ib Terry McGovern, Featherweight ntiaj teb Boxing tau zus ib George Dixon tsim ib tug ntawv tshaj tawm rau ntsawj txias heev ntawm tag nrho nws los ntawm UFW nqaj qaum. Dixon tshaj tawm uas yeej los yog raug txiav ceg, nws yuav tsum retiring los ntawm lub nplhaib tom qab lub bout nrog McGovern. Qhov kawg tshaj ib tug neeg saib xyuas xav mloog ua ntej ib
Rau lub yim hli ntuj 11, 1915, current World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey fought Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts at the Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey fought in an era where promoters froze out all the African American boxers, except the great Jack Johnson, from fighting for the world championship. McVey defeated most of the other great Black fighters of this
Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, California. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, seconded Kilrain, who Muldoon trained for this fight. Muldoon trained Kilrain’s opponent, John L. Sullivan, for their 1889
Nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 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