Nws wrestling tau tau zus ib Boxing
Tuesday, Lub ib hlis ntuj 19, 1909, Dr. Rau cov menyuam Benjamin, ib tus kws kho mob Seattle thiab pro wrestler uas yog zoo ces yeej tau tus American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably leej ua tiag tes ntawm kev boxing. Tus nrog sib ntaus nws yog phooj ywg thiab sparring tus hlub, “Denver” Ed Martin, leej twg yuav yeej tus dawb lias ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller yog ib cim neeg ncaws uas tau siv nws prowess pab them rau nws txoj kev mus kawm ntawv qib siab, qhov uas nws nws thiaj li tau los nws doctorate. Dr. Rau cov menyuam los ua ib tug xibfwb uas Physiology nrog rau University Washington ua ntej resigning hauv 1906 rau ib cov haujlwm full-time wrestling. Dr. Rau cov menyuam thiab pab qhia George Hackenschmidt rau nws siv zog losing tsam lub cav muab nws lub npe los ntawm ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Frank Gotch hauv 1911.
Dr. Benjamin rau cov menyuam nyob rau hauv 1911
Hnub peb tus, Lub ib hlis ntuj 20, 1909 ib tsab ntawm Lub hnub qub Seattle yog tsis zoo ua nws yog qhia txog lub rau round yi. Yog tus xav xwm tshiab “Dr. Rau cov menyuam tsis yog ua los ntawm cov khoom siv Championship”. Columnists tag nrho peb muaj “Denver” Ed Martin kwv nws tus phooj ywg rau rau (6) rounds. Tus kws ntawv tau uas Dr. Cov menyuam lub dag lub zog thiab siab tawv muab lesser tw teeb meem. Tas pom zoo tias nws tsis muaj pugilistic tawm kev yuav raug hauv hluav taws los yog raug mob loj rau tus thawj tus nqi boxer. Dr. Rau cov menyuam ntawd yog ib tug orater zoo tshaj boxer.
Nrhiav cov Dr. Rau cov menyuam nyob ib subpar boxer, Nws yog ib tug zoo txaus wrestler los yeej cov American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion peb zaug. Cov tw Dr. Rau cov menyuam tua yeej muaj “Ua teb” Zaus, Fred Beel, Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Joe Stecher. Dr. Rau cov menyuam, uas yug hauv lub xeev Illinois rau lub Xya hli ntuj 1, 1876, wrestled mus txog rau thaum nws 42 xyoo nyob rau hauv 1918.
“Denver” Ed Martin sawv 6’03” los 6’04” thiab packed zoo kawg li xuas nrig ntaus fais fab. Txawm li cas los, Martin twb tseem paub txog nws kev boxing thiab muaj peev xwm mus nkaum hawb pob. Nyob rau hauv 1902, nws yeej cov dawb lias Heavyweight Boxing Championship ntawm Frank Childs. Nws poob lub npe kom Jack Johnson, leej twg yuav muaj ib hnub yeej lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Championship ntawm Tommy zaus.
“Denver” Ed Martin yug rau lub Cuaj hlis 10, 1881 nyob Denver, Colorado. Nws kom nws pro boxing debut hauv 1899 txuas ntxiv mus ntaus kom 1914. Martin lov Victor McLaglen, tus tom ntej Academy qhuas winning actor, nyob rau hauv 1904. Dua li ntawm retiring nyob rau hauv 1914, Martin staged ib comeback nyob rau hauv 1921 tom 40 xyoo. Nws yeej peb fights uake ua ntej yuav raug lov los Harry Willis rau ntawm thawj kab. Martin retired kom zoo tom qab hluav taws no.
Jack Johnson (sab laug) thiab “Denver” Ed Martin (txoj cai)
Vim li cas Dr. Rau cov menyuam xav ib rau round sib ntaus nrog Martin yuav zoo rau nws cov hauj lwm no rau tus me nyuam twb ploj. Txawm li cas los, nws tsis tuaj nws puas tau sim li ib stunt rov, tej zaum nws kawm nws zaj lus qhia nyob rau ntawd ib hlis ntuj txias thaum 1909.
Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab thiab Twitter profile.
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