Prepping Munn for Lewis

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On Sunday, <বিঘত bbox_x = "326" bbox_y = "1148" bbox_w = "66" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = " 14, 1924, “<বিঘত bbox_x = "610" bbox_y = "1842" bbox_w = "20" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = "” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt in the main event of the wrestling card at the Kansas City, মিসৌরি, Convention Hall. 10,000 fans showed up to cheer on Munn, a former college football player for the University of Nebraska. Munn was billed at 6’06”, which may have been an exaggeration but he was significantly

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Farmer Burns Battles Evan Lewis

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The biggest American pro wrestling match of the 19th Century occurred on April 21, 1895 in Chicago, ইলিনয়. ইভান “<বিঘত bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "2015" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = "” Lewis defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Martin “কৃষক” বার্নস. The 34-year-olds were both skilled withhooksor submission holds making them the top of the food chain in legitimate professional wrestling. Lewis had been undisputed champion since 1893

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An Epic 61 Round Draw

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In this post, which was previously a podcast, we will discuss the epic sixty-one round draw between James J. Corbett and Peter Jackson in 1891. This bout prepared Corbett for his successful challenge of John L. Sullivan in 1892. মার্চ 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color line to

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Gotch Bests Bulgarian

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এপ্রিল 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, in Chicago, Illinois for his title. Fans considered Mahmout a tough challenger primarily because they had not seen him wrestle. Emil Klank, Gotch’s manager, convinced foreign wrestlers with good reputations like Mahmout and Stanislaus Zbyszko to travel to America to challenge Gotch. Fans

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Aberg Exposes Curley

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Aleksander “অ্যালেক্স” Aberg made headlines in 1917 during a lawsuit over his refusal to fulfill a wrestling committment in Boston during March 1917. Aberg agreed to wrestle Wladek Zbyszko, his main opponent during the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournaments, for Boston promoter George Touhey. <বিঘত bbox_x = "289" bbox_y = "724" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = ", Aberg pulled out of the bout shortly after signing an agreement to wrestle his

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Gotch Breaks Leg

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After marrying his wife Gladys and beating Georg Hackenschmidt a second time, both in 1911, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch began to wrestle a more limited schedule. His wife Gladys was not a big fan of wrestling and wanted her new husband to spend more time at home in Humboldt, আইওয়া. In the world of wrestling at the time,

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Clarence Whistler Dies in Australia

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Clarence Whistler was born in Indiana during 1856. While standing only 5’09” or so and weighing 165 পাউন্ড, Whistler was considered one of the most powerful wrestlers of his era. Whistler was the only wrestler able to give William Muldoon a hard time during Muldoon’s 9-year run as World Champion. Whistler primarily competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, the dominant style in

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Prizefighters Meet in Liverpool Pub

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For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, when they stopped in at a

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Zbyszko Injures Dr. বেলন

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<বিঘত bbox_x = "506" bbox_y = "2000" bbox_w = "51" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = " 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, New York. Zbyszko, a Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from Poland, wanted to generate interest in a potential match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. While Dr. Roller was never able to beat Gotch, he was considered one of the top American

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<বিঘত bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "2015" bbox_w = "16" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = " “<বিঘত bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "2015" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = "” <বিঘত bbox_x = "745" bbox_y = "1211" bbox_w = "36" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "210" নীল = "31" আলফা = "’ Deadly Headlock

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Leading into his January 24, 1921 title match with former world champion Earl Caddock, ওয়ার্ল্ড হেভিওয়েট রেসলিং চ্যাম্পিয়ন এড “<বিঘত bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "2015" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = "” Lewis was reputed to have injured his previous two opponents, Wladek Zbyszko and Joe Stecher, with his headlock. Lewis would use the headlock to hip toss his opponent to the floor. Zbyszko was knocked senseless, when his head hit the

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