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Sur decembro 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch perdis tri semajnan batalon kun uremic venenado. #Fu?miksi provita teni liajn renojn iranta tra operacio en Chicago sed ?i provizis nur intertempan #trankvili?o. Gotch celita veturi al Varmaj Printempoj, Arkansaso provi kaj restarigi lian sanon. La operacio finis #?i tiu esperon. Gotch pasigis la lastajn du semajnojn nur kapabla
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
Lunde, Februaro 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis kaj “Malgranda Demono” Joe Acton met at Battery D in Chicago, Ilinojso. It would be the first of several exhibition bouts between the men. They performed these exhibitions in the larger Midwestern cities in early 1887. Like the St. Paul match I covered in an earlier post, Lewis and Acton agreed to
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. En ĉi tiu epizodo, Mi diskutas kion Evan “La Strangler” Lewis’ Tenado estus vokita hodiaŭ. Ĉefa Enhavo – Kiam mi unue aŭdis de la stranglehold aŭ “pendi tenadon” de Evan “La Strangler” Lewis, Ĝi sonis kiel gilotino sufokas. Tamen, Pluraj fontoj mi kontrolis priskribita ĝin kiel malantaŭa nuda sufoki. Lewis
Vendrede, Marto 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, Kalifornio. 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
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn atingis lian plej grandan famon kiel la trejnisto de Monda Superpezula Bokso Ĉampiono Joe Louis de 1934 Al 1942. Louis estas ĝenerale konsiderita esti unu el la supro tri al kvin superpezuloj en profesia boksa historio kaj kelkaj konsideri lin la plej bona superpezula batalanto. “Jack” Blackburn developed the talents of the young champion and helped him
#?A?de, Januaro 31, 2020, Grandmaster Pat Weseman promoted me to 4th Dan in Taekwondo at the Advanced Class. When I started classes with Grandmaster Weseman and her husband Art, I did not foresee reaching this milestone. I originally started taking classes with my nephew Jim in Spring 1995. After getting married in 1996, I stopped taking classes for several
Malofte oni esence ŝanĝas ilian profesion sed Stanislaus Zbyszko faris ĝuste tion en aprilo 15, 1925 En Philadelphia, Pensilvanio. Zbyszko venkis Wayne Munn en unu el la lasta ŝoso (ne enscenigita) vrestlingomatĉoj en Usono. Ĝi estis ŝoso aŭ legitima matĉo ĉar Zbyszko duoblo krucis la “Goldust Triopo” luktadpromocio kaj batis Munn por la
Marde, Decembro 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Koloris Mondan Superpezulan Bokson Ĉampioneco”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Inter 1904 Kaj 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
James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 Al 1904. After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899, Jeffries made 9 successful title defenses during the next five years. He retired undefeated in 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing