Evan Lewis’ Stranglehold

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This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Pasarte honetan, I discuss what Evan “Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Main Content – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Hala ere, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis

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Kilrainek Godfrey borrokatzen du Brutal Fight-en

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Ostiralean, Martxoa 13, 1891, Jake Kilrainek George Godfreyren aurka borrokatu zuen San Frantziskoko California Athletic Club-en, California. Gizonezkoak garaikur baten alde borrokatu ziren eta $5,000. Gizonak orduetan sartu ziren ringera 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, Munduko Heavyweight Borroka txapeldun ohia, bigarren egin zuen Kilrainek, Muldoon-ek borroka honetarako entrenatu zuena. Muldoonek Kilrainen aurkaria entrenatu zuen, John L. Sullivan, beraientzat 1889

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Counter-Espionage (1942)

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Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” film series. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene

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Blackburn and Langford Go Distance

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Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 arte 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. “Jack” Blackburn developed the talents of the young champion and helped him

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Zbyszko Double Crosses Trio

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Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” wrestling promotion and beat Munn for the

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Sam Langford KOs Battlin’ Jim Johnson

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Asteartean, Abendua 12, 1916, Sam Langfordek defendatu zuen “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, otsailean Sam McVeari irabazi zion 1916. Arteko 1904 eta 1919, boxeolari afroamerikar onenak, edo Langford bezalako kanadiar beltzak, trabatuta zeuden elkarren alde borrokan “Koloreztatua” Txapelketa. Borrokalari zuri batek borrokatuko balu, beren ospea garatzeko bakarrik izan zen

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Corsair (1931)

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Roland V. West directed fourteen films in his career. Critics consider three of his films to be excellent. West directed the silent thriller The Bat in 1926. West directed his most acclaimed film, Alibi (1929), which resulted in an Oscar nomination for his friend Chester Morris. Urtean 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, The Bat Whispers,

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Jeffries KOs Jackson

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James J. Jeffries estatubatuar pisu astuneko boxeoan nagusitu zen 1899 arte 1904. Bob Fitzsimmonsen munduko pisu astuneko boxeo txapelketa irabazi ondoren 1899, Jeffries egin zuen 9 tituluen defentsa arrakastatsuak hurrengo bost urteetan. Garaitu gabe erretiratu zen 1905 Jack Johnson handiaren aurkako itzulera zoritxarra erakarri aurretik. Jeffries-ek ez zituen bere borrokak irabazi goi mailako boxeoarekin

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Nola hil zen Alex Aberg?

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hastea erabaki nuen 2020 Borroka profesionaleko bi adibide erabiliz, iraganean idatzi zenuen kontu historiko bat zergatik aldatuko zenukeen eztabaidatzeko. Historia idaztean, gaiari buruzko eskuragarri dauden iturriek mugatuta zaude. Egunkariak bezalako iturri nagusiak, erregistro ofizialak eta autobiografiak oso baliotsuak dira. Egunkariak bezalako beste iturri batzuk ere onak dira baina

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