Evan Lewis’ Stranglehold

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This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Hoc eventu, I discuss what Evan “The 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. Autem, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis

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Kilrain Proeliis Godefridi in Brutal Pugnate

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Die Veneris, Itinera 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain pugnavit George Godefridus in California Athletica Club in San Francisco, California. Milites pro tropaeo pugnaverunt $5,000. Viri intraverunt anulum 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, pristinus Mundus Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, clamore Kilrain, qui Muldoon ad hanc pugnam exercitati. Muldoon adversario Kilrain exercitatus, John L. Sullivan, pro 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 ut 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 elaboravit ingenii iuvenis propugnatoris et adiuvit eum

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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” luctando promotionem ac beat Munn pro the

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Edmundo Langford Sam KOs Battlin’ Jim Cicero

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Die martis, December 12, 1916, Edmundo Langford defendebant Sam “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, qui vicit McVea Februario a Sam 1916. Inter 1904 et 1919, African-American studiosissime pugiles et maxime, Edmundo Langford sicut Canada, aut nigrum, adhæsit invicem dimicantes “Orbis” pilae. Si enim album Pugnator pugna eorum et, ut fama erat, id solum ut develop suas

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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. In 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, Susurrat vespertilionem,

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