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On February 23, 1906, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart defended his title in Los Angeles. When James J. Jeffries retired as heavyweight champion, Hart and Jack Sharkey fought for the vacant title. Hart was the surprise winner of the fight. Hart refused to fight Jack Johnson, the recognized best heavyweight. Instead he fought Tommy Burns, a 5’07” skilled boxer.
Vaig escriure aquesta publicació a causa d'una conversa en què em van etiquetar a Twitter sobre 1911 represa entre Frank Gotch i Georg Hackenschmidt pel Campionat Mundial de Lluita Pes Pesat. Jim Cornette, que a més de ser un dels millors gestors de la lluita lliure professional també és un destacat historiador de la lluita lliure professional., va parlar de la doble creu en el segon partit de Gotch-Hack
During the Golden Age of Radio, the Shadow was a crusading crime fighter named Lamont Cranston. In this 1933 English film produced by Real Arts Productions, the Shadow is a villainous murderer and blackmailer. The film opens up with the Shadow demanding payment from a famous lawyer. The Shadow promises to expose the lawyer who can’t pay. Facing exposure and
Dimarts, Febrer 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast va desafiar el campió mundial de boxa lleugera lluitant contra Nelson pel títol de Nelson al Richmond Arena de Point Richmond, Califòrnia. Nelson, de 28 anys, va guanyar el títol eliminant al gran Joe Gans 1908. Els experts en boxa no esperaven que Wolgast derrotés a Nelson tot i que Wolgast va tenir una decisió del diari sobre Nelson a 1909. Els experts
En esports de combat, un bon home gran acostuma a guanyar un bon home petit. Si ets genial, sovint podeu compensar grans discrepàncies de mida. Edwin Bibby només tenia 5 anys’04” and weighed 160 lliures però va derrotar a molts lluitadors més grans durant la seva carrera de lluita professional. Bibby va derrotar a molts lluitadors, inclòs el gegantí lluitador alemany William Heygster. Edwin Bibby va ser capaç
Al novembre 30, 1871, una gran multitud d'homes va pujar a deu vagons a Nova Orleans, Mobile i el ferrocarril de Texas quan s'aturava a Canal Street a Nova Orleans, Louisiana. El tren va continuar cap a l'estació de Montgomery a prop de Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on la gent va deixar la pluja i es va dirigir cap al bosc. Una processó tan estranya
When World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon retired in 1889, he hoped his protege Ernest Roeber would be recognized as the new champion. Però, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Desafortunadament, the exploits of Martin “Farmer” Burns and Evan “El Estrangulador” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a
Johnny Reagan was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. Louis, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
When “El lleó rus” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, conegut com “Cop de destral” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt won the world title in Greco-Roman
On Thursday, Setembre 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, England, settled in St. Louis, Missouri. Allen eventually became a U.S. Citizen. Allen showed a pugnacious personality, inside and outside the ring, making powerful enemies amongst the sporting men in the United States. Allen particularly irritated