Burns Beats Hart for Heavyweight Title

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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.

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It-tieni Gotch-Hack Match

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Ktibt din il-kariga minħabba konverżazzjoni li ġejt ittikkettat fiha fuq Twitter dwar il- 1911 rimatch bejn Frank Gotch u Georg Hackenschmidt għall-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Lotta Heavyweight. Jim Cornette, li minbarra li huwa wieħed mill-aqwa maniġers fil-lotta professjonali huwa wkoll storiku pro wrestling magħruf, tkellem dwar id-double cross fit-tieni partita Gotch-Hack

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L-Shadow villainous (1933)

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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

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Ad Wolgast Jirbaħ Titlu Ħfief

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Nhar it-Tlieta, Frar 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast sfida ċ-Champion Dinji tal-Boxing Lightweight Battling Nelson għat-titlu ta’ Nelson f’Richmond Arena f’Point Richmond, California. Nelson ta’ 28 sena rebaħ it-titlu billi knock out lill-kbir Joe Gans ġewwa 1908. Esperti tal-boksing ma stennewx li Wolgast jegħleb lil Nelson minkejja li Wolgast kellu deċiżjoni tal-gazzetta fuq Nelson fi 1909. Pundits

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Muldoon Jiltaqa' ma' Bibby

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Fl-isports tal-ġlieda, raġel kbir tajjeb normalment jegħleb raġel żgħir tajjeb. Jekk inti kbir, spiss tista 'tpatti għal diskrepanzi kbar ta' daqs. Edwin Bibby kellu 5 biss’04” and weighed 160 liri iżda għeleb ħafna lottaturi akbar matul il-karriera tiegħu ta’ lotta professjonali. Bibby għeleb lil ħafna wrestlers fosthom il-ġiganteski wrestler Ġermaniż William Heygster. Edwin Bibby kien kapaċi

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Roeber Jesponi Negozju

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Meta l-World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon irtira fih 1889, hu ttama li l-proteġġ tiegħu Ernest Roeber ikun rikonoxxut bħala ċ-champion il-ġdid. Madankollu, Muldoon rebaħ it-titlu tiegħu fil-lotta Greko-Rumana, li kienet il-kompetenza ta’ Roeber imwieled Ġermaniż. Sfortunatament, l-isfruttamenti ta’ Martin “Farmer” Burns u Evan “Il Strangler” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can lotta fl-istil dominanti. Roeber kellu a

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Johnny Reagan imut f'St. Louis

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Johnny Reagan kien ġellied importanti fis-St. Louis boxing xena matul l-ewwel deċennju tas-Seklu 20. Oriġinarjament minn Brooklyn, Reagan mar jgħix St. Louis biex jitħarreġ taħt Jack McKenna. McKenna bbaża l-operat tiegħu minn St. Louis, fejn il-ġellieda tiegħu ġġieled primarjament f’St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan kien piż bantam li qed jogħlew dak iż-żmien

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Hack Accuses Americans of Faking

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When “Il-Lion Russu” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, magħruf bħala “Hack” 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

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Tom Allen Insteraq

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Nhar il-Ħamis, Settembru 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, Ingilterra, 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

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