St. Louis Wrestler Surprises Gotch

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Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “Traballou” matches thrown in the mix. Por 1904 ou 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,

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Sam Langford Fights for Welter Title

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Sam Langford é considerado un dos máis grandes loitadores pound for pound de todos os tempos. Nacido en marzo 4, 1883 en Weymouth caídas, Nova Scotia, é considerado o maior pugilista canadense de todos os tempos. A súa carreira de loitador se estendía desde 1900 para 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. El

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Fred Beell Overcomes Old Champ

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En outubro 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Championship but remained out of the spotlight until

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Americus vence a Charley Olson

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En novembro 7, 1908, Charles Olson coñeceu “Americus” Gus Schonlein para o Campionato Mundial de Loita Peso Lixeiro. O partido resultou tan emocionante como os observadores sospeitaban que sería, pero acabou en polémica. Olson quedou 6’01” pero só pesaba 170 libras. Max Flaskamp naceu en Krefeld, Renania do Norte-Westfalia en 1879, he took the name Charles or Charley Olson

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