St. Louis Wrestler sorpriżi 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 “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Billi 1904 jew 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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Peter Jackson Jiġġieled Frank Slavin

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Nhar it-Tnejn, Mejju 30, 1892, il-kbir Peter Jackson boxed bout gloved mal-ex protégé Frank Slavin. Iż-żewġt irġiel għexu u ġġieldu fl-Awstralja, għalkemm l-interess tal-partitarji wassal lil Jackson biex idur id-dinja biex jieħu vantaġġ mill-opportunitajiet finanzjarji fl-Istati Uniti u l-Ingilterra. Bħal fl-Awstralja, Jackson spiss sab boxers bojod mhux lesti jiġġielduh. Ftit

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Abe Attell Jegħleb lil Forbes

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St. Louis, fil-bidu tas-Seklu 20, kellu xena prominenti tal-boxing professjonali. Abe Attell, għalkemm imwieled f'San Francisco, kienet ibbażata St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell iddefenda l-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Boxing Featherweight tiegħu kontra r-rivali frekwenti Harry Forbes. Forbes kienet ukoll regolari fuq is-St. Louis xena tal-boksing. Forbes għeleb lil Danny Dougherty għall-

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Sam Langford Fights for Welter Title

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Sam Langford hija meqjusa waħda mill-lira akbar għall-ġellieda lira ta 'kull żmien. Imwieled f'Marzu 4, 1883 fl Falls Weymouth, Nova Scotia, hu meqjus bħala l-akbar boxer Kanadiż ta’ kull żmien. Il-karriera tal-ġlied tiegħu kienet tiġġebbed minn 1900 li 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. He

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L-Aħwa Ritz fil-Gorilla (1939)

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Il-Gorilla (1939) hija kummiedja-misteru “B” film starring l-Brothers Ritz, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi u Lionell ATWILL. Il-film kien prodott minn Għoxrin Seklu Fox qabel ma nieqaf teħid “B” films, the first film on a double bill. Il Brothers Ritz kienu attivi bejn 1925 u l-1960, when Al Ritz the oldest brother passed away. The brothers made

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Fred Beell Overcomes Old Champ

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Ottubru 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) Kampjonat imma baqa’ barra mill-attenzjoni sa

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Americus Jegħleb lil Charley Olson

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Fuq Novembru 7, 1908, Charles Olson iltaqa' “Americus” Gus Schonlein għall-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Lotta Light Heavyweight. Il-partita wriet li kienet eċċitanti daqs kemm l-osservaturi ssuspettaw li se tkun iżda spiċċat f’kontroversja. Olson kien 6’01” iżda miżun biss 170 liri. Imwieled Max Flaskamp fi Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia fi 1879, ħa l-isem Charles jew Charley Olson

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