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 “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Av 1904 eller 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 kjemper mot Frank Slavin

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På mandag, May 30, 1892, den store Peter Jackson bokset en hanskekamp med tidligere protesjé Frank Slavin. Begge mennene bodde og kjempet i Australia, selv om interessen fra fansen førte til at Jackson reiste verden rundt for å utnytte de økonomiske mulighetene i USA og England. Som i Australia, Jackson fant ofte at hvite boksere var uvillige til å kjempe mot ham. Få

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Fred Beell Overcomes Old Champ

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Oktober 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 men forble ute av rampelyset til

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Americus slår Charley Olson

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November 7, 1908, Charles Olson møtte “Americus” Gus Schonlein for World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Kampen viste seg å være like spennende som observatører mistenkte den ville bli, men den endte i kontrovers. Olson ble 6’01” men bare veid 170 pounds. Født Max Flaskamp i Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen i 1879, han tok navnet Charles eller Charley Olson

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