Aberg Tempts Gotch

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Lorem ipsum, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachman in tournamentum Mercurii committitur

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Farmer Burns Wears Out Jack King

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Martin “Agricola” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Autem, Inutilis facta est suae rei urente. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “The Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. In 1893, Ardet adhuc

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Jeffries KOs Corbett

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May 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett

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Offensus, Volume 1

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Ego nuper lego Choque: Narratio Untold of Jiu-Jitsu in Brasilia, Volume 1 Auctore Roberto Pedreira (Vinculum Amazonium affiliate), quae alterna narrat de initiis BJJ quam in variis colloquiis cum sodalibus Familiae Gracie narratum est nobis. “Offensus” translates to “atrox” in Brazilian Portuguese. Dum Pedreira ubertim investigat et primos fontes citat, maxime Brazilian ephemerides,

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