Hack y Zbyszko Batalla dibujar

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Al principio de 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “El Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, decidió quitarles parte del almidón a sus rivales emparejándolos

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Frankie Darro en Irish Luck (1939)

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Frankie Darro y Mantan Moreland se emparejaron juntos por primera vez en esta inquilinos Internacionales, Ltd (Monogram Pictures) película, Suerte irlandesa (1939). En la película (enlace de afiliado), Jugadas Frankie Darro “Buzzy” O'Brien, un botones de hotel, mientras Mantan Moreland es Jefferson, el portero del hotel. “Buzzy’s” father was a police officer killed in the line of duty. “Buzzy” quiere ser

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Sullivan Beats Paddy Ryan

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En febrero 7, 1882, John L. Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan for a title, which was certainly the American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship but probably not the World Title it was billed as. In 1880, Paddy Ryan won the title in his first and only prize fight before facing the ferocious power puncher Sullivan. The men met in Mississippi City, Mississippi alrededor

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Gotch Tries Boxing

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An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, es por eso que ambos promotores

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Jack Johnson and The Fight of the Century

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

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En febrero 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. Inicialmente, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. Departamento de Policía de Louis. When the bank association turned over the

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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En enero 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Sin embargo, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, el St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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