Things Come Full Circle

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A few weeks ago, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, من یک سال به تناسب اندام رفتم

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Hack and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

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At the beginning of 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 “خیلی ترک” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, تصمیم گرفت مقداری از نشاسته را از رقبای خود با همسان کردن آنها خارج کند

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فرانکی Darro در ایرلند شانس (1939)

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فرانکی Darro و Mantan Moreland برای اولین بار در این مستاجرها بین المللی با هم جفت شده بودند, با مسئولیت محدود (طغرا تصاویر) فیلم, شانس ایرلندی (1939). در این فیلم (لینک های وابسته), نقش فرانکی Darro “Buzzy” اوبراین, پیشخدمت و پادو مهمانخانه هتل, در حالی که Mantan Moreland جفرسون است, دربان هتل. “Buzzy است” father was a police officer killed in the line of duty. “Buzzy” می خواهد باشد

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Sullivan Beats Paddy Ryan

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در تاریخ فوریه 7, 1882, جان 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. <طول bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1473" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = " 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, می سی سی پی در اطراف

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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, به همین دلیل است که هر دو مروج

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جک جانسون و مبارزه قرن

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, قهرمان سنگین وزن سابق بازنشسته, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “سفید امید” مدعی. در نخست خود را, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. در 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

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در تاریخ فوریه 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. لوئیس. در ابتدا, 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. Louis Police Department. When the bank association turned over the

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Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey

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آوریل 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 <طول bbox_x = "405" bbox_y = "1557" bbox_w = "50" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ". From February 5, 1903, when he beat “دنور” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter Kimker

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. لوئیس, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “عمو ژول” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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ژانویه 7, 1903, خیابان. 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. <طول bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ", he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, خیابان. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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