Heenan Loses to King in Last Bout

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John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “the Benicia Boy”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight

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Gotch Wanted Hack in St. Louis

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Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Salahor” în St. Louis during the 1904 Fair lume. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 în Chicago,

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Hart’s Face Beats Up Johnson’s Fist

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On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. După 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. A intrat și ca unul dintre

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Charlie Chan la Treasure Island (1939)

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Charlie Chan la Treasure Island (1939) este al treilea Twentieth-Century Fox filmul încearcă Sidney Toler ca Charlie Chan. Inspectorul Chan și Jimmy Chan, jucat de Victor Sen Yung, zboară la Expoziția Mondială de la San Francisco din 1939 pe măsură ce filmul se deschide. Plimbare cu hopuri face Jimmy foarte nervos. Tot în zbor se află și prietenul lui Charlie, Paul Essex, played

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Modul de a trăi în sănătate și putere

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For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Modul de a trăi în sănătate și putere (affiliate link) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 years until losing his

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