Mahmout Jegħleb lil Jenkins fi Straight Falls

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Fuq Thanksgiving fl-Amerika, Thursday, Novembru 26, 1908, Yussouff Mahmout ġġieled lill-eks Champion Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight Tom Jenkins f'Madison Square Garden fi New York City. Mahmout reċentement lejn l-Istati Uniti biex jiġġieled Frank Gotch għall-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Lotta Heavyweight. Jekk Mahmout għeleb lil Jenkins, Mahmout ikun sfidant bona fide għal Gotch. Jenkins kien il-

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McLaughlin Jiddefendi t-Titolu?

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Nhar it-Tlieta, Jannar 29, 1884, approximately two thousand fans crowded into the Detroit Opera House to watch the first of a two-match series between Colonel James H. McLaughlin and Henry Moses Dufur. The crowd had to delight the organizers and wrestlers. Matches drawing crowds in the thousands were rare during the 19th Century. Organizers claimed McLaughlin was defending the American

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Tom Allen Insteraq

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Nhar il-Ħamis, Settembru 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, Ingilterra, settled in St. Louis, Missouri. Allen eventually became a U.S. Citizen. Allen showed a pugnacious personality, inside and outside the ring, making powerful enemies amongst the sporting men in the United States. Allen particularly irritated

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McVea KOs Matsuda

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In mixed style bouts between wrestlers and strikers, the adage is once the wrestler gets his hands on the striker, the fight is over. In most mixed style bouts between wrestlers or grapplers and boxers, the grappler normally wins after dragging the striker to the ground. Ray Steele defeated Battling Levinsky. “Judo” Gene LeBell smashed Milo Savage. In modern

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Jack Claybourne’s Missouri Roots

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Jack Claybourne, one of the earliest African-American, professional wrestlers, was born Elmer Claybourn at Mexico, Missouri, dwar Marzu 8, 1910. Fil 1910, Mexico was home to about 5,939 residents. Claybourne started his professional wrestling career in Missouri in 1931. Initially, Claybourne wrestled in nearby Moberly, Missouri. Moberly had a population of 13,722 residents compared to 8,290 residents in Mexico, Missouri

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Reminiscences Henry Moses Dufur

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Henry Moses Dufur kellu ċ-Champion Dinji tal-Lotta tal-Għonq u l-Minkeb tal-piż tqil matul is-snin 70. Billi 1855, Dufur irtira mil-lotta professjonali biex iwettaq il-professjoni full-time tiegħu ta’ ħajjata tal-ħwejjeġ. Anke matul il-karriera tiegħu fil-lotta, Dufur ħadem bħala ħajjata. Dufur qal lill-korrispondent minn The Boston Globe li twieled Richford, Vermont f'Ġunju 5, 1943. Din id-data ta'

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Dufur Jiġbed ma’ Cox

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Henry Moses Dufur speċjalizza fil-lotta tal-għonq u l-minkeb meta Dufur ilella professjonalment fis-snin 70 u 80.. Imwieled f'Mejju 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur ġġieled primarjament fil-Grigal tal-Istati Uniti. Dwar Ġunju 27, 1878, Dufur ġġieled partita tar-ritorn ma’ wrestler jismu Cox fil-Boston Baseball Park quddiem ħames mitt partitarju. Ħames mitt partitarju

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Qabel Kien Ed “Strangler” Lewis

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L-istoriċi tal-lotta jqisu jew lil Ed "Strangler" Lewis jew lil Frank Gotch bħala l-akbar wrestler professjonali Amerikan.. Filwaqt li nafu pjuttost ftit dwar il-karriera bikrija ta’ Frank Gotch, nafu ħafna inqas dwar il-karriera bikrija ta 'Ed "Strangler" Lewis. Diversi sorsi jsostnu li Lewis tgħallem il-lotta catch-as-catch-can fil-karnivals meta kellu biss erbatax-il sena.. Lewis

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Burns Wrestles Wasem

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Minbarra li huwa l-post preferut għal boxers u wrestlers professjonali biex jitħarrġu meta jkunu f’St. Louis, San. Louis Business Men's Gymnasium ospita avvenimenti iżgħar tal-boxing u tal-lotta. Fil 1898, l-eks Champion Amerikan tal-Lotta tal-Piż Tqil Martin "Farmer" Burns ġġieled lil Oscar Wasem quddiem folla żgħira fil-Business Men's Gymnasium. Burns kien qed isir transizzjoni għal wrestlers taħriġ full-time u

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